Following public outrage to bonus pay structure to executives at Community Living BC - the governing BC Liberals' have changed the basic pay structure for those same individuals at CLBC
Social Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux for her part says (courtesy of CKNW.com):
Eight months after she expressed uneasiness with a policy which gave embattled CLBC executives bonuses, Social Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux doesn't appear to have an issue with them getting increases in their base pay.
But speaking to CKNW’s Bill Good, Cadieux says the pay hikes – between 4.9 and 9.6-percent – aren't raises.
“What we’ve done is we’ve standardized the pay structure for CLBC so that we eliminate the bonus aspect."
Since the bonuses were around 10-percent, Cadieux says overall compensation actually comes down.
CLBC came under fire last year for dishing out bonuses, while making cuts to work assistance and other programs.
Meanwhile - the two opposition parties are having none of it - read the response of the BC NDP here and of the BC Conservatives here
For my part -- it was poorly timed and one wonders' if the BC Liberals' think about what the public reaction would be before implementing these decisions.... with less than 12 months to the next provincial general election - they can ill afford continued public relations gaffes, like CLBC, prior to going to the voters....
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