Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.34
Liaison Jennifer Andrews
Submission Date July 29, 2014
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University of New Hampshire
PA-9: Employee Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.34 / 3.00 Martha Gleason
Compensation Manager
Human Resources
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Number of employees:
2,936

Number of staff and faculty covered by sustainable compensation standards, guidelines, or policies; and/or collective bargaining agreements:
627
+ Date Revised: Jan. 5, 2015

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:
50

Number of employees of contractors covered by sustainable compensation standards, guidelines, or policies and/or collective bargaining agreements:
50

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

We would like to add the following note to the existing text:
Our full-time tenure track faculty members are party to collective bargaining agreements negotiated by the UNH Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the USNH Trustees. Our university police officers likewise are party to collective bargaining agreements. See http://www.unh.edu/provost/collectivebargaining.html for the details.

+ Date Revised: Jan. 5, 2015

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (assessing employee compensation)?:
No
+ Date Revised: Jan. 5, 2015

Number of staff and faculty that receive sustainable compensation:
2,936

Number of employees of contractors that receive sustainable compensation:
50

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

Although there is no specific language relative to wage and benefits expectations for contractors, the contract with GCA who provides maintenance staff such as grounds and utilities workers by contract are not paying anything less than $11.50 and in most cases are paying $13.50 and up.


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

Wage schedules for status full time and part time employees status at no less than $10.56/hour plus benefits.


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

Wage schedules for status full time and part time employees are no less than $10.56/hour plus benefits.


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

The State of New Hampshire follows the Federal Minimum wage of $7.25. The average for a temporary UNH Durham staff member is $14.50.


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

http://www.unh.edu/provost/facultynomenclature.html.

The responsibility for determining the starting salary is delegated to the Chief Academic Officer after consultation with appropriate deans, department chairs or directors. Such consultation will include appropriate market data.Salary rates are determined according to each staff member's job responsibilities and the effort required to perform the job as well as relevant education and experience, in accordance with the University System's salary structure and salary guidelines.Compensation decisions are consistent with the University System's equal employment opportunity and affirmative action policies, as well as with applicable state and federal laws.


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 State of New Hampshire follows the Federal Minimum wage of $7.25. The average for a student worker is $10.00.


The local legal minimum hourly wage for regular employees:
7.25 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:

http://www.usnh.edu/olpm/USY/V.Pers/F.htm

The Child Study and Development Center is a laboratory school affiliated with the Department of Family Studies at the University of New Hampshire. A laboratory school is one with both an early care and education mission and an academic mission. Children attending the center, and the UNH students working at the center, benefit from the highly trained teaching staff and from the family studies faculty.

Each year more than one hundred students enrolled in family studies courses at UNH use the center as a laboratory for experimental teaching and learning, and documentation of those experiences. Students from other disciplines, for example, education, psychology,
Occupational therapy, and communication disorders, also uses the center as a laboratory for the study of children.

The seven classrooms in the center are equipped with observation booths that are used by college students, faculty, parents, and visitors. These booths provide researchers with the opportunity to observe children in a natural context.

The CSDC has a long tradition dating back to 1929. The current facility, which includes 20 full-time staff serving 122 children and their families, was built in 1988. The Center was accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) in 1999 and is licensed by the State of NH. In addition to tuition revenues, the CSDC academic mission is supported by UNH College of Health and Human Services funds.

All benefits-eligible UNH faculty and PAT or O/S staff and full-time students (minimum 12 credits of undergraduate or equivalent graduate full-time enrollment) may access a sliding scale tuition based on family income.

As one of its primary retirement planning and investment options, the University System of New Hampshire (USNH) offers employees the opportunity to invest in "Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF)," which has a socially conscious option. In doing so, employees have the ability to invest with a firm that values community investing, shareholder
Advocacy and social screening.

TIAA-CREF summarizes their socially responsible investment priorities as follows:

TIAA-CREF has a long-standing commitment to socially responsible investing (SRI) that is consistent with our nonprofit heritage and unwavering mission to serve those who serve the greater good.

Our SRI program combines three complementary strategies: social screening, shareholder advocacy and community investing. This globally integrated approach seeks to influence positive social change in the countries and communities in which we invest while helping our clients achieve their goal of a safe and secure retirement.

SOCIAL SCREENING
GOAL: Provide competitive returns aligned with investors' values through comprehensively screened investment options that give special consideration to companies’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) records

SHAREHOLDER ADVOCACY
GOAL: Promote long-term investment value by exercising our shareholder rights to influence the ESG policies of the companies in which we invest across the entire TIAA-CREF portfolio – not just in our socially screened offerings

COMMUNITY INVESTING
GOAL: Deliver a combination of competitive returns and positive social impact through focused investment programs


http://www.usnh.edu/olpm/USY/V.Pers/F.htm

The Child Study and Development Center is a laboratory school affiliated with the Department of Family Studies at the University of New Hampshire. A laboratory school is one with both an early care and education mission and an academic mission. Children attending the center, and the UNH students working at the center, benefit from the highly trained teaching staff and from the family studies faculty.

Each year more than one hundred students enrolled in family studies courses at UNH use the center as a laboratory for experimental teaching and learning, and documentation of those experiences. Students from other disciplines, for example, education, psychology,
Occupational therapy, and communication disorders, also uses the center as a laboratory for the study of children.

The seven classrooms in the center are equipped with observation booths that are used by college students, faculty, parents, and visitors. These booths provide researchers with the opportunity to observe children in a natural context.

The CSDC has a long tradition dating back to 1929. The current facility, which includes 20 full-time staff serving 122 children and their families, was built in 1988. The Center was accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) in 1999 and is licensed by the State of NH. In addition to tuition revenues, the CSDC academic mission is supported by UNH College of Health and Human Services funds.

All benefits-eligible UNH faculty and PAT or O/S staff and full-time students (minimum 12 credits of undergraduate or equivalent graduate full-time enrollment) may access a sliding scale tuition based on family income.

As one of its primary retirement planning and investment options, the University System of New Hampshire (USNH) offers employees the opportunity to invest in "Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF)," which has a socially conscious option. In doing so, employees have the ability to invest with a firm that values community investing, shareholder
Advocacy and social screening.

TIAA-CREF summarizes their socially responsible investment priorities as follows:

TIAA-CREF has a long-standing commitment to socially responsible investing (SRI) that is consistent with our nonprofit heritage and unwavering mission to serve those who serve the greater good.

Our SRI program combines three complementary strategies: social screening, shareholder advocacy and community investing. This globally integrated approach seeks to influence positive social change in the countries and communities in which we invest while helping our clients achieve their goal of a safe and secure retirement.

SOCIAL SCREENING
GOAL: Provide competitive returns aligned with investors' values through comprehensively screened investment options that give special consideration to companies’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) records

SHAREHOLDER ADVOCACY
GOAL: Promote long-term investment value by exercising our shareholder rights to influence the ESG policies of the companies in which we invest across the entire TIAA-CREF portfolio – not just in our socially screened offerings

COMMUNITY INVESTING
GOAL: Deliver a combination of competitive returns and positive social impact through focused investment programs

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