What's New
November 24, 2021
Career Opportunity: Administrative Assistant (permanent) Learn More
November 15, 2021
The Trustee Director Election Review Committee has reviewed BCPSEA director election structures. The results are available in this report.
October 19, 2021
New deadline - Public Interest Disclosure Act. Further information is available in this bulletin.
September 1, 2021
Career Opportunity: Manager, Labour Relations (permanent) Learn More
September 1, 2021
Career Opportunity: Manager, Labour Relations (temporary) Learn More
May 27, 2021
Exempt Staff Issues bulletin No. 2021-02, reporting on the LRB decision Learn More
May 27, 2021
Teacher Collective Agreement Administration Bulletin No. 3, advising that BCPSEA and the BCTF have updated the 2019-2022 Provincial Collective Agreement (PCA) Learn More
May 26, 2021
Legislative Update No. 2021-04, Amendments to Employment Standards Act : Paid Sick Leave Learn More
April 21, 2021
Legislative Update No. 2021-03, Public Interest Disclosure Act Learn More
April 20, 2021
Legislative Update No. 2021-02, Proposed Amendments to Employment Standards Act Introduced: COVID-19 Leave — Paid Leaves for Vaccination Learn More
April 15, 2021
BC School Trustees Association: CEO Search Learn More
April 13, 2021
BCPSEA Announces New CEO Learn More
April 8, 2021
@issue No. 2021-04, “Layoffs — Legislative Requirements Learn More
April 8, 2021
Legislative Update No. 2021-01, Employment Standards Act COVID-19 Leave Update: Expanded Job Protection — Unpaid Leaves Learn More
March 31, 2021
Newslink Express 2021-03 Report: BCPSEA Board of Directors Meeting Learn More
March 16, 2021
Career Opportunity: Director, Labour Relations Learn More
February 5, 2021
@issue No. 2021-03 Update: Leave When Directed by Public Health to Self-Isolate Learn More
February 4, 2021
Newslink Express 2021-02 Report: Conference Report: Annual General Meeting Learn More
February 1, 2021
@issue No. 2021-02 Leave When Directed by Public Health to Self-Isolate Learn More
January 27, 2021
Support Staff Job Evaluation Committee - Bulletin No. 05 - Background from Provincial Framework Agreements Learn More
January 25, 2021
SSCAA No. 2021-02: Provincial Framework Agreement: Joint Health and Safety Taskforce Survey Learn More
January 15, 2021
@issue No. 2021-01 Distribution of BCTF Foundation Skills Assessment Pamphlets Learn More
January 8, 2021
Newslink Express 2021-01 Report: BCPSEA Board of Directors Meeting Learn More
January 6, 2021
SSCAA No. 2021-01: Provincial Framework Agreement: Support Staff Education Committee - Training Modules Survey Learn More
January 6, 2021
Career Opportunity: Chief Executive Officer Learn More
December 11, 2020
@issue No. 2020-12 BCTF FSA Pamphlets and Messaging Learn More
November 11, 2020
@issue No. 2020-11 BCTF Section 88 Application: Labour Relations Board Troubleshooter Process Learn More
Oct 27, 2020
Newslink Express 2020-05 Report: BCPSEA Board of Directors Meeting Learn More
Events
Symposium 2021
The BCPSEA 2021 Symposium was held Thursday, November 4 and Friday, November 5, 2021.
See the agenda and program here:
https://bcpsea.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-Symposium-Program.pdf
2020-2021 ONCORE Schedule
Fall Learning Opportunities Coming Soon
Oncore Learning and Support is committed to providing learning opportunities that are challenging and skills-enhancing. We want to help you do your work through course offerings that are relevant, valuable, timely and accessible.
Our course offerings are separated into two general categories:
- Awareness/Information: Webinar Sessions designed to expand knowledge about various HR/LR topics.
- Learning for Practitioners: In person/virtual Hands-On-Learning designed to advance HR/LR skills and knowledge
For more information on the courses offered please click here.
Collective Bargaining
Teachers
The current Provincial Collective Agreement between the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) representing the province's public school teachers, and the BC Public School Employers' Association (BCPSEA) representing the province's 60 public boards of education, covers the three-year term of July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022.
Unionized Support Staff
BCPSEA and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) K-12 Presidents' Council, along with representatives of the K-12 public education sector's other support staff unions, achieved a Provincial Framework Agreement (PFA) in 2018. The PFA paved the way for local school districts and local support staff unions to commence and conclude local bargaining. It should be noted that inclusion of the PFA in the collective agreement is voluntary on the part of the local school district and their local union. Local school district-local support staff union collective bargaining is now concluded for the term July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022... Learn More