Boards of Education are solely responsible for determining the total compensation package for the position of Superintendent of Schools and Directeur General. The BC Public School Employers Association administers a sectoral compensation management plan for all other exempt positions with the objective of enabling boards to attract and retain high-quality personnel through the establishment and maintenance of rational and defensible total compensation structures. Public school districts have a fiscal year that ends on June 30 and will disclose executive compensation before the end of the year.
Health Authorities
Health Authorities provide leadership to complex medical organizations with multiple facilities and a broad continuum of care. Their operating budgets can be in the billions of dollars. Compensation levels are generally set at the 50th percentile of relevant labour market comparators.
Other Healthcare Providers
There is a variety of other health employers whose executives provide leadership to medical facilities or small to medium size health organizations. Their compensation levels are based upon relevant labour market comparators.
B.C.’s Crown corporations and agencies provide many different services to the public. In some cases they are large commercial operations, such as BC Hydro and ICBC, in other cases they are a means to provide cost-effective services to citizens, such as BC Housing. Their executives come from varied professional backgrounds. In most cases the majority of comparator organizations are similar public sector employers and where appropriate, some comparators are from the private sector in Canada.
B.C’s public service is made up of thousands of employees in ministries and agencies who work in diverse fields, such as correction services, public health, park stewardship and putting out forest fires. The executive compensation approach is intended to balance a competitive compensation package designed to attract and retain qualified, experienced and engaged executive who are capable of achieving a high level of performance.