The NSW Government says an agreement has been reached with the union representing firefighters for an interim pay rise of three per cent.
The pay increase for 6,800 Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters is to be backdated to February, Monday morning’s announcement read.
The pay increase is in addition to a 4.5 per cent pay increase for firefighters last year, which the government says was the highest in more than a decade.
The deal comes ahead of formal arbitration on new awards in the Industrial Relations Commission and stipulates a pause on industrial action.
Labor’s state government has also committed $189.5 million in the 2024-25 NSW Budget to guarantee the jobs of 286 permanent firefighters they say were left unfunded by the former coalition government.
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