The G.M.B. has long held a recognition agreement — a framework for consultation, collective bargaining and representation — with Sodexo.
We adopted a similar approach used in other studies [ 30] and diverged from the methodology described by Levac and colleagues [ 31] by excluding the final step of a six step framework, stakeholder consultation, which was not relevant for this study.
Moreover, the Chinese appeared especially hopeful about the plans of the two nations to build a new framework for consultations.
Each doctor saw their patients within the usual framework of consultations, which were not convened specifically for the purposes of the investigation.
It's supposed to be a "framework document for consultation".
That's why, when we put our new GCSE framework out to consultation last December, we received no complaints regarding the absence of American literature.
When viewed, as the consultation framework suggests, as a "core knowledge around which teachers can develop exciting and stimulating lessons", it will be used by good schools and teachers as a starting point, not the destination.
The timetable may slip, but the plan is to produce a final draft framework early next year, allowing consultation until the end of March, which should result in a firm set of rules by the end of 2002.
This study explores whether paediatric neurologists work within a consultation framework designed to meet information needs.
