Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	55.02
Liaison	Rob Williams
Submission Date	July 2, 2024

STARS v2.2

Capilano University
PA-12: Employee Compensation

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.25 / 3.00	Rob Williams Project Manager Facilities

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Part 1. Living wage for employees

The local living wage (based on a family of four and expressed as an hourly wage):

25.68 US/Canadian $

Percentage of employees that receive a living wage (benefits excluded):

100

Part 2. Living wage for employees of contractors

Does the institution have significant contractors with employees that work on-site as part of regular and ongoing campus operations?:

Yes

A list or brief description of significant on-site contractors:

Best Service Pros - Janitorial - 37 full time employees. 34 employees under $25.68 and 3 employees over $25.68

Chartwells - Food Services - 37 full time employees. 36 employees under $25.68 and 1 employee over $25.68

Indigo - Parking Services - 1 full time employee under $25.68

Lime Painting - painting - 7 as and when employees all over $25.68

Paladin Security - 22 full time employees. 20 employees under $25.68 and 1 employee over $25.68

Second Generation Landscapes - 6 as an when employees all over $25.68

Total Energy Systems - mechanical contractor - 61 as and when employees all over $25.68

Total 171 contractors, 80 (47%) over living wage, 91 (53%) under living wage. Note - not all personnel for maintenance contractors may be on site at the same time.

Percentage of employees of on-site contractors known to receive a living wage or be covered by collective bargaining agreements (i.e., union contracts):

Part 3. Minimum total compensation for employees

Total compensation provided to the institution’s lowest paid regular, part-time or full-time employee or pay grade meets or exceeds what percentage of the living wage?:

100 percent

A brief description of the minimum total compensation provided to the institution’s lowest paid employee or pay grade:

The total compensation includes min 6% or 3 weeks vacation, 9.31% employer contribution to the Municipal Pension Plan, health, dental, STD, LTD, Life insurance coverage, etc. Overtime worked is paid at 2X the salary rate. These provisions are over and above the employment standard requirements.

Optional Fields

Has the institution made a formal commitment to pay a living wage?:

A copy or brief description of the institution’s written policy stating its commitment to a living wage:

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Website URL where information about employee compensation is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

FOR PART 1:

The calculation is based on the below:

All regular full time and temporary employees are paid over the living wage.

For hourly paid (as and when needed) employees, on April 30, 2024 paydate 4 employees were paid an hourly rate of $22.86 + $1top up pay +$1.43 vacation pay = $25.29 pay rate. An additional $0.75 shift differential and OT was paid on some hours bringing the hourly rate over the living wage rate.

- Total employees paid = 734 Faculty + 440 Reg. Admin/Exempt/Staff+82 Temp. Admin/Exempt/staff = 1256 payments.

The 4 employees are newhires, paygrade 08, step 1, moving to Step 2 upon further training.

This calculation does not include student workers.

Effective July 1, 2024 all employees in this group will receive a 3% salary increase as per current Collective Agreement.

FOR PART 2:

The following significant contractors were unwilling to share salary information and have therefore been excluded from the calculations listed in Part 2.

4th Utility

Elite Fire Protection

C.F. Ventures Bldg Svcs

Pacific Powertech

Vancouver Fire

Radius Security.