Trade Union Bill
FBU member receives £108,000 in compensation after accident on duty
A firefighter from Louth, Lincolnshire has received £108,000 in compensation after an accident at work left him with a permanent shoulder injury. At the time of the accident, the firefighter was part of a team responding to a call where a lorry that was transporting pigs had turned over...
Firefighter wins legal case against Cambridgeshire fire service after judge rules their behaviour 'irrational and perverse'
Frontline firefighter Kerry Baigent, a former Cambridgeshire rep for the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and the former national secretary of the union’s National Womens’ Committee, has won an employment tribunal decision against Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service (CFRS). The Judge found she had been...
Firefighters’ union launches legal challenge against government over pensions
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) today announced it is mounting a legal challenge to the government over what it says are unfair pension arrangements for its members. Under new arrangements introduced on 1 April, firefighters are expected to ride fire engines, run with heavy fire hoses and carry people...
Domestic abuse model policy published
The FBU has published a domestic abuse policy document in order to help officials negotiate a local policy to raise awareness within their fire and rescue service. Samantha Rye, secretary of the FBU national women’s committee, said: “Domestic violence is abhorrent and repugnant. Perpetrators should...
Former firefighter and women’s union official begins employment tribunal
Former firefighter and national FBU official Kerry Baigent (pictured above) today begins her employment tribunal case against Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service for constructive dismissal. The case sees the former secretary of the FBU national women’s committee claim that avoidable decisions by...
Test legal case victory means retired firefighters to be compensated
Thousands of retired firefighters will be compensated after a successful legal challenge found that they did not receive the lump sum in their pension that they were entitled too. A complaint to the Pensions Ombudsman that the Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) failed to review the commutation...
