Employees with disabilities are twice as likely to be attacked at work,
experiencing higher rates of insults, ridicule and intimidation, a new
study has found.
Researchers from Cardiff and Plymouth universities found that people with physical or psychological disabilities or long-term illness reported higher rates of 21 types of ill-treatment than other workers did, often from their managers and colleagues.
These included being given impossible deadlines and being ignored, gossiped about or teased.
The research examined responses to interview questions given by 3,979 people, 284 of them with a disability or long-term illness. Among the 284, 10.5 per cent said that they had suffered physical violence at work, compared with 4.5 per cent of people without disabilities or long-term illness. Meanwhile, 7.4 per cent said that they had been injured at work as a result of aggression, compared with 3.5 per cent of people without disabilities.
And, 12.3 per cent had been humiliated or ri-diculed at work, compared with 7.4 per cent of people without disabilities or long-term illness. At the same time 24.3 per cent said had been insulted at work. The research found that those with disabilities or long-term illness said managers were responsible for 45 per cent of the more serious ill-treatment they had suffered and that customers or clients were responsible for 28 per cent, and colleagues for 18 per cent.
Source : The Himalayan , 11th April 2013
Researchers from Cardiff and Plymouth universities found that people with physical or psychological disabilities or long-term illness reported higher rates of 21 types of ill-treatment than other workers did, often from their managers and colleagues.
These included being given impossible deadlines and being ignored, gossiped about or teased.
The research examined responses to interview questions given by 3,979 people, 284 of them with a disability or long-term illness. Among the 284, 10.5 per cent said that they had suffered physical violence at work, compared with 4.5 per cent of people without disabilities or long-term illness. Meanwhile, 7.4 per cent said that they had been injured at work as a result of aggression, compared with 3.5 per cent of people without disabilities.
And, 12.3 per cent had been humiliated or ri-diculed at work, compared with 7.4 per cent of people without disabilities or long-term illness. At the same time 24.3 per cent said had been insulted at work. The research found that those with disabilities or long-term illness said managers were responsible for 45 per cent of the more serious ill-treatment they had suffered and that customers or clients were responsible for 28 per cent, and colleagues for 18 per cent.
Source : The Himalayan , 11th April 2013
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