Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.88
Liaison Lindsey Kalkbrenner
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2011
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STARS v1.0

Santa Clara University
PAE-11: Sustainable Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.00 / 8.00 Zenobia Lane
Interim Vice President for Human Resources
Department of Human Resources
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Total number of employees working on campus (including contractors):
1,722

Number of employees (including contractors) that the institution ensures earn sustainable compensation:
1,722

A brief description of how the institution ensures that its lowest-paid workers (including contractors, if applicable) receive sustainable compensation:

The University uses the City of San Jose, California living wage rates for "with health benefits" and "without health benefits". The contracts between the University and the custodial and dining services contractors states, "As a minimum the Contractor shall pay the wages, salaries and medical benefits defined by the "living wage with benefits/without benefits" or the wages and medical benefit rates defined by the contractor's union agreement, whichever is higher, to their employees performing services under their contract."

Normally, the City of San Jose, CA, when deemed appropriate, raises the living wage rate on or about July 1 of each year. It then updates it's website. If the rates is increased, the University will compare the living wage to the current contract agreement wages rates to ensure the contractor abides by this policy.

Since a comprehensive salary study for regular SCU employees was conducted in 2008, Human Resources continues to monitor local area salary ranges and increases SCU salary ranges to the degree necessary to maintain that level.


The most recent year total compensation for the institution’s lowest-paid workers (including contractors, if applicable) was evaluated to ensure that it was sustainable:
2,009

The website URL where information about the institution’s compensation policies and practices is available:
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