Bceea 2009 Recruitment

Championsfor

Success

The only professional association devoted

exclusively to supporting non-union, (excluded), employees in BC’s public service.

A registered non-profit organization under the Society Act

Governed by an elected 15-member Board of Directors

Administered by 1 FT Executive Director and 2 PT Assistants

Office is located in Victoria

The British Columbia Excluded Employees’ Association is a professional organization dedicated to helping excluded employees of BC’s Public Service achieve professional success, through education, mentoring, and networking.

Our Mission

Serving 8 Regions

• Kootenay• Lower Mainland• North East• Prince George/Cariboo• Skeena

• Thompson/Okanagan• Vancouver Island• Victoria/Gulf Islands

Serving Since 1975

Government appointed “Management Advisory

Committee” (MAC) recommends the

establishment of a management society and registers the society on

July 9, 1975 as the“Association of Managers in

Government in BC” (AM)

In the beginning…

Evolution

Association: BC Government

Association of Managers - AM

BC Government Managers’ Association - BCGMA

BC Excluded Employees’ Association- BCEEA

Provincial Government Body:

Government Employee Relations Bureau - GERB

Public Service Employee Relations Commission - PSERC

BC Public Service Agency - PSA

First Memorandum of Understanding with BC Government signed 1994

“To get the highest quality of work and deliver the best service to the public, we must design a workplace which allows people to be creative, inspired and challenged.”

Doug MacArthur Deputy Minister to the Premier

You Need to Know:

The BCEEA actively facilitates the free exchange of information and ideas between excluded employees and government about their conditions of employment.

Lobbied successfully for salary and benefit improvements that met or exceeded bargaining unit agreements

Improved policies that mattered to excluded employees, including dispute resolution, salary protection and reimbursement for licensing fees

Accomplishments

Achieved representation for excluded employees on the Public Service Pension Board of Trustees

Enabled exemptions to withholding tax for paid-out vacation carryover

Accomplishments

Mitigated the impact of Bill 66 through improved accumulation and rollover of unused vacation days

Doubled the number of opportunities for excluded employees to present issues to government

Accomplishments

• Identified opportunities for improving the “Time on Line” time keeping system

• Provided personal information and advice in the past 11 years to over 1,400 excluded employees re: work related and retirement issues

Accomplishments

Benefits of Membership

Continuous Learning

• Through forums, workshops, special events and formal and informal government networking

Benefits of Membership

Strengthand

Support

• Information, advice and moral support when resolving work related disputes and in times of change, such as organizational restructuring.

Benefits of Membership

Up-to-dateInformation

andAdvice

• About policies, procedures and issues, through our website and electronic news bulletins

Benefits of Membership

FinancialReimbursement

• Legal advice up to $500

• Resume and interview preparation $100 (every 2 years)

• Third-party classification reviews up to $250

Benefits of Membership

Educational support for your family

• $1,000 for scholarship award

• $1,000 for bursary award

Benefits of Membership

Retirement planning

• Two free personal retirement consultations with a respected retirement consultant ($300 benefit)

Benefits of Membership

• Preferred service and/or rates on every-day needs

• Services include banking privileges, general insurance, purchasing, leasing or renting personal vehicles, and hotel accommodations (benefit value depends on you)

Members share - - -

Environmentally Responsible Management Sponsors an Annual Health and Wellness

Award Committed to greener choices Recycled materials and reduction in printed

materials Increased use of technology, e.g. electronic

filing, E-News, social networking (Linked In), fill able on-line forms

Potential New Services:

Maximizing our emphasis on supporting professional success through: mentoring and “helping hands”

programs Subsidizing the cost of personal

coaches Offering a broader array of

professional development programs and events

Achieving our goals is dependent on membership

Sufficient membership growth will support the introduction of new and improved services and a reduced membership fee structure.

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Membership Numbers

New & Improved Services

Lower Membership

Fees

Tax deductible Paid directly to BCEEA or through payroll

deductions

Members may be voting on a new fee structure and/or lower fees as early as April 2009

Fees

Now it’s your turn Now it’s your turn

• The BCEEA invites you to ‘join us on the The BCEEA invites you to ‘join us on the journey’ to a new and improved journey’ to a new and improved association. association.

Campaign Special forCampaign Special forNew MembersNew Members

• Sign up before April 1, 2009.

• Receive 1/3 off membership fees until September 2010.(18 months for the price of 12)

+• A lucky new member will win

their choice of a “Weekend-Get-Away for 2” or $500

Membership is easy Membership is easy

2. Complete personalized application form provided or download and print fill-able form at www.bceea.bc.ca

3. Sign application form and fax it to 250-356-7150

4. Membership card containing information for accessing restricted area of BCEEA website will be forwarded.

Champions for

Success

The BCEEA Board of Directors and staff look forward to welcoming

you to our association.