Summary of prevalence of workplace racial
harassment
In the last five years, nearly four in ten (39%) workers have experienced at least one of the
racial harassment behaviours we measured. However, the lower lifetime prevalence rate (15%)
suggests many workers don’t regard some of the negative behaviours as racial harassment.
LIFETIME PREVALENCE
This is the proportion of workers
who report being ‘racially harassed’
at sometime in their working life…
PREVALENCE IN LAST 5 YEARS
(BEHAVIOURAL DEFINITION)
BYSTANDER WORKPLACE
PREVALENCE
This is the proportion of workers
who report experiencing at least
one of the 12 racial harassment
behaviours measured in the survey
(see page 25). Note, the term ‘racially
harassed’ was not used.
This is the proportion of workers
who are aware of racial harassment
affecting others in their workplace in
the last 5 years…
39%
29%
15%
Base: All respondents (2,512)
Q6 Have you personally ever been racially harassed in a work environment (e.g. at work or a work-related event)?
Q7 In the last 5 years, have you personally experienced this in a work environment (e.g. from a colleague or customer/client)?
Q10 Have you been aware of racial harassment happening to someone else in your workplace in the last 5 years?
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