Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	50.71
Liaison	Tsuneo Yabusaki
Submission Date	June 22, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

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Soka University of America
PA-11: Employee Compensation

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.79 / 3.00	Katherine King Executive Vice President of University Community Chief Human Resources Officer Title IX and Section 504 Coordinator for Faculty, Human Resources

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Part 1

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

18.29 US/Canadian $

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

91.25

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 :

The lowest paid regular employee’s total compensation is at 108% of the living wage. Our lowest paid full-time employee's total compensation is at the 125% of the living wage. Minimum total compensation of $23.43 per hour includes salary, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 10% retirement contribution, group paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental disability insurance, employer-sponsored EAP, flexible spending, 15 days of paid vacation days, 16 paid holidays, 12 days of paid sick leave.

Optional Fields

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

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)?:

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:

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