Business Brief December 2011
An employee has a right not to be subjected to racial
discrimination in the workplace. Failure by an employer to
eliminate racist conduct in the workplace is unlawful.
In a recently reported Labour Court judgement the applicant
relocated with his family from Durban to Brixton and moved into a
residential complex provided by his employer that was shared with
other employees.
The applicant is an Indian man and his fellow colleagues were
predominantly white.
The applicant and his family were subjected to various forms of
racial abuse from his white colleagues and their families. The
employee laid a complaint to his station commander but the
harassment continued.
