{ "name": "British Columbia, Canada nursing wage rates", "profession": "Nursing", "professionCode": "nursing", "code": "canada-british-columbia", "region": "British Columbia", "country": "Canada", "currency": "CAD", "pageUrl": "https://myrosterapp.com.au/wages/canada-british-columbia/", "dataUrl": "https://myrosterapp.com.au/wages/canada-british-columbia/data.json", "catalogUrl": "https://myrosterapp.com.au/wages/data.json", "publisher": "MyRoster", "publisherUrl": "https://myrosterapp.com.au", "lastModified": "2026-10-26", "license": "Free for personal reference. Quote rates with credit to MyRoster (https://myrosterapp.com.au) and a link to the relevant wage page. Any other reuse (republishing, apps, datasets) requires permission — contact hello@myrosterapp.com.au.", "attribution": "Wage data compiled by MyRoster (https://myrosterapp.com.au) from the official collective agreement listed in each dataset's sourceUrls. Credit MyRoster and link to pageUrl when quoting.", "rateNotes": "hourly / weekly / annual figures are derived from each agreement's source amounts (see sourceFrequency) using its fullTimeHoursPerWeek and weeksPerYear (52.1667 unless the payroll convention differs, e.g. 52.17857 = 365.25 ÷ 7). Base rates only — overtime, premiums and allowances are listed separately. Each pay point lists its rates at their own effective dates; a rate stays in force until that pay point's next dated rate, so an effective date with no rate of its own for a pay point carries the latest earlier one (which may predate the agreement's first listed effective date).", "app": { "name": "MyRoster", "description": "MyRoster calculates take-home pay for shift workers from these rates — premiums, allowances, overtime, federal and provincial tax, CPP and EI — on iOS and Android.", "website": "https://myrosterapp.com.au" }, "agreements": [ { "agreementName": "Provincial Collective Agreement between the Health Employers Association of British Columbia and the Nurses' Bargaining Association (2022–2025)", "agreementStatus": "Expired 31 Mar 2025 — continues in force until a new agreement is in place; 2025 pay is going to binding arbitration", "datasetCode": "canada-british-columbia", "region": "British Columbia", "country": "Canada", "currency": "CAD", "fullTimeHoursPerWeek": 37.5, "weeksPerYear": 52, "sourceFrequency": "hourly", "effectiveDates": [ "2024-04-01" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.bcnu.org/Contracts-Bargaining/Documents/nba-pca_2022_2025.pdf", "https://www.heabc.bc.ca/public/wages/nurses_wages/NBAWageSchedules-Apr2024.pdf", "https://www.heabc.bc.ca/public/News/2025/NBATentativeAgreement_22May2026.pdf", "https://www.bcnu.org/news-and-events/news/2026/bc-nurses-end-province-wide-job-action-accept-mediators-recommendations" ], "roles": [ { "title": "Registered Nurse (Level 3)", "description": "Staff RN, RPN or licensed graduate nurse (job profiles CH1, DC1, PS1)", "grade": "Level 3 (RN/RPN)", "payPoints": [ { "id": "l3-1", "label": "Step 1", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 41.42, "weekly": 1553.25, "annual": 80769 } ] }, { "id": "l3-2", "label": "Step 2", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 43, "weekly": 1612.5, "annual": 83850 } ] }, { "id": "l3-3", "label": "Step 3", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 44.58, "weekly": 1671.75, "annual": 86931 } ] }, { "id": "l3-4", "label": "Step 4", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 46.2, "weekly": 1732.5, "annual": 90090 } ] }, { "id": "l3-5", "label": "Step 5", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 47.82, "weekly": 1793.25, "annual": 93249 } ] }, { "id": "l3-6", "label": "Step 6", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 49.44, "weekly": 1854, "annual": 96408 } ] }, { "id": "l3-7", "label": "Step 7", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 51.06, "weekly": 1914.75, "annual": 99567 } ] }, { "id": "l3-8", "label": "Step 8", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 52.68, "weekly": 1975.5, "annual": 102726 } ] }, { "id": "l3-9", "label": "Step 9", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 54.29, "weekly": 2035.88, "annual": 105865.5 } ] }, { "id": "l3-10", "label": "Step 10", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 55.91, "weekly": 2096.63, "annual": 109024.5 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Registered Nurse (Level 4)", "description": "Senior or specialty nurse, such as a clinical resource or educator role (CH2A/B, DC2A/B, ED2, PS2)", "grade": "Level 4 (RN/RPN)", "payPoints": [ { "id": "l4-1", "label": "Step 1", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 49.2, "weekly": 1845, "annual": 95940 } ] }, { "id": "l4-2", "label": "Step 2", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 50.75, "weekly": 1903.13, "annual": 98962.5 } ] }, { "id": "l4-3", "label": "Step 3", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 52.3, "weekly": 1961.25, "annual": 101985 } ] }, { "id": "l4-4", "label": "Step 4", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 53.89, "weekly": 2020.88, "annual": 105085.5 } ] }, { "id": "l4-5", "label": "Step 5", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 55.48, "weekly": 2080.5, "annual": 108186 } ] }, { "id": "l4-6", "label": "Step 6", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 57.08, "weekly": 2140.5, "annual": 111306 } ] }, { "id": "l4-7", "label": "Step 7", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 58.68, "weekly": 2200.5, "annual": 114426 } ] }, { "id": "l4-8", "label": "Step 8", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 60.28, "weekly": 2260.5, "annual": 117546 } ] }, { "id": "l4-9", "label": "Step 9", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 61.87, "weekly": 2320.13, "annual": 120646.5 } ] }, { "id": "l4-10", "label": "Step 10", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 63.47, "weekly": 2380.13, "annual": 123766.5 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Registered Nurse (Level 5)", "description": "Advanced specialty, educator or leadership nurse (CH3, DC3, ED3, PS3)", "grade": "Level 5 (RN/RPN)", "payPoints": [ { "id": "l5-1", "label": "Step 1", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 52.39, "weekly": 1964.63, "annual": 102160.5 } ] }, { "id": "l5-2", "label": "Step 2", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 53.93, "weekly": 2022.38, "annual": 105163.5 } ] }, { "id": "l5-3", "label": "Step 3", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 55.48, "weekly": 2080.5, "annual": 108186 } ] }, { "id": "l5-4", "label": "Step 4", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 57.07, "weekly": 2140.13, "annual": 111286.5 } ] }, { "id": "l5-5", "label": "Step 5", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 58.67, "weekly": 2200.13, "annual": 114406.5 } ] }, { "id": "l5-6", "label": "Step 6", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 60.26, "weekly": 2259.75, "annual": 117507 } ] }, { "id": "l5-7", "label": "Step 7", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 61.86, "weekly": 2319.75, "annual": 120627 } ] }, { "id": "l5-8", "label": "Step 8", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 63.46, "weekly": 2379.75, "annual": 123747 } ] }, { "id": "l5-9", "label": "Step 9", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 65.05, "weekly": 2439.38, "annual": 126847.5 } ] }, { "id": "l5-10", "label": "Step 10", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 66.65, "weekly": 2499.38, "annual": 129967.5 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Registered Nurse (Level 6)", "description": "Senior clinical, educator or leadership nurse (CH4A/B, DC4, ED4)", "grade": "Level 6 (RN/RPN)", "payPoints": [ { "id": "l6-1", "label": "Step 1", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 54.51, "weekly": 2044.13, "annual": 106294.5 } ] }, { "id": "l6-2", "label": "Step 2", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 56.06, "weekly": 2102.25, "annual": 109317 } ] }, { "id": "l6-3", "label": "Step 3", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 57.6, "weekly": 2160, "annual": 112320 } ] }, { "id": "l6-4", "label": "Step 4", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 59.19, "weekly": 2219.63, "annual": 115420.5 } ] }, { "id": "l6-5", "label": "Step 5", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 60.79, "weekly": 2279.63, "annual": 118540.5 } ] }, { "id": "l6-6", "label": "Step 6", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 62.39, "weekly": 2339.63, "annual": 121660.5 } ] }, { "id": "l6-7", "label": "Step 7", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 63.98, "weekly": 2399.25, "annual": 124761 } ] }, { "id": "l6-8", "label": "Step 8", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 65.58, "weekly": 2459.25, "annual": 127881 } ] }, { "id": "l6-9", "label": "Step 9", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 67.18, "weekly": 2519.25, "annual": 131001 } ] }, { "id": "l6-10", "label": "Step 10", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 68.78, "weekly": 2579.25, "annual": 134121 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Licensed Practical Nurse (Level 1)", "description": "Licensed practical nurse (job profile LPN1), including LPN orthopaedic technologists", "grade": "Level 1 (LPN)", "payPoints": [ { "id": "l1-1", "label": "Step 1", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 32.84, "weekly": 1231.5, "annual": 64038 } ] }, { "id": "l1-2", "label": "Step 2", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 33.78, "weekly": 1266.75, "annual": 65871 } ] }, { "id": "l1-3", "label": "Step 3", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 34.5, "weekly": 1293.75, "annual": 67275 } ] }, { "id": "l1-4", "label": "Step 4", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 35.48, "weekly": 1330.5, "annual": 69186 } ] }, { "id": "l1-5", "label": "Step 5", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 36.46, "weekly": 1367.25, "annual": 71097 } ] }, { "id": "l1-6", "label": "Step 6", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 37.44, "weekly": 1404, "annual": 73008 } ] }, { "id": "l1-7", "label": "Step 7", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 38.42, "weekly": 1440.75, "annual": 74919 } ] }, { "id": "l1-8", "label": "Step 8", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 39.4, "weekly": 1477.5, "annual": 76830 } ] }, { "id": "l1-9", "label": "Step 9", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 40.38, "weekly": 1514.25, "annual": 78741 } ] }, { "id": "l1-10", "label": "Step 10", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 41.35, "weekly": 1550.63, "annual": 80632.5 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Licensed Practical Nurse (Level 2)", "description": "Licensed practical nurse in a Level 2 job profile (LPN2)", "grade": "Level 2 (LPN)", "payPoints": [ { "id": "l2-1", "label": "Step 1", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 34.2, "weekly": 1282.5, "annual": 66690 } ] }, { "id": "l2-2", "label": "Step 2", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 35.18, "weekly": 1319.25, "annual": 68601 } ] }, { "id": "l2-3", "label": "Step 3", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 35.94, "weekly": 1347.75, "annual": 70083 } ] }, { "id": "l2-4", "label": "Step 4", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 36.92, "weekly": 1384.5, "annual": 71994 } ] }, { "id": "l2-5", "label": "Step 5", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 37.9, "weekly": 1421.25, "annual": 73905 } ] }, { "id": "l2-6", "label": "Step 6", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 38.88, "weekly": 1458, "annual": 75816 } ] }, { "id": "l2-7", "label": "Step 7", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 39.86, "weekly": 1494.75, "annual": 77727 } ] }, { "id": "l2-8", "label": "Step 8", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 40.84, "weekly": 1531.5, "annual": 79638 } ] }, { "id": "l2-9", "label": "Step 9", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 41.82, "weekly": 1568.25, "annual": 81549 } ] }, { "id": "l2-10", "label": "Step 10", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 42.79, "weekly": 1604.63, "annual": 83440.5 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Employed Student Nurse", "description": "Undergraduate nursing student employed between terms. One hourly rate, plus 8% in lieu of vacation and holidays", "grade": "Appendix RR", "payPoints": [ { "id": "esn-1", "label": "Rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "hourly": 32.13, "weekly": 1204.88, "annual": 62653.5 } ] } ] } ], "allowances": [ { "name": "Evening Shift Premium", "description": "Paid for every hour of a shift when half or more of its hours fall between 15:30 and 23:30. On shifts over 8 hours (Extended Work Day memorandum) it is paid only for the hours worked inside that window. Also paid on overtime hours worked during the evening shift (Article 28.01)", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 1.4 } ] }, { "name": "Night Shift Premium", "description": "As the evening premium, for 23:30 to 07:30. A shift earns the evening or the night premium, not both (Article 28.01)", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 5 } ] }, { "name": "Weekend Premium", "description": "Each hour worked between 23:00 Friday and 23:00 Sunday, on top of any shift premium (Article 28.02)", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 3.5 } ] }, { "name": "Super Shift Premium", "description": "Each hour worked between 23:30 Friday and 07:30 Saturday, and between 23:30 Saturday and 07:30 Sunday (23:00 to 07:00 where that is the standard night shift). Paid in addition to the night and weekend premiums (Article 28.03)", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 1.85 } ] }, { "name": "Regular Premium", "description": "All regular (full-time and part-time) nurses, for each hour worked excluding overtime. Not paid to casual nurses (Article 28.05)", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 2.15 } ] }, { "name": "OR / PAR / ER / ICU / CCU Premium", "description": "Regular nurses in an operating room or post-anaesthetic room, emergency department (including emergency psychiatric services) or intensive or critical care unit with permanently assigned staff, for each hour worked. Not paid to LPNs (Appendix EE, Article 28.06)", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 2 } ] }, { "name": "Short Notice Premium", "description": "Each hour worked on a straight-time shift offered and accepted within 24 hours of its start (Article 28.04)", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 2 } ] }, { "name": "Casual Availability Bonus", "description": "Casual nurses on an employer's availability list who accept and work 85% of the shifts offered within their agreed availability over three months. Paid at the end of the three months on all hours worked in that period (Article 11.04(C)(4))", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 2 } ] }, { "name": "Responsibility Pay (In Charge)", "description": "A Level 3 nurse designated in charge of a unit, department or worksite for 2 hours or more. A Level 1 nurse may be designated where no Level 3 nurse is on shift (Article 30)", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 2.5 } ] }, { "name": "In Charge (Small Employers)", "description": "Nurses designated in charge of a worksite at small employers such as adult day care, mental health and home support. Paid instead of the hourly in-charge rate, never both (Article 30)", "unit": "Per Shift", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 18.75 } ] }, { "name": "Preceptor Premium", "description": "A nurse designated as preceptor, for every hour of the shift (Appendix GG)", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 1.5 } ] }, { "name": "On Call (first 72 hours a month)", "description": "Each hour on call, for the first 72 hours on call in a calendar month. Not paid while being paid call-back (Article 29.03)", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 7 } ] }, { "name": "On Call (after 72 hours a month)", "description": "Each further hour on call in the same calendar month (Article 29.03)", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 7.5 } ] }, { "name": "Year 15–30 Add Pay (15 / 20 / 25 / 30 years)", "description": "Added to the step rate for regular nurses with 15, 20, 25 or 30 years of seniority, or casual nurses with 29,250, 39,000, 48,750 or 58,500 hours worked. Counts on all hours paid, for overtime and for pension (Appendix WW). The amounts are the difference between the HEABC schedule's Recognition Pay rows and the step rates", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": "$0.52 / $1.29 / $2.32 / $3.61" } ] }, { "name": "Qualification: Special Clinical Preparation", "description": "Regular nurses with at least four months of employer-approved specialty preparation, or a Diploma in Advanced Psychiatric Nursing, used in the job (Article 53.01)", "unit": "Per Month", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 50 } ] }, { "name": "Qualification: RN and RPN Registration", "description": "Regular nurses who hold both registered nurse and registered psychiatric nurse registration (Article 53.03)", "unit": "Per Month", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 50 } ] }, { "name": "Qualification: Management Course", "description": "CHA/CNA Nursing Unit Administration, CHA Hospital Department Management or BCIT Health Care Management, used in the job. Only one of the management, university, baccalaureate and master's differentials is paid (Articles 53.02, 53.07)", "unit": "Per Month", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 25 } ] }, { "name": "Qualification: One-Year University Course", "description": "An accredited one-year university course in nursing. Not available to nurses hired from the first pay period after 1 April 2016 (Article 53.04)", "unit": "Per Month", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 25 } ] }, { "name": "Qualification: Baccalaureate Degree", "description": "A baccalaureate in nursing (or in psychology or advanced psychiatric nursing where used in the job). Not available to nurses hired from the first pay period after 1 April 2016 (Article 53.05)", "unit": "Per Month", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 100 } ] }, { "name": "Qualification: Master's Degree", "description": "A master's in nursing, or in psychology or an employer-approved field used in the job (Article 53.06)", "unit": "Per Month", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 125 } ] }, { "name": "Isolation Travel Allowance", "description": "A lump sum for nurses whose employer is in, and who work in, one of the 49 communities listed in the agreement, including Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Prince Rupert, Terrace, Smithers, Fort Nelson and Port Hardy (Article 54)", "unit": "Per Month", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 150 } ] }, { "name": "Business Allowance", "description": "Regular nurses in community-based services such as home support, home health, public health, primary care and community mental health. Not hospital outpatient clinics (Article 57.06)", "unit": "Per Month", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 150 } ] }, { "name": "Call-Back Travel (minimum)", "description": "Mileage at Canada Revenue Agency rates, or a taxi where no transport is available, with this minimum for each round trip (Article 29.06)", "unit": "Per Round Trip", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-04-01", "amount": 2 } ] } ], "penalties": [ { "name": "Evening / Night Shift", "rate": "Flat $", "description": "Flat amounts per hour rather than a percentage loading. See the Allowances table" }, { "name": "Weekend", "rate": "Flat $", "description": "A flat amount for each hour from 23:00 Friday to 23:00 Sunday, plus the super shift premium overnight Friday and Saturday" }, { "name": "Overtime (first 2 hours)", "rate": "150%", "description": "The first 2 hours past the daily full shift, and the first full shift's worth of hours past the weekly hours" }, { "name": "Overtime (after that)", "rate": "200%", "description": "All other overtime. On extended-day rosters, also every hour over 45 in a week" }, { "name": "Scheduled Day Off Worked", "rate": "200%", "description": "Regular full-time nurses, from the first hour" }, { "name": "Paid Holiday", "rate": "200%", "description": "Plus another day off with pay for regular nurses. Casual nurses get the holiday rate but no extra day" }, { "name": "Christmas Day, Labour Day, Good Friday", "rate": "250%", "description": "The three \"super stat\" holidays" }, { "name": "Overtime on a Paid Holiday", "rate": "300% / 375%", "description": "1.5 times the holiday rate" }, { "name": "Call-Back", "rate": "Min 2 h", "description": "At the overtime rate, for each separate call-back while on call. A phone call handled from home pays 150% for at least 30 minutes" }, { "name": "Casual In Lieu", "rate": "13%", "description": "Of straight-time pay (premiums excluded) in lieu of vacation and paid holidays. Employed student nurses 8%" } ], "notes": [ "Rates are hourly, as printed in the HEABC wage schedules (which also print a monthly salary of the hourly rate × 162.5). Full time is 37.5 hours a week on average with a 7.5-hour day, or 1,950 hours a year (Article 26.01), so annual figures here are the hourly rate × 1,950.", "The agreement expired on 31 March 2025 and stays in force \"until a new Agreement has been consummated\" (Article 61). HEABC confirms the 2022–2025 terms remain in effect until the parties ratify a new collective agreement. The 1 April 2024 schedule (a 2.0% general wage increase plus a 1.0% cost-of-living adjustment) is the latest. Members rejected a tentative agreement on 19 June 2026, and pay for the new term is going to binding arbitration, with new rates expected to be backdated to 1 April 2025.", "One scale with six levels (Article 62): Levels 1 and 2 are licensed practical nurses, Level 3 is staff registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses and licensed graduate nurses, and Levels 4 to 6 are senior, specialty, educator and leadership job profiles. Nurse practitioners are not covered by this agreement.", "Steps are years of service (\"Increment First Year\" to \"Tenth Year\"). Regular nurses move up a step each year on their anniversary date (Article 12); casual nurses after 1,950 hours worked at a step (Article 11.04(F)). Previous nursing experience is credited one step per year (Article 52). A promotion goes to the lowest step that gives at least $200 a month more (Article 18.06).", "Year 15–30 Add Pay (Appendix WW) is an hourly add-on on top of the step rate, based on seniority (or hours worked for casual nurses), not on the step. A nurse on Step 10 may or may not receive it. The HEABC schedules print each level's rates with it as \"Recognition Pay\" rows.", "Evening and night premiums: on shifts of 8 hours or less, every hour of the shift earns the premium when half or more of it falls in the window. On shifts over 8 hours, only the hours inside the window earn it. Weekend and super shift premiums are per hour and add to the shift premium. Where a community nurse works a self-set flexible schedule, no shift, weekend or overtime premium arises from their own scheduling choices (Article 25.07(H)).", "Overtime (Article 27.05): time and a half for the first 2 hours past the daily full shift (7.5 hours) and for the first full shift's worth of hours past the weekly hours, then double time. A regular full-time nurse working a scheduled day off is paid double time for all hours. Under 15 minutes is not overtime; at 15 minutes or more the whole period is. Overtime can be banked as time off, up to 150 hours.", "Part-time nurses also get double time on extra shifts that take them past set runs of consecutive shifts, or past 225 straight-time hours in three consecutive bi-weekly pay periods (Article 27.05(B)(3)). Casual nurses get overtime past the daily full shift (or the extended shift they accepted) and past the same consecutive-shift limits, but not on weekly hours (Article 11.04(I)).", "Paid holidays (Article 39): New Year's Day, BC Family Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, British Columbia Day, Labour Day, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, plus any proclaimed holiday. Working one pays double time, or 2.5 times on Christmas Day, Labour Day and Good Friday, and regular nurses also get another day off with pay. Overtime on a holiday is 1.5 times the holiday rate.", "On 8-hour rosters the holiday rate covers the whole shift when half or more of it falls on the holiday, for the first 7.5 hours. On extended-day rosters it is paid for every hour worked between 00:01 and 24:00 on the holiday, and the extra day off is 7.5 paid hours.", "An 8-hour shift has one unpaid 30-minute meal and pays 7.5 hours (Article 26.03). Shifts of 10 hours or more on an extended-day roster have two unpaid 30-minute meals; the paid hours per shift are set in each worksite's extended hours memorandum, averaging no more than 37.5 a week.", "Casual nurses receive 13% of straight-time pay, premiums excluded, in lieu of vacation and paid holidays (Article 11.04(G)(2)), and are paid shift premiums, allowances, overtime, on-call, call-back and holiday premium pay. Employed student nurses receive 8% (Appendix RR).", "On call pays $7.00 an hour for the first 72 hours on call in a calendar month and $7.50 after that. A call-back while on call pays at least 2 hours at the overtime rate; a phone call handled from home pays time and a half for 30 minutes, or the length of the call if longer (Article 29).", "Vacation for full-time nurses is 20 working days a year after 1 to 4 years of service, then one more day each year from year 5, up to 45 days after 29 years (Article 45). Sick leave builds up at 1.5 working days a month (Article 42).", "Covers registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, licensed practical nurses and licensed graduate nurses at BC's health authorities, Providence Health Care and affiliated employers (the Nurses' Bargaining Association is led by the BC Nurses' Union). LPNs at employers outside HEABC may be on a different agreement.", "Source: Provincial Collective Agreement between the Health Employers Association of British Columbia and the Nurses' Bargaining Association, 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2025 — https://www.bcnu.org/Contracts-Bargaining/Documents/nba-pca_2022_2025.pdf (HEABC wage schedule from 1 April 2024: https://www.heabc.bc.ca/public/wages/nurses_wages/NBAWageSchedules-Apr2024.pdf; HEABC release on the May 2026 tentative agreement, which members rejected on 19 June 2026: https://www.heabc.bc.ca/public/News/2025/NBATentativeAgreement_22May2026.pdf; BCNU on the mediators' recommendations and binding arbitration, 24 July 2026: https://www.bcnu.org/news-and-events/news/2026/bc-nurses-end-province-wide-job-action-accept-mediators-recommendations)" ] } ] }