A Durban cleaner is raising a stink after a complaint about her personal hygiene left her without a job. In an affidavit lodged in the Equality Court in February, the 31-year-old woman said she had been asked to resign in January after a client of her company, which is contracted to eThekwini municipality, complained that she "smelled bad".The woman claimed her employers told her that they were "tired of helping me and they did not want to see me around their site because I am smelling [sic]."I was so humiliated. I was abused."In a responding affidavit, her supervisor and the company's contract manager claimed the woman was often late or absent from work, did not perform her duties in compliance with company policy and had resigned of her own free will.The company said the inadequacy of the woman's personal hygiene regime had caused problems.The contract manager said the company had "really tried to help her"."The supervisor was trying to help her with advice on good hygiene. You can't work in a public place wiping and polishing tables with a sweaty smell."Magistrate John Saunders dismissed the case, saying the court did not have jurisdiction over a labour dispute.Labour lawyer Jonathan Jones said employers were entitled to set standards for the workplace, whether related to performance or hygiene." [ Employers] should be mindful of employees' backgrounds and personal circumstances and should deal with the issue as sensitively and constructively as possible," Jones said...