Thursday, November 27, 2008

Disabled people 'bullied at work'

from guardian.co.uk:

Disabled people are much more likely than the able-bodied to be hit,
injured, bullied and humiliated at work, groundbreaking research for
the Equality and Human Rights Commission will reveal today.

In
the first comprehensive survey of discrimination in the workplace, the
commission found 11.6% of employees with a disability or long-term
illness experienced physical violence at work, compared with 5.5% of
other employees.

It said 8.8% of disabled people sustained an
injury as a result of violence or aggression at work, compared with
4.7% of able-bodied people.

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