Despite major progress, workplace discrimination persists and is taking on new forms
Despite major advances in fighting discrimination at work, mounting inequalities in income and opportunities and significant and persistent forms of workplace discrimination are causing growing concern, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO) published today.
In its most comprehensive report on discrimination to date, the ILO's Equality at work: Tackling the challenges (Note 1) provides a global picture of job-related discrimination, citing both progress and failures in the struggle to fight discrimination ranging from traditional forms such as sex, race or religion, to newer forms based on age, sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS status and disability.
"The global picture of the struggle to overcome discrimination shows a mixture of major advances and failures", the ILO report says, citing progress since its first edition issued four years ago (See "Time for Equality at work", ILO 2003) and noting that most of the ILO's 180 member States have ratified its two core conventions on discrimination and are thus committed to creating legislation and policies against discrimination.
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