Cent-GPS racial discrimination job study called into question

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 7,000 to a seasonally adjusted 222,000 for the week ended Feb. 17, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Claims fell to 216,000 in mid-January, which was the lowest level since January 1973 (Leaflets lie on a table at a booth at a military veterans' job fair in Carson, California - Reuters filepic)

PETALING JAYA: A study conducted by the Centre for Governance and Political Studies (Cent-GPS) has courted controversy over its methodology after its research stated that Malays and Indians were discriminated against in the job market compared with their Chinese candidates.

In its study published on Thursday (March 7), Cent-GPS said that a job applicant’s race still played a major factor in employment in the private sector.