Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.89
Liaison Marian Brown
Submission Date Dec. 13, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Wells College
PA-11: Employee Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.35 / 3.00 Marian Brown
Director
Center for Sustainability and the Environment
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Part 1 

The local living wage (based on a family of four and expressed as an hourly wage):
17.42 US/Canadian $

Percentage of all employees (regular full-time, regular part-time, and temporary workers) that receive a living wage (benefits excluded):
100

Part 2 

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

Percentage of employees of contractors that work on-site as part of regular and ongoing campus operations that the institution has verified as receiving a living wage (benefits excluded) (0-100; enter ‘0’ if unknown):
0

Part 3 

The total compensation provided to the institution’s lowest paid regular (i.e., permanent) employee or pay grade meets or exceeds what percentage of the living wage?:
125 percent

A brief description of the minimum total compensation provided to the institution’s lowest paid employee or pay grade, including any in-kind benefits included as part of the total compensation figure :
The minimum salary for an entry-level, basically skilled full time employee is $10.50/hour, 8% above the minimum wage for our upstate region of New York State ($9.70). Part-time employees receive New York State statutory benefits (workers compensation and disability insurance coverage), but are not additionally benefits eligible, except that they may avail themselves of general employee benefits like free parking, access to all campus facilities and services (library, fitness center, pool, concerts, campus events), and reduced costs for campus meals.

Optional Fields 

Has the institution made a formal commitment to pay a living wage?:
No

A copy or brief description of the institution’s written policy stating its commitment to a living wage:
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Has the institution made a formal commitment to provide a living wage to its student employees and/or graduate teaching/research assistants (e.g. by adopting a student bill-of-rights)?:
No

A brief description of the institution’s commitment to a student living wage:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
We used the data for Cayuga County from the MIT Living Wage site, http://livingwage.mit.edu/counties/36011

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