Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 68.02
Liaison Maxine Dandois-Fafard
Submission Date Nov. 10, 2023

STARS v2.2

Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)
IN-37: Student Living Wage

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Marlène Blais
Director
Human Resources
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The local living wage for one adult:
14.17 US/Canadian $

Percentage of student employees paid a living wage for one adult:
100

Information to support the living wage percentage reported above:
The viable income according to household type in Quebec in 2022, according to the Institut de recherche et d'informations socioéconomiques (IRIS) (https://iris-recherche.qc.ca/publications/le-revenu-viable-2022-en-periode-de-crises-multiples/) for a single person in Montreal, is $29,577, which translates to an hourly wage of $14.17 for a 40-hour workweek.

The lowest-paid student employee earns $20.99 per hour ($43,810 annually for a 40-hour workweek) as of September 7, 2023 (based on the 2021 scales. These will be reviewed and increased by 3.5% shortly). We used the calculator at https://www.calculconversion.com/calcul-salaire-brut-net-quebec to convert the gross salary to net salary, which results in $32,854, or $15.74 per hour.

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