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TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED DEPLOYMENTS  Permanent and Retained members are being deployed from across the state to assist with preparation, response, and clean-up in relation to Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Members have been reaching out regarding their entitlements. An updated information sheet […]

CODE RED LIFTED – CAFS Aerial Pumper Safety Issue Once again, we have brought the Department to the table to address a major health and safety issue, with a work instruction now issued to CAFS Aerial Pumper stations & crews […]

CODE RED – CAFS Aerial Pumper Safety Issue This week, our members identified a health and safety issue with CAFS Aerial Pumpers, where a certain sequence of actions would lead to the appliance’s stabilisers unexpectedly retracting. We became aware of […]

AWARD ARBITRATION WEEK 2 CONCLUDES This afternoon we finished the second week of the hearing for our Award Arbitration with all the witnesses, both ours and FRNSW’s, now having finished giving evidence before the IRC. I want to once again […]

AWARD ARBITRATION – LIVE STREAM As outlined in SitRep 4 last week, members are aware that the Parties are currently in the IRC for our Award proceedings. Week 2 of the arbitration started this morning. We are still calling for […]

AWARD ARBITRATION WEEK 1 CONCLUDES  Week 1 of the hearing before the IRC for our Award Arbitration finished up today and it’s fair to say it’s been a busy week for all involved. Over the course of the last 4 […]

ROUND THE GROUNDS UPDATE  The FBEU’s call for reform to the broader NSW emergency services sector continues to remain topically in the media over the past month with yet another tragic fire fatality within rural fire district for the NSW […]

Public Holidays Members are advised that the Award clauses relating to consolidated leave for Permanents and overtime for Retained require that the public holiday either be Easter Sunday or an “additional public holiday”, in order to access those entitlements. The […]

AWARD UPDATE – UPDATE With both the FBEU and FRNSW having filed final material for the Award arbitration process, we now reach the final stages of the timetable set by the IRC articulated in SitRep 47/2024. From Tuesday 11 February, those […]

Directions Hearing – Award Arbitration Today the FBEU were back before the IRC for a further directions hearing, where the Union filed a further application seeking greater detail, data, and relevant statistics from FRNSW in relation to their evidence. Additionally, […]

NSW PFAS Inquiry  Last week the FBEU gave evidence to Select Committee on ‘PFAS Contamination in Waterways and Drinking Water Supplies Throughout NSW’, where the Union was joined by the NSW EPA and FRNSW to discuss the impacts of PFAS […]

IRC Decision in State Wage Fixing Principles Case  As noted in Sitrep 60, the FBEU recently made submission to the Wage Fixing Principles (‘WFP’) case being heard by the new Industrial Court. WFPs are a guide used by the Commission […]