The Suffolk Hyde Affair - Doc 292 FBU report on CPD payments

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SUFFOLK FIRE SERVICE


ACFO Technical
Brigade Headquarters
Ipswich
Extension: 8939

To: Sub Officer A. D. Wigglesworth

Cc: File

Date: 16 July 1999

FBU Representation, Mr. M. Hyde – Summary hearing 20 July 1999

Further to your enquiry of the Personnel Department regarding overtime payment for the hearing next week, I am writing to set out my understanding of your entitlement.

You will be a duty on behalf of the Fire Brigades’ Union, not the brigade. I have checked the documentation, and can confirm that, unlike the accused himself and the witnesses, you have not been ordered to attend the hearing. My view is that you have been chosen by Mr. Hyde to attend in an official capacity as a fire Brigades’ Union accused friend. Correspondence between us makes it clear that you have accepted his request.

This being so, I can see no reason to view this duty as in any way different to other Union duties you might perform. I am happy to grant you paid leave of absence from your workplace for the perfomance of these duties, but there is no obligation on the part of the fire authority to make any extra payment or time off in lieu arrangements for those periods outside the normal working day. General Order AA19 (paragraphs 4.2.1, 4.2.2 (ii) and 4.2.3) seems to be quite clear on the issue.

For the avoidance of doubt, the hearing scheduled for next Tuesday can, and will, go ahead in your absence should you decide you are not prepared to represent Mr. Hyde. I would strongly urge you, however, to consider your position, and that of Mr. Hyde, very carefully. I will not allow this affair to be further frustrated over this issue, not least because it is in the best interests of Mr. Hyde himself that it is resolved without further delay.


K. E. Seager
ACFO (Technical)
Brigade Investigating Officer