Industrial Relations
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Corus will receive £5 million from the government after the steel giant announced plans to lay off nearly 2,000 employees. A deterioration in demand across Europe and the United States was blamed for the decision to make the job cuts, affecting 500 workers in Scunthorpe, 375 in Teesside and up to 800… Read more »
By Liz Stephens Thousands of building workers will hold a nationwide ballot this month to try to bring an end to disputes in power stations and refineries across the country. The move was announced today as hundreds of strikers and their supporters continued to protest outside the Lindsey oil refinery in North Lincolnshire following the… Read more »
