New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union - Court of Appeal - Days in Lieu, Fire Service E-mail System

Court of Appeal - Days in Lieu, Fire Service E-mail System

Posted 19 Jul '06 under National

Court of Appeals - Days in Lieu

The date for this hearing has now been changed to 24 July 2006.

Fire Service E-Mail System

It is a clear position of the Union that the Fire Service e-mail is not to be used to conduct any Union business and members are reminded of this.

There are a number of reasons for this, not the least being the matter of confidentiality/security.

It is a fact that many/most/all e-mails to the Union from members and sent through the Fire Service e-mail system experience delays in delivery.

For example, last week an e-mail sent on Wednesday at 1.24pm was not received until around 10.00am on Thursday.

One can only speculate as to where it went in the interim.

As well, mass communication is inappropriate and could quite possibly lead to disciplinary action by the employer.

Near Disaster on the North Shore

25 Apr

Members will no doubt be aware of the major 5th Alarm fire that broke out last night on the North Shore. This fire had widespread impacts to people across Tamaki Makaurau with several Emergency Alerts having to be made. Additionally, our thoughts go out the local community, including the owner, tenants, and staff of the businesses impacted.

Major Fire Causes Widespread Disruption to Auckland Fleet

7 Mar

Members will no doubt be aware of Wednesday's major fire in a scrapyard in Papakura. Whilst the cause of this fire is still under investigation what is known is that the impacts of it were widespread right across Auckland.

Return to Work Duties

23 Feb

We have been told that staff wanting to do Return to Work Duties will have to do them at District HQ and they do not intend to reimburse your travel costs, “you are getting an enhanced pay and you can fund your own travel”. We have since got an agreement that the travel distance reimbursement will be paid for travel to District HQ.