The BC Excluded Employees Association

The BC Excluded Employees’ Association (BCEEA) is an association of non-union (excluded) employees in British Columbia’s public service. Our members live and work in locations across the province.

Since 1975, our association has worked to bring issues that are important to excluded public service employees, to the attention of government, and to support them with programs, education and networking opportunities that help them succeed.

1975: Established as the Association of Managers in Government in July 1975 by a government appointed management advisory committee, for the purpose of providing a unified and credible voice for exclusions in respect to personnel policies and benefits.

1980: Name change to the British Columbia Government Managers’s Association. Two years later salaries were frozen and the public service was reduced from 47,000 to 28,000 employees.

1984: Government approved a 3.5 percent general pay increase for managers and established a new Management Compensation Program, and began to consult regularly with the Association.

1993: Invited to represent the concerns of excluded personnel at the Korbin Commission and to help plan the Forum on the Revitalization and Renewal of the Public Service. BCGMA was chosen to represent excluded employees during revitalization.

1994: Memorandum of Understanding signed with government recognizing our role as representatives of excluded employees.

1999: Second Memorandum of Understanding signed: that Deputy Ministers will consult about reorganization resulting in redundancy, relocation or reclassification of excluded employees. Meetings to take place 4 times a year.

2000: 25th Anniversary. Name change to British Columbia Excluded Employees' Association to clarify that we support all excluded employees, not just managers.

2001: Membership grows by 20 percent. Survey conducted about compensation and ‘on call’ duties.

2002: Helped members during the massive downsizing/restructuring. Information, advice, and general support provided.

2003: Helped interpret new leadership development program including new staffing and job classification. Survey conducted about hours of work and recognition.

2004: Helped interpret staffing review process, continued talks with government about compensation, benefits. Introduced networking services.

2005: 30th Anniversary. Discussed inadequacies of timekeeping system with government. Improved retirement counseling services for members. Presented proposal for improving compensation and benefits.

2006: Privacy-protected membership list posted on website. Interpreted management classification and compensation framework for members. Health and Wellness Award Program established. Vacation carry-over improved.

2007: Interpreted disability management programs for members and reaffirmed that all public sector employees are entitled to fair, equitable, and competitive salaries and benefits.

2008: Launched a new look including new colours, a new logo, and language that is more focused on professional development and clearly separates the Association from unions.