1 in 5 cancer sufferers discriminated against at work

New research by Macmillan Cancer has recorded a spike in the number of calls from cancer patients regarding work-related problems.

The Telegraph reports that the figures have risen by 74% from fewer than 1,000 in 2015/16 to 1,711 in the year to May. And, the charity has already received 3,000 so far this calendar year with workers feeling more discriminated against than ever.

According to the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas), discrimination is classed as the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different people.

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This can be discrimination in terms of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.