Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.29
Liaison Bonnie Dong
Submission Date Oct. 30, 2014
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STARS v2.0

MacEwan University
PA-9: Employee Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Karen Boros
Director, Client Services
Human Resources
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Number of employees:
3,060

Number of staff and faculty covered by sustainable compensation standards, guidelines, or policies; and/or collective bargaining agreements:
3,060

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:
167

Number of employees of contractors covered by sustainable compensation standards, guidelines, or policies and/or collective bargaining agreements:
167

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

MacEwan University provides a living wage to even the lowest paid entry workers. Pay scales with benefits start at $16.32 per hour ($29,694 annual) as of July 2013, and increase to $16.48 per hour as of January 2014. This is well above the Alberta minimum wage of $9.95 effective September 2013.

http://macewanstaff.ca/collective-agreement/
http://humanservices.alberta.ca/working-in-alberta/998.html

Contractors with employees not working directly for MacEwan University are expected to provide wages to workers in Alberta in accordance with Alberta’s Employment Standards Regulation. MacEwan University does not have a means to track contractor employees.

http://humanservices.alberta.ca/working-in-alberta/998.html


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

Number of staff and faculty that receive sustainable compensation:
3,060

Number of employees of contractors that receive sustainable compensation:
167

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

The United Way cites “as much as” $15.00 per hour as a living wage in Edmonton. Studies in Calgary, a city comparable to Edmonton, found that $13.00 per hour with benefits or $14.50 per hour without benefits was sufficient to provide a living wage in Calgary, based on the Statistics Canada 2012 before-tax Low Income Cut-Off (LICO) amount for an individual with no dependents.

http://myunitedway.ca/a-living-wage
http://www.vibrantcalgary.com/vibrant-initiatives/living-wage/living-wage-basics/


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

Regular, full-time employees
The lowest paid regular FT employees could be paid a salary as low as $16.48/hour ($29,991.38/annum), which represents step 1 of pay band 1 of our salary grid for support staff. This employment group receives salary increments after each 12 months of service.

These employees are entitled to the full benefits package, in accordance with article 17.0 of the MacEwan Staff Association collective agreement. The package includes supplemental health and dental benefits, employee family assistance program, defined-benefit pension plan participation, short and long term disability insurances, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, $450/yr health spending account, as well as vacation and access to other leaves.


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

Regular, part-time employees
The lowest paid regular PT employees could be paid a salary as low as $16.48/hour, which represents step 1 of pay band 1 of our salary grid for support staff, and may work as low as 0.5FTE (17.5 hours/week). This could equate to an annual salary of $14,995.19/annum. This employment group receives salary increments after each 1820 hours, an equivalent year of service.

These employees are entitled to the full benefits package, in accordance with article 17.0 of the MacEwan Staff Association collective agreement. The package includes supplemental health and dental benefits, employee family assistance program, defined-benefit pension plan participation, short and long term disability insurances, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, $450/yr health spending account, as well as vacation and access to other leaves.


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

Temporary (non-regular) staff
The lowest paid casual employees could be paid a salary as low as $16.48/hour, which represents step 1 of pay band 1 of our salary grid for support staff. This employment group receives salary increments after each 1820 hours, an equivalent year of service.


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

Temporary (non-regular, adjunct, or contingent) faculty
Sessional faculty members are paid based on their educational credentials (non-degree, bachelor's, master's or PhD).
The lowest paid instructional sessional faculty member could be paid $85.83 per instructional hour. Typically hired for a minimum of a single course, this individual would be paid a $3,862.35 to teach 1 course. This employment group receives salary increments after each 1600 instructional hours.

The lowest paid professional resources (e.g., librarian, counsellor) sessional faculty member could be paid $31.83/hour. This employment group receives salary increments after each 6400 hours.

These employees are not entitled to the benefits package, if they work less than 0.6FTE; however, do receive additional vacation pay of 8%.


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 employees (graduate and/or undergraduate)
The lowest paid student is currently paid at the rate of $11/hour (Student Shelver). This position is a casual role and is not entitled to benefits.


The local legal minimum hourly wage for regular employees:
9.95 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?:
Yes

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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