Date of Request
12/06/2025
Request
To whom it may concern,
I am writing to inquire about variations in pay from the National Joint Negotiating Pay Council for the Fire service.
For your local fire service, I would like to ask the following questions:
1) Are there any differences in pay from the National Pay Deal? Specifically this pay deal
2) If Yes can you specify what these differences in the pay are? If there is a different grade structure can I have a copy of the grade structure.
3) Are there any local conditions i.e maternity leave, holiday, hours agreements that differ from or improve upon the National Pay Deal?
4) If yes can I have original copies of any local condition documents, please send these over, as I would prefer to review the full details. If full documents are not available explaining local differences will suffice.
5) Do you have any employees on a separate pay deal from the Fire Service National Pay deal? If so, could you specify who they are?
6) If yes, can you specify if they have, have a union recognised to barging on their behalf?
7) If yes, can you give the union, the date of the last settlement was implement from and the % pay rise given.
Thank you for your assistance.
Kind regards,
Yours faithfully,
Labour Research Department
Response
Hi
We thank you for your request for information, which has been received by Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (the Service) and considered under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.
The Service can confirm that the information that you have requested is held and is below and as per the attached documents.
1) Are there any differences in pay from the National Pay Deal? Specifically this pay deal
No, there are no different pay scales in use.
2) If Yes can you specify what these differences in the pay are? If there is a different grade structure can I have a copy of the grade structure.
N/A
3) Are there any local conditions i.e maternity leave, holiday, hours agreements that differ from or improve upon the National Pay Deal?
The following local pay conditions are all in addition to the NJC agreed pay rates:
a. Maternity Leave – If eligible, full occupational pay will be paid for 45 weeks (policy attached).
b. Day Crewed Duty System – An additional 26% pay supplement is paid to staff on the Day Crewed Duty (policy attached).
c. Area Commander – An additional 8% allowance is paid to Area Commanders on the Flexible Duty Rota. The letter of appointment has the following within “The salary for this post is currently £xxxxx per annum (Area Commander, Development) plus 20% flexible duty allowance. The sum of these is increased by an 8% locally determined Area Commander rota-related pay enhancement. The details of the rota conditions are attached.
d. Some On Call Staff, dependent on the cover they provide, are paid a Retaining Fee at an enhanced rate (see below).
4) If yes can I have original copies of any local condition documents, please send these over, as I would prefer to review the full details. If full documents are not available explaining local differences will suffice.
Please find the relevant documents attached.
5) Do you have any employees on a separate pay deal from the Fire Service National Pay deal? If so, could you specify who they are?
No, we don’t have any operational employees paid on a separate pay deal to the NJC for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services.
6) If yes, can you specify if they have, have a union recognised to barging on their behalf?
N/A
7) If yes, can you give the union, the date of the last settlement was implement from and the % pay rise given.
N/A
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Thank you for your request for information.
Information Governance Team