British Columbia employers with fifty or more employees are fast approaching their first reporting deadline under the province’s Pay Transparency Act. Employers that had fifty or more employees on January 1, 2026, must prepare and publish their first pay transparency reports on or before November 1, 2026. This is the final phase of a reporting regime that began in 2024 with the province’s largest employers.
Quick Hits
B.C. employers that had fifty or more employees on January 1, 2026, must publish their first pay transparency report by November 1, 2026.
Reports must disclose gender-based gaps in hourly pay, overtime, and bonuses, as well as the gender makeup of pay quartiles.
Reporting is an annual obligation.
Which Employers Must Report
Unless exempted by regulation, an employer becomes a “reporting employer” based on its headcount on January 1 of the applicable year, under a phased schedule:
2024: 1,000 or more employees
2025: 300 or more employees
2026: 50 or more employees… Read the complete article here...
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