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NHS organisation will have to be on their toes to keep abreast of a raft of recent and forthcoming changes to employment law and discrimination legislation. The legislation most affecting NHS middle managers will be implementation of the Age Discrimination Act and amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act. The CIPD has produced guidelines to help trusts cope with new legislation.
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