Tuesday, January 23, 2007
[IWS] EuroBarometer: DISCRIMINATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION [6 January 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Commission
Eurobarometer [Special]
Discrimination in the European Union [6 January 2007]
Summary
Fieldwork: June July 2006
Publication: January 2007
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_263_sum_en.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
[excerpt]
Two European Community Directives, the Racial Equality Directive and the
Employment Framework Directive, define a set of principles that offer everyone in the
EU a common minimum level of legal protection against discrimination1. The directives
prevent people in the European Union from being discriminated against on grounds of
race and ethnic origin and on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual
orientation, primarily in the workplace. This comes in addition to the numerous laws
adopted in the past 30 years to fight discrimination based on sex and to allow for equal
treatment between women and men in the workplace.
Despite widespread legal protection, discrimination continues to exist and further
efforts are needed to ensure that the right not to be discriminated against is
implemented effectively in an enlarged European Union that from 1 January 2007 also
includes Bulgaria and Romania. To build upon information campaigns launched in 2003
to raise awareness of the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination in all
Member States, 2007 has been designated as the European Year of Equal
Opportunities for All. The aim of the Year will be to inform people of their rights, to
celebrate diversity and to promote equal opportunities for everyone in the European
Union.
In this summary we present the findings from a survey about discrimination and
inequality in Europe that was carried out by TNS Opinion & Social on behalf of the
European Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
in the twenty-five Member States of the European Union and in the two acceding
countries between 7 June and 12 July 2006.
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................. 3
1. Discrimination in Europe: perception and attitudes .................... 4
1.1 Overview......................................................................................4
1.2 Ethnic Origin .................................................................................7
1.3 Disability ....................................................................................10
1.4 Sexual orientation........................................................................11
1.5 Age ...........................................................................................13
1.6 Religion or beliefs ........................................................................14
1.7 Gender.......................................................................................16
1.8 Representation and participation in society......................................17
2. Views about equal opportunities in employment ...................... 18
2.1 Criteria which put people at a disadvantage.....................................18
2.2 Employment, training and chances for promotion .............................19
2.3 Support for measures to provide equal opportunities in employment ...20
3. Combating discrimination ........................................................ 21
3.1 Assessment of efforts made to fight discrimination ...........................21
3.2 Actors having a role to play in combating discrimination....................22
3.3 The willingness to provide sensitive personal information in certain
conditions...................................................................................23
4. Raising awareness................................................................... 24
4.1 Awareness of the laws prohibiting discrimination ..............................24
4.2 Knowledge of ones right as a victim of discrimination .......................25
CONCLUSION............................................................................................... 26
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Commission
Eurobarometer [Special]
Discrimination in the European Union [6 January 2007]
Summary
Fieldwork: June July 2006
Publication: January 2007
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_263_sum_en.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
[excerpt]
Two European Community Directives, the Racial Equality Directive and the
Employment Framework Directive, define a set of principles that offer everyone in the
EU a common minimum level of legal protection against discrimination1. The directives
prevent people in the European Union from being discriminated against on grounds of
race and ethnic origin and on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual
orientation, primarily in the workplace. This comes in addition to the numerous laws
adopted in the past 30 years to fight discrimination based on sex and to allow for equal
treatment between women and men in the workplace.
Despite widespread legal protection, discrimination continues to exist and further
efforts are needed to ensure that the right not to be discriminated against is
implemented effectively in an enlarged European Union that from 1 January 2007 also
includes Bulgaria and Romania. To build upon information campaigns launched in 2003
to raise awareness of the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination in all
Member States, 2007 has been designated as the European Year of Equal
Opportunities for All. The aim of the Year will be to inform people of their rights, to
celebrate diversity and to promote equal opportunities for everyone in the European
Union.
In this summary we present the findings from a survey about discrimination and
inequality in Europe that was carried out by TNS Opinion & Social on behalf of the
European Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
in the twenty-five Member States of the European Union and in the two acceding
countries between 7 June and 12 July 2006.
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................. 3
1. Discrimination in Europe: perception and attitudes .................... 4
1.1 Overview......................................................................................4
1.2 Ethnic Origin .................................................................................7
1.3 Disability ....................................................................................10
1.4 Sexual orientation........................................................................11
1.5 Age ...........................................................................................13
1.6 Religion or beliefs ........................................................................14
1.7 Gender.......................................................................................16
1.8 Representation and participation in society......................................17
2. Views about equal opportunities in employment ...................... 18
2.1 Criteria which put people at a disadvantage.....................................18
2.2 Employment, training and chances for promotion .............................19
2.3 Support for measures to provide equal opportunities in employment ...20
3. Combating discrimination ........................................................ 21
3.1 Assessment of efforts made to fight discrimination ...........................21
3.2 Actors having a role to play in combating discrimination....................22
3.3 The willingness to provide sensitive personal information in certain
conditions...................................................................................23
4. Raising awareness................................................................... 24
4.1 Awareness of the laws prohibiting discrimination ..............................24
4.2 Knowledge of ones right as a victim of discrimination .......................25
CONCLUSION............................................................................................... 26
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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