In a recent survey, 38% of Swiss nationals reported feeling uncomfortable in the presence of people they perceive as different. In 2020, researchers surveyed 3,258 residents of Switzerland aged between 15 and 88 asked them a wide range of questions. The group most likely to experience discomfort in the presence of those they perceived to […]
Gender and ethnic discrimination revealed in Swiss online recruitment study
The study looked at data from Swiss a government-affiliated online recruitment platform, used by the public employment service. Recruiters using the platform were 4% – 19% less likely to follow up with equally qualified job seekers with foreign sounding names. Discrimination was particularly pronounced among immigrants from Africa, the Middle East, the Balkans and Asia. […]
More Swiss men feel discrimination than women, says survey
20 Minutes. A survey by the newspaper 20 Minuten, shows more men (50%) feel discriminated against than women (40%). In particular men think society places excessive demands on them. The online survey done between 4 and 6 April 2017, received 6,889 responses from readers in German-speaking Switzerland. The responses were then weighted by experts to […]
