Women in workplace twice as likely to face discrimination as men, study finds

Women are almost twice as likely as men to experience discrimination at work, with issues of pay and promotion frequently raised, though there are no gender differences in other areas.

Women are twice as likely as men to face discrimination at work, research has revealed.

Amid calls for Independent Alliance minister John Halligan to resign for asking a female civil servant in a job interview if she was married, new analysis has found issues of pay and promotion for women are frequently raised.