Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.49
Liaison Ezra Small
Submission Date July 29, 2011
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STARS v1.0

University of Massachusetts Amherst
PAE-11: Sustainable Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.00 / 8.00 Juan Jarrett
Director of Human Resources
Human Resources
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Total number of employees working on campus (including contractors):
5,109

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Number of employees (including contractors) that the institution ensures earn sustainable compensation:
5,109

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A brief description of how the institution ensures that its lowest-paid workers (including contractors, if applicable) receive sustainable compensation:
Over 95% of campus employees are covered by collectively bargained agreements. The collective bargaining process for compensation provides an avenue for union representatives and management to joint seek compensation which each side believes is sustainable compensation.

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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:
2,011

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The website URL where information about the institution’s compensation policies and practices is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Compensation policies and practices will vary by collective bargaining agreement. Compensation for non-exempt (classified employees) is defined by job classification, step and grade. Salary grade and step schedules for non-exempt employees can be found in the following collective bargaining agreements: http://www.umass.edu/humres/library/USAMTAcontract2009to2012.pdf http://www.umass.edu/humres/library/AFSCME2007-2008.pdf http://www.umass.edu/humres/library/IBPOAcontract2009to2012.pdf http://www.umass.edu/humres/library/IBPOBcontract2009to2012.pdf http://www.umass.edu/humres/library/PSUBcontract2009to2012.pdf Compensation policies and practices for exempt employees can be found in the following collective bargaining agreement and salary administration program: http://www.umass.edu/humres/library/PSUAcontract2009to2012.pdf http://www.umass.edu/humres/library/SEIUPSSAP.pdf

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