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Innocent banter or workplace discrimination?

BDJ In Practice volume 36, page 35 (2023)Cite this article

The term banter is often used in the workplace to describe certain types of behaviour such as jokes or pranks that employees might deem to be harmless, jovial, and fun.

However, issues arise when what one employee might deem to be light-hearted fun is interpreted by another as bullying, discrimination, or harassment.

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Moffatt, E. Innocent banter or workplace discrimination?. BDJ In Pract 36, 35 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41404-023-2192-6

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