Key facts

Discrimination is when a person treats, or proposes to treat, a person unfavourably because of a personal characteristic that is protected by law. This includes characteristics like age, sex, gender identity, race or disability.

Employees expect to have a safe and inclusive working environment free from discrimination.

Experiences of discrimination:

  • fell to 5.2% of employees from 5.7% in 2023.

Among the employees who experienced discrimination:

  • 59.4% were discriminated against by a manager or supervisor
  • being denied opportunities for promotion and opportunities for training were the most common types.

Employees who experienced discrimination



Type of discrimination

The results may add up to more than 100% because employees could choose more than one answer.



Reasons why employees experienced discrimination

The results may add up to more than 100% because employees could choose more than one answer.



Source of discrimination

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Working relationship



Who employees told

The results may add up to more than 100% because employees could choose more than one answer.



Why employees didn’t submit a formal complaint

The results may add up to more than 100% because employees could choose more than one answer.



Satisfaction with how the complaint was handled



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