====== BC Public Service Agency ======

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The **BC Public Service Agency** is a Canadian government administration agency within the Government of [[canada:British Columbia]].

===== History =====

==== COVID-19 ====

On October 5, 2021, the agency announced that provincial employees would need to receive two doses of a [[COVID-19 vaccines|COVID-19 vaccine]] and provide [[vaccine_passport|proof of vaccination]] by November 22 or be placed on unpaid leave.((Aslam, S. (2021, October 5). //B.C. mandates vaccines for 30,000 provincial employees.// CityNews Vancouver. https://archive.ph/2023.03.14-203026/https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2021/10/05/bc-vaccine-mandate-provincial-employees/)) As of December 12, 2022, 163 employees had been granted an exemption from the policy on various grounds,((//Record Created in response to FOI: PSA-2022-23340.// (2023, February 6). Government of British Columbia. https://web.archive.org/web/20230308015250/http://docs.openinfo.gov.bc.ca/Response_Package_PSA-2022-23340.pdf)) and 58 were working from home.((Robinson, J. (2023, January 31). //Record produced for FOI Request: PSA-2022-23341.// Government of British Columbia. https://web.archive.org/web/20230308020237/http://docs.openinfo.gov.bc.ca/Response_Package_PSA-2022-23341.pdf)) ((Robinson, J. (2023, January 16). //Re: Request for Access to Records - PSA-2022-23341.// Government of British Columbia. https://web.archive.org/web/20230308020321/http://docs.openinfo.gov.bc.ca/Response_Letter_PSA-2022-23341.pdf))

On March 10, 2023, the agency announced that the policy would end as of April 4.((Small, R. (2023, March 10). //BC axing COVID vaccine requirement for provincial public servants.// Western Standard. http://archive.today/2023.03.14-202415/https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/breaking-bc-axing-covid-vaccine-requirement-for-provincial-public-servants/article_74ab8322-bf8b-11ed-b5be-b7faf22d515e.html)) According to the statement, "those who refused to follow the mandate and who were placed on administrative leave may return to the workplace," which the government described as "a small number of employees" of around 2% of the total affected workforce.((Nassar, H. M. (2023, March 10). //B.C. vaccine mandate for public service workers ending.// CityNews Vancouver. https://archive.ph/2023.03.14-203004/https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/03/10/bc-vaccine-public-service/))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.linkedin.com/company/bc-public-service/|LinkedIn]]
  * [[https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/organizational-structure/ministries-organizations/central-government-agencies/bc-public-service-agency|Website]]