Transition to the 2015 Firefighters' Pension Scheme: Discrimination Claims: Appeal
Video: Union vows to fight on for pension justice
In a video update Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, has vowed that the union will continue its fight for pension justice after an employment tribunal concluded the transitional arrangements for the 2015 Firefighters' Pension Scheme did not discriminate on the grounds of age, sex or race. The FBU...
FBU deeply disappointed at pensions ruling
The Employment Tribunal decision concerning the transitional arrangements for the 2015 Firefighter’s Pension Scheme has been handed down. The Tribunal concluded that these arrangements did not discriminate on the grounds of age, sex or race. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) will consider the reasons...
Judges win parallel discrimination pension case
Over two hundred judges at various levels of the judicial structure have brought age discrimination claims regarding the reform of the Judicial Pension Scheme, a close parallel to the claims brought on behalf of younger firefighters who were transferred into the 2015 Firefighters’ Pension Scheme...
Government in court over discriminatory firefighter pensions
The government and fire service employers in England and Wales are in court defending a pension scheme which the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) says is a "textbook" example of age discrimination against younger firefighters. The introduction of the 2015 Firefighters’ Pension Scheme saw thousands of...
Pensions: video update on legal challenge
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...
