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The new 2014 Retained Award took effect on Friday 30 May. The Department has bizarrely called this “the end of an era”, but it’s nothing of the sort. The new Award makes numerous changes to retained members’ working conditions however […]

The new 2014 Retained Award which takes effect Friday 30 May delivers many improvements including new ranks, quicker progression and, of course, higher rates of pay. These will be discussed separately in SITREP 20/2014. This short FAQ deals only with the Award’s new availability and attendance requirements and should be read in conjunction with the new award itself.

Inside this issue:

Federal Budget bad for firefighters, bad for all workers
Budget confirms only 2.27% wage increase for 2014 update
AMP triggers

Inside this issues:

Budget confirms only 2.27% wage increase for 2014
AMP screening failures
History to repeat at Pyrmont?

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New Retained Award settled
In brief

In this issue:

Minister gone, but what does it mean for us?
Victorian deployment
News in brief.

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Retained award update #16
In Brief

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O’Farrell’s gone, plus ça change
Easter Sunday – who gets the consolidated leave?

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16 hr Award breach
Easter Sunday consolidated leave
State Govt loses on redundancy
and May Day March.

Inside this issue:

Permanent award update #1
Retained award update #15
Auditor-General’s report on firefighter fitness

In this week’s SITREP:

Permanent Award update;
D&A Testing during drill;
IPP Survey;
and Knighthoods, wage cuts, and social cleansing of the Rocks.

2014 Permanent Award claim available