The French Model and the Discriminations towards Visible Minorities at Work

Abstract

French Republican Model and ‘laïcité, the French version of secularism’, are supposed to protect the citizens, at work or elsewhere, against any form of discrimination and France has a long history of immigration. Ethnical and racial discriminations at work are nevertheless observable towards visible minorities today. People from North African ascendance as well as those from French overseas territories ¹ ’ origins are heavily penalized in the job market. Neither direct and indirect laws nor the ‘voluntary initiatives’ introduced by companies seem able to solve this problem at a time when massive unemployment and terrorist Islamic attacks on the French soil are creating a situation of crisis.

Citation

Brabet, J., Bruna, M.-G., Chanlat, J.-F. and Labulle, F. (2019), "The French Model and the Discriminations towards Visible Minorities at Work", Race Discrimination and Management of Ethnic Diversity and Migration at Work (International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol. 6), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 35-57. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2051-233320190000006003