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Sitrep 59: Ir Reform

November 27, 2023

Labor Commences Promised IR Reform Following weeks of negotiations with public sector Unions, the NSW Labor Government has finally introduced the first tranche of reforms to the Industrial Relations Act and System. These reforms were a key election commitment to […]

Sitrep 50: Elt’s Blame Shifting; Award Update; Covid Vax News And More

October 6, 2023

In this issue: Stale, failed and wailing 2023 Award update Health Screening transition COVID-19 vaccination policy Stale, failed and wailing You are no doubt all aware by now that Minister Dib has appointed an administrator to oversee FRNSW until […]

Sitrep 48 – Awards, Health Checks, Toling And More

September 22, 2023

In this issue: 2023 Award – implementation update Current progress on the new Award’s Consultation provisions Health Checks to Health Screening – transitioning to the new process 2024 Log of Claims – have your say TOLBANs and TOLing – vital […]

Sitrep 39 – Irc Issues Recommendation On Health Checks! And Frnsw Publish New Risk Assessment On Infectious Diseases

August 10, 2023

Award Update – IRC Issues Recommendation re Health Checks As notified to members in the last Sitrep, following our attendance at the IRC last week for the conciliation on the Awards, and specifically regarding our claim to replace the current […]

Sitrep 38: Updates On Award Negotiations And Covid Vaccination Policy

August 4, 2023

Award Negotiations Update Award negotiations are continuing to progress closer to final resolution. This week we returned to the IRC for further conciliation regarding health checks. This was becoming a real sticking point for resolution of the Awards. Members obviously […]

Sitrep 34/2023

July 7, 2023

Award Update Award negotiations have progressed between us and FRNSW this week. We were able to meet on both Monday and Tuesday and we continue to move forward with discussions on our Log of Claims, in particular key items around […]

Sitrep 31: Pay Negotiations, Awol Aps And Pink Tagging

June 16, 2023

Update on Award Negotiations FRNSW and the FBEU were in the IRC for conciliation on the Awards yesterday but before I update you, I think it’s important we remind ourselves of some relevant context. As you all would be aware, […]

Sitrep 30: Government 4% Pay Offer

June 6, 2023

Government’s 4.0% pay offer Yesterday, the Treasurer announced an offer of a 4% wage increase for NSW public sector workers, plus a .05% increase to your superannuation. While this is an improvement on the 2.5% (minus super) wages cap of […]

Sitrep 28/2023

May 26, 2023

Fix our FRNSW leadership The Fix Our Fire Service campaign continues to highlight the severe underfunding and lack of resources of our fire service and the impact that it is having on our safety and ability to protect the community. […]