| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 47.92 |
| Liaison | Bert Jacobson |
| Submission Date | Feb. 20, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Kankakee Community College
PAE-11: Sustainable Compensation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
8.00 / 8.00 |
Bert
Jacobson Dean, Environmental and Institutional Sustainability Environmental and Institutional Sustainability |
Total number of employees working on campus (including contractors):
Number of employees (including contractors) that the institution ensures earn sustainable compensation:
A brief description of how the institution ensures that its lowest-paid workers (including contractors, if applicable) receive sustainable compensation:
Living Wage Calculation for Kankakee County, Illinois:
The living wage shown is the hourly rate that an individual must earn to support their family, if they are the sole provider and are working full-time (2080 hours per year). The state minimum wage is the same for all individuals, regardless of how many dependents they may have. The poverty rate is typically quoted as gross annual income. We have converted it to an hourly wage for the sake of comparison.
Living Wage $7.97
Poverty Wage $5.04
Minimum Wage $8.00
The entry wage for all full or part time employees at KCC is $9.14 per hour, $1.17 (nearly 15%) above the living wage of $7.97. Positions at the college are classified into administrative, supportive staff, and faculty. The administrative and supportive staff positions are assigned a job category and a salary range, which increases with CPI-U, Midwest each year. Faculty wages are negotiated through a collective bargaining agreement.
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:
The website URL where information about the institution’s compensation policies and practices is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Access to internal policies and procedures as well as marketing materials is limited and not publicly available. Copies of policies and materials are available by request to bjacobson@kcc.edu.
Access to internal policies and procedures as well as marketing materials is limited and not publicly available. Copies of policies and materials are available by request to bjacobson@kcc.edu.
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