E. (2010) workplace discrimination threatens an employee's health and well-being by activating a primitive fear of exclusion, of being abandoned, creating feelings of anger, shame and rejection that can lead to the collapse of his or her very existence. Most people find it difficult to recognize when they are being discriminated against, when they witness someone else's discrimination, or when they themselves engage in discrimination within an organization. To this end, throughout history, people have been excluded, marginalized, abused or harassed at work. As a result they experience physical, emotional and social effects. For example, lack of energy, depression and lack of interest invariably affect work. Around the world many employees are disempowered, their fundamental right to work and succeed is limited, minimized and abused in the name of labels such as racism, origin, class and political and religious status. Therefore the laws that define discrimination and which groups are protected from discrimination vary widely. As is the case with the UK and Australia, they take a broader view of legal protection to include sexual orientation and gender reassignment, while South Africa includes a ban on hate