The Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) has reached a tentative agreement with the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA).

The tentative agreement is based on the main elements of the 2025 Balanced Measures Mandate along with some additional funding to support service delivery and improve working conditions for health-science professionals across the sector, including measures to address critical staffing pressures, significant investment in professional development and new reimbursements for professional fees that put HSPBA members on a more equal footing with other sector-based occupations.

Further details about the tentative agreement will be available following the ratification process that will soon be underway.

The agreement between the HEABC and the HSPBA covers just over 25,000 health-science professionals working as medical technologists, medical radiation technologists and physiotherapists. Classifications range from medical and laboratory disciplines to pharmacists, psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers and physiotherapists. 

Negotiations under the 2025 Balanced Measures Mandate support government’s key priorities to protect and strengthen critical services in B.C.’s public sector, to maintain labour stability in a complex round of bargaining and to support the Province’s efforts to find operational efficiencies that preserve front-line services.

Learn More:

• To learn more about public-sector bargaining in B.C., visit: 
  https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employers/public-sector-employers/public-sector-bargaining