Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 48.73
Liaison Claire Rodgers
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
PA-12: Employee Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 3.00
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The local living wage (based on a family of four and expressed as an hourly wage):
29.32 US/Canadian $

Percentage of employees that receive a living wage (benefits excluded):
91.59

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:

Olin's on-site contractors are Rebecca's Culinary Group (dining services) and Aramark (facilities).


Percentage of employees of on-site contractors known to receive a living wage or be covered by collective bargaining agreements (i.e., union contracts):
0

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?:
None of the above (i.e. the lowest paid regular employee or pay grade earns less than the living wage)

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

-Health insurance: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care plans
-Dental insurance: Delta Premier
-Flexible Spending Account (medical & dependent care)
-Health Savings Account (only eligible for High Deductible plan participants)
-Group Life Insurance: Coverage equal to one times the employee's salary
-Voluntary Life Insurance
-Travel Accident Insurance
-403 (b) Basic Retirement Plan: We contribute an amount equal to three times an employee's basic contribution
-Supplemental Retirement Plan
-Short- and long-term disability provided by the college
-Liberal vacation time
-Paid holidays
-Employee Assistance Program
-Tuition Assistance Program: After five years of employment, eligible employees can receive tuition support for dependents to attend a college or university
-Free use of Olin and Babson facilities, such as the libraries and athletic center


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:

Not a formal commitment, but Olin has begun looking at faculty salaries very closely and made adjustments based off of research. This is based off of what the top 10 schools, prestigious and equivalent to our level compensate their professors.
Olin has also begun going through an analysis of staff salaries. A third party looked at every job description and met with all of the managers to discuss every single position.
Olin is in the process of forming a pay philosophy. In terms of pay for staff, we like to be in the 50th percentile. Olin would like to make changes to that, since it hasn’t been looked at in years.


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:

Sharon Woodward, Director of Human Resources


Sharon Woodward, Director of Human Resources

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