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VICTORIA
– Cabinet has approved a new
compensation framework for senior political staff that will be effective today.
The new salary ranges will apply to ministerial assistants, executive
assistants, and some senior positions within the Premier’s Office.
The
new salary ranges are intended to be more competitive with other jurisdictions
and to help attract and retain qualified employees. Consistent with other public
sector workers, the new maximum achievable salaries for political staff will
place British Columbia’s compensation levels typically third or lower among all
provinces, not including the federal government or territories.
The
new framework will provide greater flexibility for compensating exceptional
employees, based on experience, level of responsibility and annual performance
reviews. The new salary ranges will also maintain the historic linkages in
political staff compensation levels with comparable management levels for
Public Service Act employees. Maximum salary levels for each position are set
at 80-90 per cent of the maximum salary range of the Strategic Leadership Role
band and the Applied Leadership Role band, that are part of the new compensation
framework for excluded Public Service Act employees.
The
applicable compensation ranges and step levels for each position will be frozen
for the next four years and will not be adjusted to reflect scheduled general
wage increases for other excluded positions.
The
current maximum salaries for ministerial support staff positions are already
second or third highest in Canada and will not be affected by the new
compensation framework. Administrative coordinators, clerical support staff and
other political support staff in the Premier’s Office will continue to be
compensated within their existing frameworks and schedules. Individuals in
these positions will continue to receive the scheduled increase of 7.5 per cent
over of the next three years and will continue to be eligible for authorized
step level increases within their classifications, based upon annual
performance reviews.
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