Booze blamed for third of insurance employees facing prejudice
More than a third (37%) of insurance workers have seen sexist, racist, homophobic, ableist and ageist behaviour or heard discriminatory language in the workplace, according to a University of Nottingham study.
Between January and July this year 125 individuals working in insurance shared their experiences via an online survey or through one-to-one interviews with a researcher from the university.
A quarter
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