NEM - A Brief for Service Families

The MoD launched a consultation exercise on the New Employment Model. But why is a New Employment Model necessary? Commodore Mike Bath, NEM Programme Manager, explains more about aspects of the NEM that will be of interest to RAF families.  In recent years it has become clear... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

NEM - Second phase of Consultation

A second phase of consultation with Service personnel on the New Employment Model (NEM) launched on 11 Nov 13.  This phase takes the form of‘ targeted survey issued to 16,000 pre-selected personnel made up of... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

OUR QUICK SURVEY ON NEM - only 6 questions!

In this quick survey we are looking to gauge how in-depth is the understanding of the New Employment Model (NEM). All service personnel will be affected in some way by NEM which will update the Terms and Conditions of Service including pay, pensions, allowances and... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

Partner Employment - MoD FEEDBACK and thanks

THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIEWS. In Jul and Aug 13, the RAF, Army and Naval Families Federations, in collaboration with MoD, ran an online survey of the partners of service personnel. The survey focused on UK and overseas employment and... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

Revision of some Allowances

On 20 Jun 11 an announcement was made detailing changes to Armed Forces allowances required to deliver the SDSR savings. These changes were implemented in two stages on 1 May 11 and 1 Apr 12 and are not part of the New Employment Model (NEM) programme. Since then... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

NEM consultation to close soon

The Rt Hon Mark Francois MP, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans, launched a consultation exercise with all Service personnel and their families. It runs from Jun to... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

NEM Myth Buster - Helping to Explain

From the NEM Team at MoD. The current employment model dates back to the 1970s. Some aspects are still very good and need to be protected however, other aspects have failed to keep pace with the way in which our people live their lives in the 21st Century. The New Employment Model (NEM) will be designed to... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

NEM Consultation - The RAF FAMILY members view

The NEM team has responded to cries at the lack of feedback opportunities for family members by encouraging Service personnel to sit down with their... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

NEM CONSULTATION - The biggest change to the RAF in a generation

The Rt Hon Mark Francois MP, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans, has launched a consultation exercise with Service personnel and their families on the modernisation of terms and conditions of service through a New Employment Model (NEM). The main points: The consultation will run until... More information. If you are using a MOBILE DEVICE please use this link

In with the Minister

Together with his counterparts at the Navy and Army Federations, the Director RAF Families Federation, Bill Mahon, met with Mr Mark Francois, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans, to discuss current and potential future issues and concerns held by Service personnel and their families. Spoken about were: Housing; that RAF personnel and their families are still hurting from all the recent upheaval and uncertainty; The Armed Forces Covenant; the New Employment Model (NEM) and that the RAF Families Federation have been asked to take an advisory role in NEM from the outset...More information »

Scaremongering over Service Accommodation

Following media coverage in The Times and elsewhere, several families have been in contact seeking reassurance of the future provision of Service accommodation. Chairman of the RAF Families Federation, said: "As far as I know, no decisions has been made and the MoD staffs are working on the New Employment Model, which could potentially make recommendations regarding the future provision of Service accommodation. These are still at a very early stage, with many options still being considered... Any major policy proposals associated with accommodation provision are likely to take some considerable time, with estimates that elements of the New Employment Model, assuming it is adopted by the MoD, could take ten years to implement in full...I would like to reassure all RAF families that their independent Federation is actively engaged with the policy staff...More information »