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2023 Labour Market Review
Posted Feb 26, 2024
Total employment grew by just 1.5% in B.C. last year, the slowest pace in at least a decade.
B.C. Inflation and Wage Growth
Posted Nov 29, 2023
B.C.’s headline inflation rate averaged 3.5% in the third quarter of this year. This pace is down from the 7 to 8% annual increase in consumer prices seen through much of 2022. But even with supply chains normalizing and energy prices falling, inflation is likely to be persistent.
B.C. Inflation and Wage Growth
Posted Aug 9, 2023
In mid 2022 B.C.’s overall CPI inflation rate topped out at 7.9%. Since then, the annual change in the provincial CPI has edged steadily lower and in June of this year was 3.5%.
B.C. Wage Settlements
Posted Jun 16, 2022
With inflation in B.C. running above 6% it is reasonable to expect unions and workers to bargain for higher wage increases. But so far there is little evidence of higher settlements.
Wage Pressures Rising Amid A Tighter Labour Market
Posted Feb 9, 2022
As the economy continues to recover from the pandemic shock hiring workers is becoming more difficult for many employers. And these challenges will only increase as the labour market “normalizes”.
B.C.'s Average Job Vacancy Rate Highest in Canada
Posted Oct 6, 2021
Amid increasing reports of hiring challenges, recent data from Statistics Canada confirms high and rising job vacancy rates in the province.
First-Year Wage Increases Have Edged Gradually Higher Over The Past Five Years
Posted May 19, 2021
Labour Relations - Legal
Posted Dec 31, 2014
Ontario's Bill 18, Employee on the hook says BC Supreme Court...
