Health Science Professionals
The new 2025-2029 HSPBA collective agreement came into effect April 1, and members can expect to see their pay rate going up to reflect the negotiated pay increase of 3% per year retroactive to 2025. Your employer is responsible for making sure this happens effective the first pay period after April 1, but some of them may not succeed in...
When the new profile-based classification system was implemented at the end of 2024, the employers designated many jobs as “anomalous/unique”. For members working in these jobs, this meant that their classification and rate of pay needed to be determined through discussion between the union and the employers’ association. Now that collective agreement bargaining has concluded, your union is moving forward...
The “P2A process” is shorthand for the provisions in the new profile-based classification system that allow your union to advocate to add new types of work to the P2A Special Procedures profile, recognizing and compensating the specialized work of many union members who have jobs that are currently matched with the P1 profile. To date, your union has received and...
Now that the 2025-2029 HSPBA collective agreement has been ratified, HSA members like you will soon have access to new professional development funds. As you likely know from the comprehensive report and ratification meetings, there are new professional development funds included in this collective agreement: April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026: $400,000 Professional Development Fund April 1, 2026 to...
We are writing to advise members of an important update regarding the new Qualification Differential for P1 Pharmacists under 10.3 of the Classification Manual. If you believe you may be entitled to this differential, it is important you contact your employer as soon as possible to avoid any delay in receiving this compensation. Who is Eligible? Under 10.3 of the...
Union advocacy continues to keep these vital programs funded As the provincial government moves to restrain program spending and reduce the budget deficit, your union continues to push to protect funding for recruitment and retention programs. As a result of this, the provincial incentives programs slated to expire March 31 have been extended to September 30. This is the fifth...
The “P2A process” is shorthand for the provisions in the new profile-based classification system that allow your union to advocate to add new types of work to the P2A Special Procedures profile, recognizing and compensating the specialized work of many union members who have jobs that are currently matched with the P1 profile. As of March 19, 2026 your union...
Over 25,000 members of the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association have voted 90% in favour of a new collective agreement effective April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2029. The contract delivers a 12% wage increase over the four-year term, and the increase is retroactive to April 1, 2025. The contract also delivers significant progress on classifications and improvements to premiums...
After a year of difficult negotiations, we are pleased to say that your bargaining committee’s hard work has resulted in a tentative agreement for HSPBA members. Going into this round of negotiations, the objective was to build on the wins of the last negotiations despite the provincial government’s significant and growing fiscal constraints. Specifically, members directed the union to seek...
BC’s 25,000 specialized health professionals reached a tentative agreement in the early hours of Friday morning, after almost one year of negotiations between the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) and Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC). “Members sent us to the bargaining table to make improvements to wages, classifications, work-life balance, recognition and respect, and partnership for quality health...