About 33% of Indian employees face age-based bias at workplaces: Report

Gender-based bias stood at the third pedestal with 14 per cent claiming they faced prejudice because of their gender

Even as corporates are taking steps to tackle issues like gender bias and even homophobia, 'ageism' or bias against a person for their age, is becoming the new rogue at Indian workplaces, according to a survey.

About 33 per cent of Indian employees face or have faced age-based bias at their workplace, followed by 17 per cent who faced bias because of their physical appearance and 15 per cent of others have faced bias on the basis of their culture or religion, a survey by JobBuzz noted.

Gender-based bias stood at the third pedestal with 14 per cent claiming they faced prejudice