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Sitrep 61/2022 – Awards Gazetted, Metro Cross-tunnel Update, Presumptive Cancer Legislation
December 2, 2022Awards gazetted by IRC Today, the Permanent, Retained and D&D Awards were gazetted by the NSW Industrial Relations Commission. They are now legally binding. You can access each Award below, and the copies on the FBEU website have been updated. […]
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Sitrep 34/2022
June 7, 2022FBEU Calls on Emergency Services Minister to Ensure Professional Firefighters are not Left Behind Members will no doubt have seen the significant announcements made by the State Liberal/National Government this week regarding NSW Health and NSW Ambulance. Following on from […]
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Sitrep 32/2022
May 30, 2022Award Negotiations – Parties before the IRC                                  The parties met today for a compulsory conference before the IRC. This was in regards to both the FBEU’s and FRNSW’s applications for new Awards for Permanent and Retained Firefighters. Following on from […]
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Sitrep 30/2022
May 25, 2022FRNSW Health & Safety – More Concerned with Optics than Substance Some Members will be aware that FRNSW are today coordinating a HSR conference for HSR’s across the state to meet and discuss the existing circumstances around Workplace Health & Safety. While […]
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Sitrep 28/2022
May 20, 2022FLOOD OVERPAYMENTS The FBEU has become aware this week that despite a commitment to the contrary, FRNSW has in fact made deductions from employees’ wages in recovery of alleged overpayments relating to the flood deployments. The FBEU has raised this […]
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Sitrep 19/2022
April 8, 2022Budget Estimates – Consultants over Consultation On Tuesday the new Emergency Services Minister, Steph Cooke, and Acting FRNSW Commissioner Stifler attended the Budget Estimates inquiry to answer questions about FRNSW expenditure, performance and effectiveness.  Budget estimates are a key process […]
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Sitrep 18/2022
April 5, 2022AWARD UPDATE As Members may have seen from FRNSW emails regarding Award negotiations, the FBEU have indeed proposed a Medical First Response clause in response to the claim by the Department to implement an allowance to Members performing PAD work. […]
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Sitrep 15/2022
March 18, 2022Awards Listed for Directions in IRC Members are advised that the Industrial Relations Commission have listed the dispute regarding the Awards for 29 March. This listing is only for preliminary directions regarding the matter. Members will be updated following the issuing […]
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Sitrepâ 13/2022
March 4, 2022Award Update As per our previous communications to Members, both the FBEU and the Department have now filed disputes regarding the Awards with the Commission. These disputes include both parties preferred draft Awards for both Permanent and Retained Firefighters which […]
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