RoJo When a Trust takes on Foundation Status, the management can survey staff to see if they wish to stay on Nationally agreed conditions of employment ie. AFC. However, if the majority answer is no, then locally agreed contracts can be implemented (as happened in Stafford I belive, where 90% of staff rejected AFC conditions). However, there is no obligation to do any of this as the duly appointed management board (appointed by the staff and local community) make the final decision on how the Trust is run with regard to staff pay and conditions.
