Study: 14 % LGBTQ+ people in Czechia experience workplace discrimination

One in seven LGBTQ+ people in Czechia have experienced some type of discrimination at work, according to a study produced by Europe in Data and cited by the Czech News Agency on Wednesday.

The most common type of abuse were verbal attacks, but also threats of physical or sexual violence. In total, 50,000 Czechs have experienced discrimination in employment, according to Eurostat data, with women being more likely to be discriminated against.

A poll by Eurobarometer, carried out in December, suggests that approximately one in seven Czechs, or 14 percent, would be bothered by having a transgender or intersex person in their work team, while 77 percent wouldn’t find it a problem.