Medienmitteilung

Equality of people with disabilities: pocket statistics 26% of people with disabilities experience discrimination at work

Dieses Dokument ist auch in einer neueren Version verfügbar, siehe folgenden Link:
In 2021 almost one person in six with a disability was at risk of poverty

03.12.2020 - In 2018, 69% of persons with disabilities participated in the labour market. However, their quality of life at work was worse than that of people without disabilities. They were subject to a higher degree of discrimination or violence in the workplace (26%). Roughly 4% of persons with disabilities also indicated that in the previous twelve months they had suffered discrimination at work because of their disability. On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) is publishing a new pocket statistics on Equality for persons with disabilities.

You can find further information in the press releases in German, French and Italian. The English version only contains the lead of the press release.