Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.01
Liaison Paul Mathisen
Submission Date May 23, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
PA-11: Employee Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.24 / 3.00 Liz Tomaszewski
Facilities Systems Manager/Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Department
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Part 1 

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

Percentage of all employees (regular full-time, regular part-time, and temporary workers) that receive a living wage (benefits excluded):
96.20

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 :
All of WPI permanent employees receive a total compensation above the living wage of $15.45. WPI’s lowest paid permanent employee’s total compensation is 17% above the living wage. In addtion all regular full-time employees receive benefits whose value is at least 20% of wage compensation.

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:
https://web.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/HR2/Salary_Administration_Guide2.pdf

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)?:
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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:
https://web.wpi.edu/offices/hr/benefits-policies.html

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://web.wpi.edu/offices/hr/benefits-policies.html

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