Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.41
Liaison Audrey McSain
Submission Date March 1, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Lehigh University
PA-11: Employee Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.63 / 3.00 Toni Lee Febbo
Director, HR Services
HR
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The local living wage (based on a family of four and expressed as an hourly wage):
15.78 US/Canadian $

Percentage of all employees (regular full-time, regular part-time, and temporary workers) that receive a living wage (benefits excluded):
96.10

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):
0

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?:
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, including any in-kind benefits included as part of the total compensation figure :

The lowest paid individuals working full time each week of the year earn $20,360 to $21,600 as child care workers. These individuals also receives full benefits including health care, life insurance, long term disability insurance, EAP access, retirement contributions, tuition remission, short term disability coverage, and paid time off benefits.


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:
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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:

For "Percentage of all employees that receive a living wage" - The number we originally provided only measures full-time employees that make at or above the Living Wage - indeed only those who actually worked at least 2080 hours per year.

The corrected "Percentage of all employees that receive a living wage" reflects those individual who earn at least $15.78 per hour without regard to the number of hours they work.


For "Percentage of all employees that receive a living wage" - The number we originally provided only measures full-time employees that make at or above the Living Wage - indeed only those who actually worked at least 2080 hours per year.

The corrected "Percentage of all employees that receive a living wage" reflects those individual who earn at least $15.78 per hour without regard to the number of hours they work.

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