Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 63.89
Liaison Carly Thibodeau
Submission Date July 7, 2016
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STARS v2.0

Endicott College
PA-9: Employee Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.54 / 3.00
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Number of employees:
895

Number of staff and faculty covered by sustainable compensation standards, guidelines, or policies; and/or collective bargaining agreements:
495

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

Number of employees of contractors working on campus:
100

Number of employees of contractors covered by sustainable compensation standards, guidelines, or policies and/or collective bargaining agreements:
50

A brief description of the sustainable compensation standards, guidelines, or policies; and/or collective bargaining agreements covering staff, faculty and/or employees of contractors:

Endicott's wages are above the living wage for all full time employees. We have included only full time employees here, although many/most part-time receive sustainable wages.
Full time faculty are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
Sodexo (Dining Services), custodial contractor, and the bookstore are contractors. We do not have information about their wages, so we have estimated that 30% have sustainable compensation


Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (assessing employee compensation)?:
Yes

Number of staff and faculty that receive sustainable compensation:
445

Number of employees of contractors that receive sustainable compensation:
30

A brief description of the standard(s) against which compensation was assessed:

Endicott's wages are above 125% of the poverty line for most all full-time employees. For a family of 4 this is $15.00. We estimated this at 90% which we believe is conservative.
Full time faculty are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
Sodexo (Dining Services), custodial contractor, and the bookstore are contractors. We do not have information about their wages, so we have estimated that 30% have sustainable compensation


A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid regular, full-time employees:

Full-time employees are provided with vacation, sick time, sick bank, tuition benefits, health insurance, life insurance, and contributions to their retirement.
In 2015, the annual salary increase pool was divided so that the lowest paid employees received a larger share of the pool.


A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid regular, part-time employees:

Part-time employees receive most of these benefits as well.


A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid temporary (non-regular) staff:

The college has few temporary staff.


A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid temporary (non-regular, adjunct or contingent) faculty:

Adjunct faculty are paid by course and do not receive benefits.


A brief description of the compensation (wages and benefits) provided to the institution’s lowest paid student employees (graduate and/or undergraduate, as applicable):

Student workers receive minimum wage as a minimum. Many students are provided work study jobs.


The local legal minimum hourly wage for regular employees:
9 US/Canadian $

Does the institution have an on-site child care facility, partner with a local facility, and/or provide subsidies or financial support to help meet the child care needs of faculty and staff?:
No

Does the institution offer a socially responsible investment option for retirement plans?:
Yes

The website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable compensation policies and practices is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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