A Win for Tech Staff Placement!

A Win for Tech Staff Placement!

Thanks to FSA Members on the Institute Placement Committee, along with the FSA Labour Relations team, an error restricting the initial placement of some Tech Staff has been redressed. Prior to the signing of the 2019-22 Collective Agreement, language existed limiting the initial placement of Tech Staff to certain barriers, which were removed in the 2019-22 Collective Agreement. Recently, however, FSA Members on the Institute Placement Committee noticed that the barriers mistakenly remained on the Tech Staff Placement form: “The maximum step that may be granted upon initial placement is 6, 11, and 15 respectively.”

The Members brought this to the attention of our FSA Labour Relations team, and BCIT addressed the situation, resulting in at least two FSA Members getting step increases, retroactively! As well, the Tech Staff Placement form has been corrected on the BCIT HR website as of June 6, 2023.

Tech Staff Selection Committees, please ensure you are not using the old, incorrect forms.

This is also a great time to remind ALL members of any FSA Department Selection Committees

• to carefully check language on placement in the Collective Agreement, do not rely solely on the forms
• to contact the FSA if you have any questions or concerns
• to let new staff members know that they can dispute their initial placement during their first six months of employment
• above all, to remember that initial placement is the responsibility of the Selection Committee, not BCIT management.

If you have any questions or concerns about placement, contact us.