The Pay Transparency Act became law in 2023, and the requirement to file a Pay Transparency Report is now impacting more and more Langley businesses.  This November, employers with 300 or more employees (part time and full time) are required to generate and post Pay Transparency Reports publicly each year.

Starting in 2026, this requirement will be expanded to all businesses with 50 or more employees (and then possible even smaller businesses after that!) – an expansion the Langley Chamber strongly opposes as an undue burden on small and medium businesses.    

Under this regulation, employers are required to survey all employees on their gender and provide reminders and mechanisms each year for employees to adjust or change their reported gender.  This surveying and record-keeping alone represents a new administrative requirement.
Even businesses with 50 employees may not have full-time dedicated HR positions, and this may cause further administrative hassle for them. 

Further, the CRM or payroll systems used by businesses currently may or may not have the ability to collect, store, and report on the data necessary to complete these pay transparency reports easily, which may result in substantial administrative costs to prepare the reports, or costly customizations to systems and databases to allow them to be used in this way – both representing costs on BC employers.

The Langley Chamber has been in contact with the BC Gender Equity Office, as well as the Deputy Minister and Parliamentary Secretary responsible to raise our concerns with the cost and burden this requirement places on businesses.   

Key Dates & Information:

• Employers must publicly post pay transparency reports by November 1 each year
• November 2025: Applies to employers with 300+ employees (total employee count as of January 1, 2025)
• November 2026: Expands to 50+ employees (total count as of January 1, 2026)

• Website – Guidance for preparing pay transparency reports
• Webinars on pay transparency reporting (overview and online tool demo)
  • August 25th, 11 a.m.
  • September 10th, 10 a.m.
  • September 22nd, 10:30 a.m.

• Video demo of how to use the reporting tool
• For questions about reporting, please email paytransparency@gov.bc.ca