Injured firefighters challenge government pension rules

摘要

Firefighters have started legal moves to challenge new government pension rules that are leaving badly injured and disabled firefighters 'sacked and without a pension', a Fire Brigades Union spokesperson told FIRE.The FBU described their treatment as 'totally unacceptable'.rnA Judicial Review hearing challenging the legality of the guidelines and the process began at the High Court on ThursdayrnMarch 6. The review started after 'three disabled firefighters had their pensions removed by the London Fire Brigade', according to the FBU.rnFBU General Secretary Matt Wrack said: "The incidents we work at are treated as deadly hazards by everyone else. It is totally unacceptable to expect firefighters to take risks others wouldn't then sack them if they are injured or become disabled.