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Pensions: video update on legal challenge

By infobo
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) are challenging the government in court over the transitional protection arrangements it introduced as part of the imposed 2015 Firefighters’ Pension Scheme. The FBU believes the changes to the pension are discriminatory on age grounds. In this video update, Matt Wrack...
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Former firefighter awarded compensation for mesothelioma

By infobo
A retired member of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has been awarded compensation after developing the asbestos-related disease, mesothelioma. The 80-year-old man worked as a firefighter between 1959 and 1989 where he would attend to fires in schools, factories and offices. Some of the buildings he...

Pensions: 18-20 case

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Dear Brother/Sister Pensions: 18-20 case As you will be aware, the FBU has successfully challenged the government over age discrimination relating to members who joined the 1992 Firefighters’ Pension...

FBU legal case on pension transitional protection: Employment Tribunal

The FBU is engaged in a legal challenge against fire service employers and the government over the transitional protection arrangements. A procedural challenge was made to the union’s case and this was heard at an Employment Tribunal on 31 May and 1 June. The union successfully argued that the cases...

Pensions: FBU legal challenges - Updates July 2016

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Dear Brother/Sister Pensions: FBU Legal Challenges – Updates July 2016 Circulars issued on 21 June provided the previous update in relation to the legal challenges regarding transitional protection...

Thompsons solicitors FBU legal report 2015

In 2015 the FBU legal scheme, working with Thompsons Solicitors, secured nearly £4.1m in compensation for members and their families, at work and away from work. The most significant cases of the year are summarised below.

Lessons must be learnt following the inquest into firefighter's death

By Anna Zych
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is calling for lessons to be learnt after a jury at the Civil Justice Centre in Manchester concluded that Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) firefighter and FBU member Stephen Hunt, 38, from Bury died as a result of unlawful killing. Tragically, safety...

Firefighter magazine April/May 2016

Cover Firefighter magazine April/May 2016
The Bafta award-winning short film Operator leads this issue of Firefighter magazine. The film, which the FBU co-funded, tells the real-life story of Sam Pendlebury, a fire control operator who guided a mother and her child to safety in one of her first ever calls. As the Scottish Fire and Rescue...

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