Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 A new law protecting emergency workers from assault received Royal Assent on 13 September 2018. The legislation provides: maximum sentence for assault against them to double from 6 to 12 months in prison courts must also consider the strongest penalties for other offences against emergency workers The new […]
We understand that the National Joint Council (NJC) has finally come to an agreement to progress a pay award of 2% for Grey Book staff, backdated to 01 July 2018. You will recall from our previous communication regarding this issue that this mirrors what happened last year and continues to demonstrate that the current negotiation […]
We thought it was important to provide our members with the latest update regarding the National Pay offer, while doing so it is also necessary to give you some context around why we are in this ludicrous situation whereby firefighters across the UK have not received their pay rise on time (due on 01 July […]
The issue of what is, and what is not pensionable pay within the fire service has been a matter for debate for over a decade. The Norman v Cheshire case back in 2011 attempted to clarify matters but the question of permanent earnings continues to be open to interpretation by employers and employees. The question of pensionable […]