No to discrimination in the staffing industry

The Algemene Bond Uitzendondernemingen (ABU) opened a Discriminatory Requests Hotline three months ago. Here, employees of temporary employment agencies such as Flexible Human Services can report it if they receive a discriminatory request from a potential client. These can be requests such as "I don't want any employees other than Polish ones for this assignment, because..." or "I only want employees in age category x, because..." The ABU conducted a nationwide survey to test whether employees know how to find this hotline when they receive such a request. They investigated, using mystery calls in which a discriminatory request was made, whether employees would report the request. They did, which is good news! Other reports made were mainly about age discrimination. Also, the survey showed that on 87% of the requests made through a mystery call, they were not acted upon. This is another great result!

At Flexbile Human Services, we also believe it is important to give all of our temporary workers a fair chance. Regardless of ethnicity, age or gender: everyone deserves a fair chance on the job market. That is why our employees also pay extra attention when talking to potential clients.