For many Australians, both employers and employees, the workplace continues to be a place of harmony where each goes to work discharges their individual responsibilities and continues to get on with life.

This is confirmed by government statistics that suggest that 1,000 people per week are migrating to Queensland, Australia to live. The attraction is lifestyle; affordable property and housing, progressive government development and support for new business initiatives and low unemployment.

In addition there are a large proportion of immigrants coming to our shores from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand to name a few.

Sadly amongst this good news there are some concerns amongst employers and employees alike. Over the last 10 years with out-placing, downsizing, outsourcing, redundancies, and other interesting forms of industrial justification for off-loading employees, the workplace has been experienced as difficult and for some