Fire staff warm to 2.7%
Key details Pay award: 2.7% basic increase Employees covered (nos.): firefighters, managers, control staff (58,000) Effective date: 1 July 2006 |
Firefighters and other uniformed fire service employees received a 2.7% pay increase from 1 July 2006, under an award agreed by the National Joint Council (NJC) for local authority fire and rescue services.
The increase was calculated using a formula set out in the Fire Service Pay and Conditions Agreement 2003, which marked the end of the long-running pay dispute during 2002-03.