New $20 million pilot mental health and wellness benefit fund coming October 1
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Effective effective October 1, 2024, all Joint Facilities Benefits Trust (JFBT) plan members can apply for up to $1,500 in mental health and wellness benefits as part of pilot program that is linked to your extended health plan. This is possible through …
Last updated: Sep 13, 2024
New guidelines established on Special Leave to advocate for HEU members
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In the 2022-2025 Facilities Subsector Collective Agreement, HEU and the Health Employers Association of British Columbia agreed to establish a joint-working group to develop a set of principles to guide the interpretation and application of special leave …
Last updated: Sep 6, 2024
Recruitment and retention incentives for CBA members in rural areas
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The B.C. Ministry of Health is expanding funding initiatives aimed at tackling retention and recruitment issues, and delivering health care services to rural or remote communities, to now include workers covered by the Community Bargaining Association …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
HEU successful in grievance mediation with PHSA over shift premiums
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HEU members who work for Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) were eligible to receive up to two years of back pay of shift premiums, after the union successfully concluded a grievance settlement regarding how shift premiums were paid on overtime …
Last updated: Jun 19, 2024
Wage comparability process stalls as employers and HEU fail to agree on next steps
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HEU continues efforts for Facilities members when it comes to work underway to ensure wages in this sector are comparable to those of workers in the rest of B.C.’s public service. To recap, in the last round of bargaining, HEU negotiated a wage …
Last updated: May 9, 2024
Community health sector gets provincial funding boost
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Yesterday, the BC NDP government announced new initiatives aimed at tackling recruitment and retention issues in the health care sector and expanding health services to rural or remote communities. The Community Bargaining Association (CBA) – which …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
Facilities Bargaining Association members to receive a three per cent general wage increase
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All Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) members will receive a three per cent general wage increase as of April 1, 2024. Since the expiry of the previous collective agreement, FBA members’ wages over the three years of the renewed agreement have risen …
Last updated: May 9, 2024
Improved sick leave coverage for community social services members
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In the last round of public sector bargaining, the Community Social Services Bargaining Association negotiated changes to the sick leave provisions in the Community Social Services – Community Living Services, General Services, and Indigenous Services – …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
Wage increase in April for community social services members
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More than 19,000 health care workers in the Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) – including 1,500 HEU members – will get a three per cent wage increase on April 1. This includes both the two per cent general wage increase (GWI) and an …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
Wage increase announced for HEU members in community health
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More than 21,000 health care workers in the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) – including 2,300 HEU members – will get a three per cent wage increase on April 1. During the 2022-2025 round of contract talks, the CBA negotiated a general wage increase …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025