Workplace Discrimination

Employment Rate Employment Rate Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Inactivity Rate Inactivity Rate

MEN WOMEN MEN WOMEN MEN WOMEN

White 76.6% 67.6% 8.3% 6.8% 16.4% 27.5%

Mixed or Multiple 64.3% 55.3% 15.7% 15.8% 23.7% 34.3%

Black 61.4% 55.6% 21.7% 17.7% 21.6% 32.4%

Indian 77.0% 60.6% 8.2% 11.1% 16.2% 31.9%

Pakistani/Bangladeshi 68.7% 28.9% 12.8% 20.5% 21.3% 63.6%

Chinese & Other 67.0% 51.8% 10.3% 10.6% 25.3% 42.1%

Ethnic Minority 68.2% 50.8% 13.2% 14.3% 21.5% 40.8%

All 75.6% 65.6% 8.9% 7.5% 17.0% 29.1% Source: Labour Force Survey 2011If you have seen the news stories today showing how workplace discrimination towards ethnic minority women continues to cause the government concern, you may be interested to read the full report. It is available from the Runnymede Trust (it requires registration but it is free) and has been written for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Race and Community. There's a brief summary from the BBC, but the full report gives recommendations that you might like to present to students as possible government intervention strategies and get them to evaluate accordingly. The table above gives you a flavour of the statistics that can be used to discuss inequality of income and wealth.