The first result of a ballot among health workers on a three-year pay deal has shown massive rejection. Members of the GMB union voted against the proposed agreement, worth an
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New workplace guidance has been issued to help ensure businesses are following the law when managing staff who have a particular religion or belief. The conciliation service Acas suggested that
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Nurses have slammed “draconian” rules which stop them from drinking water during their shifts. Many say are unable to take breaks to eat or drink water due to staff shortages
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Apps which allow NHS workers to book onto empty shifts could be rolled out across the country to reduce reliance on “expensive agency staff”. Under the trial, thousands of doctors,
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Ministers have been urged to close a loophole which allows agency workers to be paid less than permanent members of staff. Labour’s Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East) said agency work had
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NHS England is to pay damages to a GP whose privacy it breached by telling the BBC that she was under investigation. Its “wrongful and unlawful” statements had caused enormous
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Nurses and healthcare workers will start voting on Monday on whether to accept a pay deal negotiated after years of wage restraint. The Royal College of Nursing said the offer
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Increases in a hospital’s car parking charges for staff will wipe out a proposed NHS pay rise, according to a union. Unite expressed anger at an announcement of increases for
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About 1.4 million council workers and school support workers are set to receive a 2% pay rise following a consultation with staff. Two of the three unions involved have accepted
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Three out of 10 hospitals charge staff for car parking, new figures show. Doctors and nurses are expected to pay at 348 out of the 1,175 hospitals with parking facilities,
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