Office of the Merit Commissioner
Upholding fair hiring in the BC Public Service
What We Do
News Release – Feb 19, 2026
For media inquiries, please contact:
Email: merit@meritcomm.bc.ca
Phone: 250-953-4208
As an independent Office, we make sure appointments to and within the BC Public Service are fair and based on merit. We do this by auditing appointments, and by reviewing staffing decisions as requested by unsuccessful employee applicants. We also make sure processes that result in just cause dismissals follow the required rules and procedures. We do this by reviewing the processes after all challenges are complete.
