Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	66.76
Liaison	Eric Meliton
Submission Date	Jan. 16, 2019
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Wilfrid Laurier University
PA-11: Employee Compensation

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.69 / 3.00	Maddie Kalathoor Compensation and Benefits Analyst Human Resources

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Part 1

The local living wage (based on a family of four and expressed as an hourly wage):

15.42 US/Canadian $

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

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):

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?:

None of the above (i.e. the lowest paid regular employee or pay grade earns less than the living wage)

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 :

Majority of the regular staff positions at the university (full-time and part-time) are unionized, with compensation and benefits governed by their respective collective agreements: • WLU Staff Association • Canadian Union of Public Employees • United Food & Commercial Workers • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees The university ensures internal equity, with many non-union wage rates assessed against their comparable unionized counterparts.

Optional Fields

Has the institution made a formal commitment to pay a living wage?:

Yes

A copy or brief description of the institution’s written policy stating its commitment to a living wage:

One of the guiding principles of the university's compensation policy is to maintain external competitiveness with the relevant external market through regular survey analysis.

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)?:

Yes

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:

Living wage data from: http://www.livingwagecanada.ca/files/6614/7940/9930/Updating_the_Waterloo_Region_Living_Wage_Calculation_for_2017.pdf