Some facts and figures

There are 1.3 million disabled people in the UK who are available for and want to work.
Only half of disabled people of working age (50%) are in work compared with 80% of non disabled people. Only 20% of people with mental health problems are employed. (Office of National Statistics)

More than 10% of the UK workforce is from a black minority ethnic (BME) background
and over 20% of the emerging workforce will be from BME backgrounds yet people from these groups are over represented amongst the unemployed. (Race for Opportunity)

4.3 million women are in the workplace alongside 16.9 million men.
Future projections show women making up more than 50% of the workplace. 85% of working women are full-time, this falls to 34% of working mothers with pre-school children. A survey of part time workers showed that just over half had previously held jobs on a higher level. (EHRC)

Four in ten fathers say they spend too little time with their children.
Two thirds of fathers see flexible working as an important benefit when looking for a new job.

600 per 100,000 people are estimated to be trans.
In a 2008 survey, 62% of transgender respondents had experienced harassment. (EHRC). • Age discrimination is experienced equally by men and women.

Age is becoming the number one grievance amongst UK employees.
(Croners’ Employment Law)

Stonewall’s survey ‘Serves You Right’ of 1,658 lesbian, gay and bisexual people
found that gay people expect poorer treatment from public services including social housing, criminal justice and health services.

30% of Muslims reported discrimination linked to religion and belief when questioned (Rowntree Trust).
According to figures cited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), there were 600 cases of religious discrimination in the courts in the year to April 2008.