Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.66
Liaison Christie-Joy Hartman
Submission Date Dec. 23, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

James Madison University
PAE-11: Sustainable Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.00 / 8.00 Richard Larson
AVP for HR, Training and Performance
Human Resources
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Total number of employees working on campus (including contractors):
4,200

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Number of employees (including contractors) that the institution ensures earn sustainable compensation:
4,200

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A brief description of how the institution ensures that its lowest-paid workers (including contractors, if applicable) receive sustainable compensation:
JMU is paying prevailing wages for job type or classification, paying average or above average wages for the region or city where the institution is located and paying minimum wages or a set amount above the minimum wage Currently our lowest wage rate for our part-time employees is $7.25/hr. Our lowest rate for full time employees is $19,240 per year or $9.25/hr. As a state institution, JMU participates in a "classified" system that is established and dictated by the Commonwealth of Virginia. www.jmu.edu/humanresources/wm/sap.shtml http://www.dhrm.virginia.gov/compensation/compPlans.html

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The most recent year total compensation for the institution’s lowest-paid workers (including contractors, if applicable) was evaluated to ensure that it was sustainable:
2,012

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The website URL where information about the institution’s compensation policies and practices is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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