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VICTORIA – The Crown Counsel Agreement Continuation Act provides a 13 per cent wage increase for Crown prosecutors, extends the terms and conditions of their agreement until March 31, 2007 and respects the government-wide wage mandate, Skills Development and Labour Minister Graham Bruce announced today.
“This legislation recognizes the valuable job government lawyers provide for the public and increases their wages starting next year, giving them some of the best pay and benefits in Canada,” said Bruce. “It also respects the wage mandate other professional public servants have been under as we worked to restore B.C.’s economy.”
The legislation sets aside an arbitration award handed down Feb.18, but is in keeping with the salary components of that award. It also provides for the appointment of a commission to look into the relationship with the Crown Counsel Association.
“We’ve managed to negotiate 81 agreements under the current wage mandate,” said Bruce. “In the past few days we concluded six more affecting colleges and post-secondary institutions, and prior to that it was a deal with the B.C. Place workers.”
The Crown Counsel Agreement Continuation Act will provide an average 13 per cent wage increase effective April 1, 2006 at a cost of nearly $9 million annually. That will raise the starting wage for a Crown prosecutor to roughly $56,000 annually and the top pay rises to almost $140,000. B.C. has approximately 400 full-time Crown counsels.
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Communications Director Ministry of Skills Development and Labour 250 387-2699 |
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