Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	72.46
Liaison	Paul Mathisen
Submission Date	May 22, 2020
Executive Letter	Download

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
PA-11: Employee Compensation

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.29 / 3.00	Paul Mathisen Dir. of Sustainability & Assoc. Prof Civil & Environmental Engineering

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Part 1

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

17.08 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?:

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 lowest paid employee makes $15.00 an hour and receives a generous benefits package the fringe rate on compensation is 27%

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:

WPI recognizes that its employees are valuable assets. To achieve our goal of continuing to build an environment that promotes innovative thinking, values mutual respect and diversity, highly regards scholarship, and engenders life-long learning for the campus community, we must attract, retain and motivate a highly qualified and competent work force. As an employer, we believe that it is in the best interest of the University and our employees to fairly compensate our work force for the value of work provided. It is our plan to use a compensation system that will pay our employees based on the skills and knowledge required of a fully qualified member of our community

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:

When minimum wage increases in MA, WPI students at are paid based on the minimum wage.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

https://www.wpi.edu/offices/talent/policies-compliance-notices/policies

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

WPI also has an Office of Multicultural Affairs. The Office of Multicultural Affairs fosters a campus community that respects and celebrates diversity in all its dimensions, including but not limited to differences of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, and physical ability.