Firefighter magazine, December 2018/January 2019
Age discrimination pension case Court of Appeal update: day 5 - 9 November 2018
The parties concluded their arguments on the sex and race discrimination claims on day 5 and the government responded to our analysis of the Employment Tribunal’s reasoning. The three judges who heard the case will now deliberate and give us their judgment, likely in the spring. As stated previously...
Age discrimination pension case Court of Appeal update: day 4 - 8 November 2018
Age discrimination pension case Court of Appeal update: day 4 - 8 November 2018 The day started with a detailed examination of what is, on any basis, the non-core aspects of the case – sex and race discrimination. We then went on to the core aspects of the firefighters’ case – what was the...
Age discrimination pension case Court of Appeal update: day 3 – 7 November 2018
Age discrimination pension case Court of Appeal update: day 3 – 7 november 2018 Introduction The hearing deals with appeals concerning the judges’ pension schemes as well as the firefighters’, and much of today was taken up looking at the position of the judges. The risk to us is that the court will...
Age discrimination pension case Court of Appeal update: day 2
Age discrimination pension case Court of Appeal update: day 2 6 NOVEMBER 2018 Following on from the update from day 1, which outlined the government’s case, day 2 provided the opportunity to counter their arguments. The nature of the case means that this update covers some points which are complex...
Age discrimination pension case Court of Appeal update: day 1 – 5 November 2018
You will be aware that the two cases regarding age discrimination relating to protection, both judges and firefighters are being held this week - judges 5 and 6 November, reading day 7 November reading day, firefighters 8 and 9 November. To enable you to be kept up to speed on events as they unfold...
Fighting the Pensions Robbery - Video Update
The FBU is keeping up the fight for firefighter pensions and has achieved a legal turnaround which General Secretary Matt Wrack describes as 'a blow to the government'. Further reading here
Update on pensions appeal against age discrimination
At the end of last year, an Employment Appeal Tribunal against age discrimination in the 2015 Firefighters' Pension Scheme was held between 11 - 14 December at which point judgement was reserved. We have now been informed that the judgement is scheduled to be handed down on the morning of Monday 29...
Pensions: Appeal against age discrimination (Day 4)
Day four of the appeal against age discrimination in the 2015 Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Thursday 14 December) began with the Government’s defence of the Employment Tribunal’s decision which, their QC said, was more complete and coherent than the Tribunal’s decision in the judges’ case. He...
