Several health-care and social-services employers added to or removed from BC public-sector employer lists

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Two schedules of designated public-sector employers under BC's Public Sector Employers Act have been updated. In the health-care sector, Beacon Community Services Society, Elizabeth Bagshaw Society, and Morgan Place Holdings Ltd. have been removed, while Lynn Valley Care Centre Ltd. and Turning Point Recovery Society have been added. In the social-services sector, Connective Support Society Kamloops, Cresteramics Society for the Handicapped, Malaspina Community Resource Services Ltd., and Société de les Enfants Michif have been removed, while Beaufort Association for Inclusion in Action, Beyond Barriers Support Society, Gathering the Circle Society, and Pathway Community Services Ltd. have been added. Organizations newly added to these lists become subject to the Public Sector Employers Act framework, which governs compensation, bargaining, and related employment matters for public-sector employers. Affected organizations—whether added or removed—should review how this change affects their obligations and standing under that framework.

Who this affects: newly designated health-care employers · newly designated social-services employers · organizations removed from employer designation lists · HR and labour relations teams at affected organizations · public-sector bargaining parties in health care and social services