Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.39
Liaison Ciara Tennis
Submission Date Dec. 31, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Eastern Connecticut State University
PA-11: Employee Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.23 / 3.00 Torin Radicioni
Environmental Intern
Institute for Sustainable Energy
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Part 1 

The local living wage (based on a family of four and expressed as an hourly wage):
17 US/Canadian $

Percentage of all employees (regular full-time, regular part-time, and temporary workers) that receive a living wage (benefits excluded):
98

Part 2 

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

Percentage of employees of contractors that work on-site as part of regular and ongoing campus operations that the institution has verified as receiving a living wage (benefits excluded) (0-100; enter ‘0’ if unknown):
83.03

Part 3 

The total compensation provided to the institution’s lowest paid regular (i.e., permanent) 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, including any in-kind benefits included as part of the total compensation figure :
The lowest paid regular employee at Eastern would be an entry level new custodian, who makes $17.81 per hour. They work a 37.5 hour weekly schedule (75 hours per pay period). Gross Biweekly is $1335.33 and annual is $34,852.00.

Optional Fields 

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

A copy or brief description of the institution’s written policy stating its commitment to a living wage:
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Has the institution made a formal commitment to provide a living wage to its student employees and/or graduate teaching/research assistants (e.g. by adopting a student bill-of-rights)?:
No

A brief description of the institution’s commitment to a student living wage:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The information for this credit was collected through speaking with Lourdes Ardel and Jay Zhu from Human Resources, as well as Joseph Salvaggio from Food Services.

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