Leaving the public service

Find everything you need to know about resignation, retirement, and bridging service.

On this page

• Retirement
• Resignation
• Termination
• Transferring
• Knowledge transfer
• Government records service guide
• Bridging service
• Converting to individual benefits plans
• Employee self service
• Freedom of information requests

Retirement 

Information about planning your retirement. Includes pension, pre-retirement leave, and retirement allowance.

Resignation

What you need to do once you decide to leave your job.

Termination

Bargaining unit employees

Employment termination is covered under your collective agreement.

Excluded employees

Review information about the employment termination for excluded employees under Human Resource policy 08 – Termination of employment of excluded employees (PDF, 107KB).

Transferring

When changing positions between ministries or within the same ministry, a few tasks will be required before and after your transfer. The information on Transferring employees will guide you through this transition.

Knowledge transfer

Knowledge transfer in the workplace is the process of distributing knowledge that’s been developed in an organization with one or more specific individuals to other parts of the organization or individuals.

It's also a crucial facet of succession planning.

Review the Knowledge transfer section for more information.

Government records service guide

Learn how to properly transfer into a new role, or transfer or dispose of your records prior to leaving the BC Public Service:

• Information management and transferring employees
• Information management in cloud-based tools

Bridging service

How to bridge your service if you're a regular employee resigning to care for a dependent parent, spouse or child.

Converting to individual benefits plans

The conversion policy enables excluded and bargaining unit employees to convert to individual extended health, dental and life insurance plans when their group coverage ends.

Employee Self Service

Once you leave the BC Public Service, you will no longer have access to Employee Self Service (IDIR restricted). Ensure your address is correct in Employee Self Service before your final day of work. You may wish to download and keep copies of the following documents:

• Pay stubs
• Electronic copies of T4 forms

Freedom of information requests

Once you leave the BC Public Service, you will no longer have access to documents stored in Employee Self Service.

If you require a copy of these documents once you leave, you'll need to submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.