Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 72.62
Liaison Lisa Kilgore
Submission Date March 7, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Cornell University
PAE-11: Sustainable Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.00 / 8.00 Lynette Chappell-Williams
Associate VP
Workforce Diversity & Inclusion
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Total number of employees working on campus (including contractors):
21,573

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Number of employees (including contractors) that the institution ensures earn sustainable compensation:
21,573

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A brief description of how the institution ensures that its lowest-paid workers (including contractors, if applicable) receive sustainable compensation:
Cornell has a compensation philosophy to pay competitively with mid-market rates for comparable employers within demonstrated labor markets. Pay rates are established within these parameters. To ensure equity in pay for job groups, an analysis is conducted through an outside vendor and reviewed for any inequities on an annual basis.

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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:
2,013

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The website URL where information about the institution’s compensation policies and practices is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Cornell has a compensation philosophy to pay competitively with mid-market rates for comparable employers within demonstrated labor markets. Pay rates are established within these parameters. To ensure equity in pay for job groups, an analysis is conducted through an outside vendor and reviewed for any inequities on an annual basis.

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