Employment gap between white and BME staff is closing
The employment gap between white and black and ethnic
The TUC report said the employment gap had narrowed by 2.2% over the past 10 years and now stands at 15.7%.
This comes despite recent criticism of government efforts to close the gap, with accusations that some specialist schemes were wound-up too soon.
The fastest area of growth in BME employment has been part-time work, with the number doing this more than doubling in 10 years. However, just 60.1% of BME people are in work, compared to 75.8% in the wider population.
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