Inside this issue:

• O’Farrell’s class war ramps up – workers compensation blitzkrieg
• Motorcycle club raids – we aren’t the cops
• Meal and Refreshment Allowances – Union Prosecution
• The Unmeritorious Department
• Baulkham Hills matrix distance – update
• Correct Stat Dec form

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Petty Cash, Meal and Refreshment Allowance Dispute 

As reported in SITREP 19/2012, the Department and the Union re-appeared before Justice Haylen of the IRC this afternoon.

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Inside this issue:

• Easter Sunday public holiday dispute – update
• CFR claim – update
• Meal and Refreshment Allowance dispute – CODE RED Amended Read more…

In this issue:

• FRNSW Open Day
• WHS Consultation and Communication Procedures
• ESS (T&E) Claims – report the problems
• Final reminder – May Day this Sunday, 6 May

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In this issue:

• Department abandons Perisher ballot
• Delivery of 25 Year Medals
• Automated External Defibrillators (AED’s)
• May Day March 2012 – Sunday 6 May

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In this issue:

• Petty cash for meal and refreshment allowances – it’s the law
• ESS (T&E) Claims – oh those problems?!
• Financial relief for June/Sept 2011 stop works – 1 May deadline
• May Day March 2012 – Sunday 6 May
• 2012 Death and Disability Award filed
• Regional Hazmat and Comms Selection Procedures

Firefighters back SARAH Group to strengthen road safety around accidents

The Fire Brigade Employees’ Union has backed a family-led campaign to strengthen road safety around breakdown sites, following two tragic and unnecessary deaths on the Hume Highway in February. Read more…

In this issue:

•  2012 Union elections – results
• Easter Sunday Public Holiday and consolidated leave – update
• Meal and Refreshment Allowances – Union to prosecute for award breaches
• Incident Management Teams
• Qualification allowances – is the sky really falling?

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In this issue:

• 2012 Union elections – vote NOW, ballot closes soon
• Easter Sunday Public Holiday and consolidated leave – update
• Retained summit discussion paper
• ESS Claims – the Department’s bad joke – update
• Meal and Refreshment Allowances – update
• Arrangements for PPC fitting
• Dad and Partner Leave

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Inside this issue:

• 2012 Union elections
• Silence is golden
• Nowra to go 10/14
• May Day 2012
• ESS Claims – the Department’s bad joke
• Meal and Refreshment Allowances Update Read more…