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FRP-BC Early Years Wages Survey

Survey Context

We’ve been hearing from our members across the province that paying a living wage is becoming increasingly difficult. In response, FRP-BC is striving to gather a range of insights on this challenge and will be presenting information to the First Call Early Years Roundtable on September 18th. We have compiled a few questions for Executive Directors and Managers regarding wages, the use of wage grids, impacts of funding, and hiring and retention.
Why Your Input Matters
Why Your Input Matters:
1. Strengthening Our Understanding & Voice: Your responses will be part of FRP-BC’s information and advocacy for funders, coalitions, partners, government, and MCFD.
2. Building Our Collective Capacity: The information collected will be shared back with our members and the sector, supporting and building capacity for advocacy, funders, boards, and regional work.
Survey Closing Date: September 6th at 4:00 pm.
Survey Closing Date: September 6th at 4:00 pm.
1.Are you a current FRP-BC Member?(Required.)
2.Please specify what Early Years program(s) you are representing in this survey:(Required.)
3.Please give us an average wage of your frontline workers (Optional).
4.What region of BC are you located in?(Required.)
5.Could you write a few sentences describing the key factors affecting wages within your organization?

Some examples: Government funding models restrictions, Availability of regional grants and donations, Capacity to apply, Unchanged funding amounts, Size of umbrella agency, Union vs non-union, Funding trade-offs, etc.(Required.)
6.How do funding and wages affect hiring and retention within your organization? Please provide examples if possible.(Required.)
7.Recognizing that the mandate of most agencies is to support families and communities, how do the wages paid to staff in your organization either uphold or not uphold the mandate of your agency? For example, how do they compare to living wages in your region?(Required.)
8.Does your agency employ ECEs?(Required.)
9.If your agency employs ECEs, are you aware of the ECE Wage Grid?
10.If your agency employs ECEs, how does the ECE wage grid affect hiring and retention for your agency?