Code Of Good Practice On The Prevention & Elimination Of Harassment In The Workplace

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: