Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 75.40
Liaison Mary-Lee Townsend
Submission Date Jan. 16, 2025

STARS v3.0

Western University
PA-13: Pay Equity and Living Wage

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.80 / 5.00
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13.1 Internal pay equity assessment

Has the institution conducted one or more internal pay equity assessments during the previous three years to identify disparities that are not attributable to skills, responsibilities, or level of experience?:
Yes

Description of the methodologies used to assess internal pay equity:
Western completes a pay equity assesment on an annual basis in compliance with the Ontario Pay Equity Act. This statute is focused on systemic descrimiation in the compensation of employees employed in female job classes in Ontario. The gender of job classes are classified based on historical incumbency of the job class, gender stereotypes of fields of work and such other criteria. https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90p07
 
For members rpresented by the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA), there is a committee that looks at internal equity with respect to a variety of factors with gender inequities with first priority on a 'career trajectory' adjustment.

Are the pay equity assessment(s) inclusive of both academic and non-academic staff?:
Yes

Do the pay equity assessment(s) explicitly address pay equity by gender identity?:
Yes

Do the pay equity assessment(s) explicitly address internal pay equity by racial, ethnic, and/or Indigenous identity?:
No

Does the institution publish the results of its internal pay equity assessments?:
Yes

Published results of the institution’s most recently finalized internal pay equity assessment:
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Online resource where the results of the institution’s internal pay equity assessments are available:
https://www.uwo.ca/facultyrelations/pdf/vice_provost/CTF_committee_report_2022.pdf

The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator PA 13.1:
0.80

13.2 Percentage of employees that receive a living wage

Is the institution a third party accredited living wage employer?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL detailing the institution’s living wage accreditation:
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Provide wage figures in the institution’s local currency and expressed as hourly rates. 

Local currency code:
CAD

Performance year for living wage:
2023

Living wage:
18.85

Standard or methodology used to determine the living wage:

https://www.ontariolivingwage.ca/rates


Wage floor for regular/permanent employees:
18.66

Wage floor for short-term/casual academic staff:
39

Wage floor for short-term/casual non-academic staff:
16.55

Percentage of employees that receive remuneration equivalent to at least a living wage:
100

Narrative outlining the forms of remuneration included in the living wage calculations:

Wage Floor for Regular/Permanent Employees

This wage is for the Cook & Culinary Support job class within the CUPE 2692 collective agreement. There is no one currently at the floor. There is also a Housekeeper job class within the CUPE 2361 collective agreement with a wage floor of $17.05, but there has been no one in this classification for a number of years.

 

Wage Floor for Short-term/Casual Academic Staff

The PT faculty are paid by course and workload. A 0.5 course load is assumed to be 12 hours per week. The wage floor is calculated as approximately $39 per hour.

Wage Floor for Short-term/Casual Non-Academic Staff

The general minimum wage in Ontario was $15.50 from Oct 1, 2022 to Sept 30, 2023; $16.55 from Oct 1, 2023 to Sept 30, 2024; and $17.20 since Oct 1, 2024.


Has the institution made a formal commitment to pay a living wage?:
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Narrative and/or website URL detailing the institution’s formal commitment to pay a living wage:
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The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator PA 13.2:
3

13.3 Percentage of significant contractors that pay a collectively determined or living wage

Does the institution have one or more significant contractors?:
Yes

Documentation affirming that the institution has no significant contractors:
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Total number of significant contractors:
12

Number of significant contractors known to pay a collectively determined or living wage:
0

Description of the methodology used to determine which significant contractors pay a collectively determined or living wage:

We are unable to confirm whether any of our significant contractors pay a collectively determined or living wage.


The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following two figures:

 

Percentage of significant contractors that pay a collectively determined or living wage:
0

Points earned for indicator PA 13.3:
0

Optional documentation

Notes about the information provided for this credit:
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Additional documentation for this credit:
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