Job postings must now include details about pay
Starting last week, all employers in BC will need to include salary or wage information on publicly posted jobs. BC’s new Pay Transparency Act takes affect Nov. 1.
The goal is to try to ensure all people are offered the same pay for the same work, and prohibits employers from asking prospective employees about how much they earned in the past. As well, employees can’t be punished for disclosing what they are being paid.
Large and medium-sized employers must also begin publicly posting reports about their gender-pay gap, based on a phased approach:
The goal is to try to ensure all people are offered the same pay for the same work, and prohibits employers from asking prospective employees about how much they earned in the past. As well, employees can’t be punished for disclosing what they are being paid.
Large and medium-sized employers must also begin publicly posting reports about their gender-pay gap, based on a phased approach:
- Nov. 1, 2023: BC Public Service Agency and Crown corporations and public agencies with more than 1,000 employees (ICBC, BC Hydro, WorkSafeBC, BC Housing, BC Lottery Corporation and BC Transit)
- Nov. 1, 2024: all employers with 1,000 employees or more
- Nov. 1, 2025: all employers with 300 employees or more
- Nov. 1, 2026: all employers with 50 employees or more.
