Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.85
Liaison Tara Pike
Submission Date June 17, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

University of Nevada Las Vegas
PAE-11: Sustainable Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.00 / 8.00 Larry Hamilton
Chief Human Resources Officer
Human Resources
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Total number of employees working on campus (including contractors):
6,943

Number of employees (including contractors) that the institution ensures earn sustainable compensation:
6,943

A brief description of how the institution ensures that its lowest-paid workers (including contractors, if applicable) receive sustainable compensation:

UNLV Human Resources has determined, based on discussions with numerous stakeholders, that all 6,943 of its employees, as of spring semester 2011, receive sustainable compensation.

UNLV ensures compliance in several ways:

1) For students, casual-temporary employees
With State of Nevada Minimum wage laws - currently $8.25.

2) For every classified employee
With State of Nevada NRS 284.160 regarding classification / compensation

3) For professional staff
With NSHE Board of Regents approved salary ranks/ranges based upon nationwide CUPA (an organization of university professionals) salary survey benchmarks.

CUPA analysis of all professionals is completed annually. Analysis of job families and classifications for classified staff are completed constantly, many each year. Compliance with minimum wage laws is constant and maintained by system (NSHE) wide computer applications.


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

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