Update on 2025 compensation programs

According to guidance from the Public Sector Employers’ Council (PSEC), UBC will be pausing certain compensation and performance-based salary increases in 2025 until further notice.  

This change comes because the general unionized wage pattern for fiscal year 2025/26 has not yet been established through public sector bargaining, and the provincial government is navigating a challenging and unpredictable fiscal and economic environment.  

In addition, UBC is entering into collective bargaining with our unions and associations, and any future general wage increases (GWI) are currently unknown. 

Compensation programs being paused at UBC 

• Performance-based increase (PBI) program for the following groups: Excluded Management & Professional (XMP); Service Unit Directors (SUDs); Associate Vice Presidents (AVPs) and equivalents, Associate Deans, and Senior Leadership (Vice Presidents, President, Deans). 

• Merit program for the following groups: AAPS, Executive Administrative staff (i.e., excluded clerical), Non-union Farm Workers, and Non-union Technicians and Research Assistants. 

Compensation programs NOT impacted 

• Midpoint progression increases (MPI) for AAPS members.
• Midpoint progression for Executive Administrative staff, Non-union Farm Workers, and Non-union Technicians and Research Assistants.
• Probationary increases for the following groups: AAPS, XMP, SUD.

For more information, visit the Staff salary administration page (CWL required).  

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