Off-colour workplace joke amounts to R25k sexual harassment ruling
bizcommunity | 28.07.2026 18:58
If you thought the most dangerous thing in a stationery cupboard was a misplaced staple gun, think again. In Easybranch (Pty) Ltd v Sibiya N.O. and Others [2026], the Labour Court confirmed that a single off-colour joke about a packet of fingerettes being compared to the size of a male employee’s ... well, you know… was enough to ground a finding of sexual harassment.
