Trade unions have warned that hundreds of thousands of black and minority ethnic employees in the UK could be at risk of racist treatment and discrimination at work - and they say the UK Government needs to act.
A new report published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) found two in five BME workers – which is an umbrella term referring to black and non-white ethnic minority individuals – have faced racism at work in the last five years.
Those spoken to for the research said discrimination ranges from racist bullying and harassment to more “hidden” racism like jokes, stereotypes or being treated differently at work.
