The employees need support from an independent ombudsman or a strong union.

A fully independent ombudsman (http://www.judicialombudsman.gov.uk) can review decisions relating to complaints.

Our independent ombudsmen, known as readers' editors, play important roles in achieving this.

The agency even hired an independent ombudsmen to mediate complaints about the road's design and construction.

Perhaps independent ombudsmen could be hired to listen to teachers, report to higher authorities, possibly including the Chancellor, and press for action.

Unlike some jurisdictions, there is no separate or independent ombudsman.

"I was having discussions with senior executives recently about whether to appoint an independent ombudsman and that's still in discussion," he says.

In 1975, an independent and non-partisan provincial ombudsman was created.

As such, they are denied voting privileges and the stamp of legitimacy as independent ombudsmen that full membership would suggest.

The readers' editors are independent internal ombudsmen and can be contacted as follows: