The Code of Good Practice on the Prevention & Elimination of Harassment in the Workplace (“the Code”) repeals the Amended Code of Good Practice on the Handling of Sexual Harassment Cases in the Workplace (2005), published under Government Notice No. 1357 in Government Gazette 27865 of 4 August 2005, and is effective from 18 March 2022. The Code is also published in terms of Section 54(1) of the Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Act No. 55 of 1998).
The Code highlights and focuses on four primary forms of violence and harassment, namely:
- Sexual violence & harassment
- Racial, ethnic & social violence & harassment
- Violence & harassment on account of a protected disclosure or whistleblowing
- Workplace bullying
Tony Healy
Content Director
This e-course has been compiled by leading labour relations and employment law expert, Tony Healy, who has vast experience in all aspects of SA labour relations and employment law. Prior to establishing labour law consultancy Tony Healy & Associates in 1995, Tony held executive labour relations positions at Barlow Rand, the Premier Group and SAB: Miller. He has appeared at the Industrial Court, as well as the CCMA and various Bargaining Councils across the country, in both conciliation and arbitration hearings, since 1995. Tony is a regular guest on national television and radio, as a recognised subject expert in the fields of labour relations and employment law, and has been an employment law newspaper columnist in national newspapers since 1995, including Business Day.
