| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 47.19 |
| Liaison | V.S. (Raghu) Raghavan |
| Submission Date | Sept. 6, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Mount Holyoke College
PAE-11: Sustainable Compensation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
8.00 / 8.00 |
Nancy
Apple Director Environmental Health & Safety |
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:
Most of Mount Holyoke College’s lower wage workers are employed in dining services and facilities. Wage structures are established through union contract negotiations. Before negotiations, Mount Holyoke College conducts market research utilizing salary survey information from national higher education and regional cross-industry surveys. Currently, all employees in the lower wage categories are earning higher hourly wages than average for the region. The lowest paid workers earn more per hour than the local living wage as presented at livingwage/mit.edu. In addition, a comparison of fringe benefits demonstrates a higher than average rate of non-wage compensation.
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:
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