Firefighters win on maternity pay
The country’s second largest fire service has approved maternity leave of 52 weeks on full pay. West Midlands Fire Service, the second largest in the country, has approved 52 weeks full pay for employees on maternity and adoption leave. Paternity leave was increased from one to two weeks with full pay. “This is a fantastic result for members in the West Midlands, for which we applaud the efforts of the brigade representatives and the local women’s committee,” said FBU assistant general secretary Ben Selby. “We are seeing other services move significantly too, which again is positive — but our...