Poll Results: Workplace Discrimination

Results and findings from recent research on the future of work and the evolving jobs market.

Source: Monster survey conducted among workers, July 2023

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Key Takeaways

Only 9% of workers say they haven’t experienced discrimination in the workplace 77% of workers have witnessed an act of workplace discrimination, yet 28% of workers don’t feel comfortable reporting an incident 50% of workers say they’ve experienced discrimination in the job application process based on age, with 40% experiencing discrimination in the job application process based on race

45% of workers are unaware of their company’s policies against workplace discrimination Many workers believe other workplace policies are more important than anti-discrimination policies: 81% think family and medical leave policies are more important 77% think anti-retaliation against whistleblowers policies are more important 70% think salary transparency policies are more important 69% think the right to organize or form a union is more important 52% think vaccination policies are more important 46% think social media policies are more important

Workplace Policies

Only 44% of workers feel comfortable reporting discriminatory behavior to an anonymous reporting resource provided by their company Only 33% of workers feel comfortable reporting discriminatory behavior to HR Only 21% feel comfortable reporting an incident to their manager Meanwhile, 28% of workers don’t feel comfortable reporting discriminatory behavior at all

Reporting An Incident

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During the job application & interview process 40% of workers experienced discrimination based on race 50% of workers experienced discrimination based on age 19% of workers experienced discrimination based on sex, gender or gender identity 17% of workers experienced discrimination on account of a disability 15% of workers experienced discrimination based on their weight or height

Most Common Factors

In the workplace 38% of workers experienced discrimination based on race 37% of workers reported experienced discrimination based on age 19% of workers experienced discrimination based on sex, gender or gender identity 17% of workers experienced discrimination on account of a disability 11% of workers experienced discrimination based on their weight or height