Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.40
Liaison Andy Mitchell
Submission Date Sept. 11, 2014
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University of Illinois Chicago
PA-9: Employee Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.34 / 3.00 Cynthia Klein-Banai
Associate Chancellor for Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Number of employees:
10,385

Number of staff and faculty covered by sustainable compensation standards, guidelines, or policies; and/or collective bargaining agreements:
6,027

Does the institution have employees of contractors working on-site as part of regular and ongoing campus operations?:
Yes

Number of employees of contractors working on campus:
163

Number of employees of contractors covered by sustainable compensation standards, guidelines, or policies and/or collective bargaining agreements:
163

A brief description of the sustainable compensation standards, guidelines, or policies; and/or collective bargaining agreements covering staff, faculty and/or employees of contractors:

Many of the civil service employees are covered by collective bargaining contracts. Approximately, two years ago the faculty (including some non-tenure track) faculty unionized and they are also covered by collective bargaining agreements. All collective bargaining agreements are posted at https://www.hr.uic.edu/labor_relations/labor_agreements/


Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (assessing employee compensation)?:
Yes

Number of staff and faculty that receive sustainable compensation:
10,245
+ Date Revised: Oct. 22, 2014

Number of employees of contractors that receive sustainable compensation:
0
+ Date Revised: Oct. 22, 2014

A brief description of the standard(s) against which compensation was assessed:

We used 120% the 2014 Federal Poverty Guideline for a Family of 4, which comes to $28,620 annual salary. Although we looked only at benefit-eligible employees (those working 0.50 FTE or greater), we did not account for the value of their benefits. We then ran a report for all civil service and academic professional employees in this category, to see how many earn less than that. All faculty were already known to earn more than that. No academic professional employees earned less than the minimum.

+ Date Revised: Oct. 22, 2014

A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid regular, full-time employees:

Every individual hired at Full Time Employment of .50 or higher are benefit eligiable. This has no baring on classification title or employee group.


A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid regular, part-time employees:

Every individual hired at Full Time Employment of .49 or lower are not benefit eligiable. Effective January 1, 2014 these individuals have an option to purchase benefits due to the Affordable Health Care Act. This has no baring on classification title or employee group.


A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid temporary (non-regular) staff:

The extra help employee group are non-benefit eligiable. Effective January 1, 2014 these individuals have an option to purchase benefits due to the Affordable Health Care Act.


A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid temporary (non-regular, adjunct or contingent) faculty:

The lowest wage for a full-time, non-tenure track faculty is $37,500. They are considered full-time, if they have 0.51 FTE appointment for 4 or more continuous semesters, excluding summer.


A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid student employees (graduate and/or undergraduate, as applicable):

The extra help student employee group are non-benefit eligiable. Effective January 1, 2014 these individuals have an option to purchase benefits due to the Affordable Health Care Act.


The local legal minimum hourly wage for regular employees:
8.25 US/Canadian $

Does the institution have an on-site child care facility, partner with a local facility, and/or provide subsidies or financial support to help meet the child care needs of faculty and staff?:
Yes

Does the institution offer a socially responsible investment option for retirement plans?:
Yes

The website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable compensation policies and practices is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Dining Services run by Chartwells is considered an outside vendor or contractor; therefore all of our managers and associates are contractors.

120 union associates
10 salaried positions
21 hourly supervisor or administrative positions
151 TOTAL


Dining Services run by Chartwells is considered an outside vendor or contractor; therefore all of our managers and associates are contractors.

120 union associates
10 salaried positions
21 hourly supervisor or administrative positions
151 TOTAL

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