New Fire Minister Following the change in Prime Minister and a subsequent government reshuffle, the Police and Fire Service have yet another new Minister, Kit

National Pay Update We understand that progress regarding the piece of work being undertaken by the National Joint Council (NJC) to negotiate the broadening of

Modified Pay Success in Cumbria Following a grievance raised by the FRSA, relating to payments to On-call staff when on sick and/or modified duties, the

Pensionable Pay The High Court ruled on Firefighters’ pensionable pay last week. The ruling is as a result of an appealed Pension Ombudsman (PO) decision PO-14863,

Case histories We find that current members are always interested to hear about the case work we undertake within the FRSA, which also acts as

Improved engagement with members In an effort to improve engagement with our members in Scotland, we would like to invite you to join our private facebook

O’Brien decision (Part-time Judge) The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that a part-time recorder (fee-paid judge) should have his pension

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:

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,