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RETAINED CONTRACTS PDF Print E-mail
Written by Paul Trew - HFBU Secretary   
Sunday, 28 April 2013 10:52

Retained Contracts Joint Statement

ALL MEMBERS

 

Hampshire FBU  and HFRS have come to joint agreement with changes to retained firefighters contracts. These changes refer to the retaining fee paid to a retained firefighter for their availability.

All retained firefighters who give availability of over 119 hours per week will continue to receive 100% retaining fee. In addition to this management have stated that they intend to award an extra three 12 hour blocks of leave to firefighters who fall into this category.

Retained firefighters who give between 70 to 119 hours availability a week will receive 75% of the retaining fee. This figure has been reduced from the previous HFRS requirement to provide between 83 hours to 119 hours.

Furthermore a third tier has been created whereby a firefighter may share a FTE post. This post share will mean that  firefighters who give availability of up to 69 hours per week will receive a 50% payment. It will also mean that retained Crew Managers and Watch Managers are also able to share a FTE post. This option will not prevent two post share firefighters attending the same incident or training and will give individuals greater flexibility should they wish to reduce their availability below 70 hours.

Please refer to your local union official should you have any further questions with regard to this issue

 

 

Last Updated on Sunday, 28 April 2013 11:53
 
Health and Safety Bulletin PDF Print E-mail
Written by Webmaster   
Monday, 15 April 2013 08:15

Safety Advice Bulletin

 

Hampshire FBU advises all members that attend incidents in the Land

Rover style SFV to be extra vigilant regarding scene safety. HFRS have a

Land Rover refurbishment program in place that will see the addition of

scene safety equipment but have declined the opportunity to cease the

use of unconverted vehicles. The FBU recommend that if the incident

requires the Land Rover to be position on the public highway, the crew

should considered making up for an appliance to provide the correct

level of scene safety equipment.

 
Pensions Meetings PDF Print E-mail
Written by Paul Trew - HFBU Secretary   
Sunday, 24 March 2013 16:32

All Members

Regional and National officials together with local Hampshire officials have conducted a number of Branch meetings throughout Hampshire over the last three weeks. There have been two mass meetings at Winchester and Southsea and also several local branch meetings. The theme of these meetings has been the ongoing dispute with this Government in relation to our pensions.

Most of you will know that the two Pensions reviews initiated and paid for by the Government are now in the public domain. The FBU know that the findings of these reviews clearly supports your unions view that a Normal Pension Age of 60 is unachievable by the majority of  male firefighters and almost impossible to achieve by female firefighters. The reviews clearly highlight that up to two thirds of firefighters may not be able to reach the age of 60 with current fitness standards in place.

The review also highlights through evidence supplied by independent surveys, that firefighters will leave the pension scheme in large numbers if they are forced to pay the ridiculously high level of contributions that this government are proposing- for some officers this may be as high as 17% of their wage whereas firefighters will see a proposed rate of 13.6%. Many firefighters will leave and this will have the potential effect of collapsing the existing scheme

Many of you who attended these meetings now fully understand why there may be a need to resort to a ballot for industrial action. There has been no tub thumping and rabble rousing  just a balanced and pragmatic delivery of the facts as they are. The hundreds of members who attended these meetings have overwhelmingly supported the use of industrial action as a last resort.

Can we urge all members to seek out and lobby your MP make them aware of these reviews, get them to add their names to the growing number of MPs who support us -There are several Tory and LibDem MPs who are very uncomfortable with what the treasury are doing particularly following the evidence supplied in the reviews. Lets make them all aware.

There is a lobby of MPs in London on the 17th April. We urge as many members as possible to attend. DO NOT LEAVE IT TO OTHERS. This is where you can make a difference.

Please contact your local official or Paul Trew, Nigel McCullen or Stuart Eade for further details

Last Updated on Sunday, 24 March 2013 17:08
 
Advice for Firefit Project PDF Print E-mail
Written by Webmaster   
Monday, 08 April 2013 14:25

Dear Brother/Sister,

Advice re involvement with the Firefit Project

Head office has been contacted by several officials wanting clarity on what advice to give to members re the ongoing survey and request for volunteers for the ‘Firefit’ project.

This project is a joint study between CFOA FireFit Steering Group in collaboration with the University of Bath looking at issues around fitness in firefighters around the UK.

The project is looking at a range of issues including trying to achieve legally defensible fitness standards.

Fitness is an important aspect of the firefighter and it is important that it is treated as such.

With the publication of the NPA review another worrying aspect has been introduced. This is the suggestion that capability dismissals may be the only option for significant numbers of firefighters who cannot maintain the recommended levels.

It is important that any discussions around fitness levels are conducted in the appropriate forum and not in a haphazard fashion. This project however is CFOA led and does not have any employer involvement. This was one of the key concerns that has been raised at the meeting with the CFOA project lead and remains unresolved. It is only one of a number of concerns which we feel may impact on the ongoing discussions on the Normal Pension Age.

For this reason the FBU are unable to support this project in its current form.

Please feel free to pass this advice on.

Yours in Unity,

Sean Starbuck

 
NPA Review Update PDF Print E-mail
Written by Paul Trew - HFBU Secretary   
Tuesday, 15 January 2013 16:30

ALL MEMBERS

The NPA Review has been published on the FBU National website. A All Members bulletin will follow and will precis the finer details of the review.

 
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