On 11 May 2023 BC’s Bill 13 Pay Transparency Act received Royal Ascent with the goal of supporting the identification and elimination of pay differences among groups of workers.

What’s relevant now:

• Employers may not ask potential candidates about their current salary level and pay history
• Employers may not prevent or reprimand employees who ask about or share pay information

What’s relevant from 1 November:

• Employers must include salary band information in job postings. Bands are not defined but must be reasonable.

What’s being phased in

• Annual pay transparency reporting. The first entities to report are the major Crown corporations and the public service which will report from 2023. Employers with 1000+ employees will need to report from 2024. Employers with 300+ employees will need to report from 2025. Employers with 50+ employees will need to report from 2026.
• Templates and tools are being developed to support employers to compile the reporting.

Questions feedback and comments are welcome to paytransparency@gov.bc.ca and please let BC Tech know how this is impacting you so we can advocate on your behalf.