Health Science Professionals

HSA members covered by the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) contract will soon be eligible to apply for professional development funding available through the 2024-25 Professional Enhancement Bursary. Applications for the Professional Enhancement Bursary will open on Wednesday, November 20. To apply, members will need to have a personal email address registered with the union. The application will be...

Delegates from worksites around the province gathered in Burnaby this week to begin the work on negotiating the next collective agreement for members covered by the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association. Over 1300 individual bargaining proposals, covering a wide range of issues, were submitted by chapters throughout BC, and delegates to the bargaining proposal conference did the hard work of...

Northern Health and Island Health are implementing the new profile-based classification systemfor health science professionals on Friday, November 8. What does this mean? Though the vast majority of HSA members won’t see any change to their pay, your job’s classification and salary structure will formally change today. Your job’s classification will now be one of the seven profiles of the...

All HSA members covered by the HSPBA (Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association) collective agreement are invited to submit their names for election to the union’s HSPBA negotiating committee by 5:00 pm on Monday, October 28. Any HSA member covered by the HSPBA contract can stand for election to be part of the negotiating committee. If you’d like to run, you...

HSA members covered by the HSPBA collective agreement are eligible for funding to cover health science professional fees paid in 2024 as negotiated in the last round of HSPBA bargaining. Members will be reimbursed up to a maximum cap, informed by the fee rates set by regulatory bodies and professional associations. Note that this fund is not on a first...

Shared on behalf of Lorrie Cramb, the Provincial Chief Allied Health Officer In BC, the allied health workforce includes more than 70 disciplines and approximately 75,000 individuals providing a range of preventative, diagnostic, technical, and therapeutic health care and clinical support services across the lifespan and care continuum. They contribute specialized expertise, education, research and leadership, often working as integral...

Changes to application process for members will help free up more money With employers continuing to hold back millions in professional development funding contractually owed to health science professionals, HSA is introducing new steps to the application process that will help ensure members get more funding to advance their careers and build a stronger health care system. Under Article 17...

There’s still time to submit bargaining proposals and run for election to the bargaining committee With contracts expiring in the spring, HSA members are getting ready for the next round of bargaining, starting with a bargaining proposal conference for all members covered by Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) collective agreement. Delegates will come together in Burnaby on November 6...

HSA members covered by the HSPBA collective agreement are eligible for funding to cover health science professional fees paid in 2024 as negotiated in the last round of HSPBA bargaining. Members will be reimbursed up to a maximum cap, informed by the fee rates set by regulatory bodies and professional associations. Note that this fund is not on a first...

Members also entitled to employer explanation of pay calculation Last year, after the union negotiated significant pay increases for members within the 2022-2025 collective agreement, many members were left waiting as employers failed to move quickly on retro pay. In some cases, employers left members waiting months for the money due to them. The union advocated forcefully on these delays...