Calculating Your Holiday Pay.

Just a quickie this evening !  

No - please don't try , honest it's not a good idea! 

There have been a few postings on Facebook recently about West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue

miscalculating holiday pay lost due to sickness. 

For information we are showing below the 

NEW  Calculation 

The current formula used by the  Finance department is annual
payments divided by 182.5 and multiply the number of days outstanding.

and the OLD Calculation 

4 weekly payments divided by 28 and multiplied by the number of days
outstanding.  

So if you have recently left WYFRS check 

your final payments.

Any queries,we are sure your local FBU rep will advise.

Please note this is for WEST YORKSHIRE only - we do not know if it applies to other brigades. 

If you do get any back dated pay do let us know.

And finally  a quick thank you to Mark Hamilton for requesting this calculation by a Freedom of Information request in 

November 2013. 

A Substantial Sum

Firstly we need to apologise to our readers for being very quiet recently. This is because the day job has had to take priority for a while as it pays the FCCL office bills, plus for once UNISON stuff has had to take precedent too.

But fear not,  we have been taking numerous notes and have a back log of blogs to post so here we go with the first of many in 2014.

This is a BIG SUM

1,000,000,000,000 +3 /5750  =  173913043.478783

BUT THIS  IS A LARGE SUM..........

WYFRS Illegal Surveillance of staff 

+ Getting Caught 

 =
A LARGE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION  

We also suspect that  ....

SILENCE IS GOLDEN



And that the person concerned has signed a gagging clause

 preventing them discussing the amount they received.

(and to be honest we can't say we blame them)  

BUT

Yet again WYFRS have been caught breaking the law! Directors of WYFRS have been signing RIPA  orders (Regulatory Power Investigation Act ) to enable them to  SPY on their staff. 

Anthea Orchard discovered a tracking device paid for by West Yorks Tax Payers on her car   - she also had  private investigators taking pictures of herself, (and we strongly suspect her children. )

 Firefighter X as we shall call him also had ILLEGAL SURVEILLANCE and his human rights breached using  tax payers money. And instead of settling quietly, he was going to take WYFRS to a very public Employment Tribunal where all their illegal activity would have been put into the public domain  ( although we are a tad disappointed as we here at FCCL had saved some annual leave to attend)

But it seems Firefighter X has settled out of court for what has been termed a " very substantial sum" 

But it leaves the basic fact that WYFRS  - namely the conveniently recently retired ACO Martyn Redfearn with serious black marks against his employment record

 - will this affect his large pension  .....Nope,

will it stop  him strike breaking - Nope. ...

It seems Martyn has no morals ! Mind you we  already know Morals don't pay the mortgage

But,   it does also  mean that CFO Simon Pilling is desperate to prevent another Tracker Gate  or indeed  Handbag Gate  (mind you we aren't sure if Fire Fighter  X had a handbag for ACO Rhodes and his colleagues to rifle through if he left the room! )

It also means to us  that EVERY COUNCILLOR  on the Fire Authority is complicit in covering up senior managements mistakes by allowing a compromise agreement rather than the open and fair  process of an employment tribunal. It also means they have something to HIDE !

You may be amazed to learn that West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue are Investors in People accredited, IIP boasts..........

 "We make people management excellence count. We're here to help you realise the potential of your people, improve standards and gain the accreditation to prove it. "

so after you have stopped laughing .....

WE BELIEVE THE TAX PAYER's OF WEST YORKSHIRE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WYFRS HAVE HAD TO PAY OUT TO COVER UP FOR INCOMPETENT VERY SENIOR STAFF!!!!

Mind you those senior staff have recently put in for a pay rise - how much do you think they should get?  We know what we at FCCL would consider !!!!!

NJC for brigade managers of local authority Fire and Rescue Services

This NJC covers uniformed senior managers – chief fire officers, deputy chief fire officers and assistant chief fire officers. They are represented by the Association of Principal Fire Officers. A formal pay claim for 2013 was received towards the end of last year and a response is currently being considered.

SCUMGATE

We have over the many months we have written this blog on occasions been deeply shocked (and disappointed) by the way senior staff in the Fire and Rescue Services have acted.

CFO's shaking hands with scabs returning to HQ, apparently the evidence of that was  wiped from the hard drive?  Not!!!

Managers, watched by HR and an ACO  rifling through handbags when its owner leaves the room and not forgetting  West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue  tracking employees cars and using private investigators to spy on their staff,  the money paid out spying would have paid a fire fighters wages for nearly 6 months! 

And last but most certainly not least we hear tonight that the Brigade Secretary of West Yorkshire FBU has been  told that prior to periods of industrial action  he cannot use his office at FSHQ.  That really is a lock out if ever there was one.

But today our focus has been  on another area of the country - Surrey,   where in a video aptly named URSCUM   you can (allegedly) clearly hear  CFO Russell Pearson of Surrey Fire and Rescue  refer to his striking staff  as scum. 

Chief Fire Officers are not born they are made - climbing the ranks by fair means or foul to end up earning offensively high salaries. You would think they would retain some of the integrity of the operational staff they manage - sadly not  as this video below clear demonstrates.

Ladies and Gentlemen we present SCUMGATE ..... and like it says "make up your own mind" And when you have watched it,  why not send Surrey Fire and Rescue an email to tell them how disgusted you are by clicking  HERE  and using  their compliments and complaints form for a COMPLAINT...





We sincerely hope that tonight a certain Chief Fire Officer  is writing their letter of resignation and compiling an extremely public apology to his staff.

Seasons Greetings

It's not so often we are so quiet for so long,  but every so often the day job has take precedent for a while.

But, as we here at FCCL HQ have had a new influx of staff (whoopee) and we are also starting to wind down towards the Christmas  holiday period, grateful that we don't work shifts in the emergency services, it is time to offer our seasons greetings to everybody!

FCCL Magic Pixie 

HOW  do you send a card to the thousands of people that support
our pages ?  We do confess we struggled for a while to sort out the logistics and after Santa stubbornly refused to assist  (allegedly our request breached his terms and conditions) a magic pixie emailed us  the perfect solution.


Cheers Magic Pixie we are extremely grateful.

All you have to do is  download the image below, print it - fold it into 4 and pop it proudly on your mantelpiece. 
(you could of course tart it up a bit with the application of some glue and glitter 
- we know some of you like a bit of "bling" )

But please do not forget that at this time of year the only thing you should be setting light to is your Christmas pudding so  we include a couple of videos of our favourite bear  as a timely reminders that  FIRE KILLS and has no respect for what time of year it is.






And our personal favourite - 

Blaze Bear Cooks Christmas Dinner - the response time is amazing and they didn't send an FRU - which we understand is the protocol for a "bears reported" incident.   

Time to be very selfish ................

To the many people who read this blog - the majority of whom support the Fire Brigades Union, it is time to be called to

ACTION

 

 

 

Tomorrow we will be announcing the details of  a virtual demonstration in support of the FBU and more importantly those in the FBU who stand up, speak out and are currently being investigated by West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue . Our recent post got over 18,000 views in 24 hrs. For tomorrows post we need that 18,000 views  and many, many more.

 

Although we appreciate that many who are being investigated are not willing to be involved in a public way Fire Fighter and FBU activist Lee Indriks has nailed his colours to the mast  and publicly stated he is being investigated for liking a picture on Facebook. And guess what has happened? He is now being investigated for speaking publicly about what is happening to him.

Lee Indriks - Social Media Martyr
West Yorks FBU  

 

 

 

It is time to demonstrate to Chief Fire Officer Simon Pilling that the persecution and prevention of free speech will not be tolerated.

 

 

 

Watch this Space

 

 

and  in order to be prepared for tomorrow - get out your mobile and take a selfie on your phone. You are going to need it.

 

West Yorks FCDA - we look forward to recording YOU hitting our site tomorrow. :-)   (google analytics is a wonderful thing)

 

 

 



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The SS - Socialmedia Surveillance at WYFRS

We have been aware for well over a year now that West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue watch our  FCCL and personal FaceBook Pages.   My personal favourite was Group Manager Richard Veti saying to the then Brigade Membership Secretary David Williams "We know what sort of books she reads"  At the time Dave thought we had been rumbled in regard of our attempt to get Gipton Fire Station listed as I was reading books about the history of the fire service and volumes of old watch minutes. But what he actually meant was he had read a blog I had written about my local book club reading "50 Shades of Grey"  Then Andy Killingbeck an ill health  retired firefighter  was dragged in for a pension review and WYFRS cited articles on facebook  as a reason they considered him now fit for work.......... and refused to give the names of officers that had "brought it to managements attention" but as that is still under investigation we cant say much about it. It also came into the public domain that WYFRS had actually ordered surveillance on employees by private investigation companies and that Anthea Orchards car had a tracking device attached to it. And this is the stuff we know about !!!!!! What has gone on that has been undiscovered?

When FCCL was just getting into full swing in November 2012 and get loads of hits WYFRS  reissued their Social Media Policy to all staff. So we have always known we have been watched ......................................

BUT RECENTLY WE HAVE BECOME CONCERNED THAT IT HAS GOT OUT OF HAND

 

 

We have had it confirmed that several  serving employees a(and high profile FBU members) are been investigated and potentially disciplined because they have been spotted "liking" pictures and / or articles on Facebook. A header used on West Yorkshire Fire Brigades Unions Facebook page is one of the offending pictures that has been "liked".

 

 

 

 

There is also the issue of picket lines - like many other Fire and Rescue Services WYFRS have banned the wearing of tunics whilst on picket lines and also banned the lighting of braziers. Now correct me if I am wrong - if ANYBODY knows how to supervise a lit  brazier a set of competent and qualified firefighters are probably as good as it gets.

 

 

So we would like you to share this handy information leaflet below- to show your disgust at the underhand and most likely illegal practise of monitoring FBU members social media postings. Freedom of Expression is enshrined in European Law.

 

 

Want to be disciplined ?  Wear your tunic and light a (controlled) fire.
Then blog, facebook and tweet and wait for the phone call from Simon P and Co.

 

 

The Strike

We here at FCCL will be supporting the

Fire Brigades Union Strike Tomorrow.

That's a bit of a "No Shit Sherlock" moment for most of our readers.

 

 

 

 

 

But it's because we don't want to see this happen

 

 

 

 

We wish everybody who is withdrawing their labour for four hours tomorrow the very best of ........

well we would say luck but we reckon the scab labour that is being brought in as

cover will need all of that.