Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 54.92
Liaison Leila Lamoureux
Submission Date Dec. 9, 2024

STARS v3.0

Babson College
PA-13: Pay Equity and Living Wage

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.08 / 5.00 Leila Lamoureux
Director, Sustainability and Campus Utilization
Facilities Mgmt & Planning
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13.1 Internal pay equity assessment

Has the institution conducted one or more internal pay equity assessments during the previous three years to identify disparities that are not attributable to skills, responsibilities, or level of experience?:
Yes

Description of the methodologies used to assess internal pay equity:

We work with outside counsel who are trained to do this type of regression analysis and they perform the analysis on different pay groups/gender/race.  This is done every 2 years.

 


Are the pay equity assessment(s) inclusive of both academic and non-academic staff?:
Yes

Do the pay equity assessment(s) explicitly address pay equity by gender identity?:
Yes

Do the pay equity assessment(s) explicitly address internal pay equity by racial, ethnic, and/or Indigenous identity?:
Yes

Does the institution publish the results of its internal pay equity assessments?:
No

Published results of the institution’s most recently finalized internal pay equity assessment:
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Online resource where the results of the institution’s internal pay equity assessments are available:
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The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator PA 13.1:
0.60

13.2 Percentage of employees that receive a living wage

Is the institution a third party accredited living wage employer?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL detailing the institution’s living wage accreditation:
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Provide wage figures in the institution’s local currency and expressed as hourly rates. 

Local currency code:
USD

Performance year for living wage:
2023

Living wage:
42.57

Standard or methodology used to determine the living wage:

MIT Living Wage Calculator


Wage floor for regular/permanent employees:
42.57

Wage floor for short-term/casual academic staff:
42.57

Wage floor for short-term/casual non-academic staff:
42.57

Percentage of employees that receive remuneration equivalent to at least a living wage:
79

Narrative outlining the forms of remuneration included in the living wage calculations:

Base Salary and benefits were considered


Has the institution made a formal commitment to pay a living wage?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL detailing the institution’s formal commitment to pay a living wage:
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The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator PA 13.2:
0.48

13.3 Percentage of significant contractors that pay a collectively determined or living wage

Does the institution have one or more significant contractors?:
Yes

Documentation affirming that the institution has no significant contractors:
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Total number of significant contractors:
1

Number of significant contractors known to pay a collectively determined or living wage:
0

Description of the methodology used to determine which significant contractors pay a collectively determined or living wage:

We regularly benchmark our roles to external market using multiple sources – both from the perspective of position-based benchmarks and location specific differentials. As well, more broadly, we regularly monitor market conditions and regulations including minimum wage, general inflation, market trends and geographical variances. In support of the business, we aim to understand and combine all of this data into informed pay ranges and recommendations.


The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following two figures:

 

Percentage of significant contractors that pay a collectively determined or living wage:
0

Points earned for indicator PA 13.3:
0

Optional documentation

Notes about the information provided for this credit:
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Additional documentation for this credit:
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