Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	56.72
Liaison	Christie-Joy Hartman
Submission Date	May 12, 2017
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

James Madison University
PA-11: Employee Compensation

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.46 / 3.00	Richard Larson AVP for HR, Training and Performance Human Resources

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Part 1

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

14.72 US/Canadian $

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

80.20

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):

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 :

Minimum compensation is currently $20,000 (9.62/hr) excluding benefits. Including benefits, total compensation is $32,989.08 (15.86/hr). Living wage for a single adult in Rockingham County is $11.03/hr. Living wage for a family of four according to the MIT site is $14.72/hour.

Optional Fields

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

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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)?:

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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:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The JMU total compensation estimator was used to determine total compensation at entry level. http://it-webapps.jmu.edu/benecalc/?_ga=1.10979251.626418947.1453467105 Information entered in Fall 2016. According to AASHE STARS v2.1, administrative update one (May 2016): "Consistent with the ISEAL Alliance Living Wage Working Group, a living wage is defined as: ...the remuneration received for a standard work week by a worker in a particular place sufficient to afford a decent standard of living for the worker and her or his family. Elements of a decent standard of living include food, water, housing, education, health care, transport, clothing, and other essential needs including provision for unexpected events. To determine the local living wage: U.S. institutions must use the Living Wage Calculator hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to look up the living wage for “2 [working] Adults, 2 Children” for the community in which the main campus is located. Canadian institutions must use Living Wage Canada’s standards (if a living wage has been calculated for the community in which the main campus is located) or else the appropriate after tax Low Income Cut-Off (LICO) for a family of four (expressed as an hourly wage), Institutions located outside the U.S. and Canada must use local equivalents of the above standards if available or else the local poverty indicator for a family of four (expressed as an hourly wage)."