{"id":3231,"date":"2024-03-11T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T18:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2024-03-11T12:31:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T18:31:33","slug":"new-compensation-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2024\/03\/11\/new-compensation-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"New Compensation Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-design-option-backdrop\" data-e2ma-styles=\"background\" style=\"background-repeat: repeat;padding: 0;width: 100% !important;background-color: #fff;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: center center;margin: 0\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" data-e2ma-color=\"#434755, #7a6646, #304957\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" class=\"sanpad\" 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class=\"e2ma-block-outer\" id=\"block_ritccrjr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"e2ma-wrapper e2ma-image-td\" style=\"padding-right: 0;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;font-size: 12px;line-height: 1.5\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"e2ma-holder\" style=\"padding: 20px 40px 20px 40px;background-color: transparent\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"e2ma-content-block\">\n<h1 style=\"display: block;font-size: 30px;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 21px;font-weight: bold;color: #333;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 21px;font-weight: bold;color: #333\">  Dear Campus Community,<\/h1>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div-all-br\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  At CC we seek to \u201c<em>ignite the passion and potential of our students, and the entire CC community, to create a world that is more equitable, humane, and just<\/em>.\u201d That vision, along with our commitment to nurture and maintain a  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/3bo3sh\/nr5ib5j\/rav6ep\" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline\">  thriving community<\/a>, led the college leadership and <em>Project 2024<\/em> to revisit the college\u2019s philosophy on compensation.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/3bo3sh\/nr5ib5j\/72v6ep\" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline\">Last year<\/a>,  <em>Project 2024<\/em> identified specific areas for action from what we <a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/3bo3sh\/nr5ib5j\/nvw6ep\" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline\">  learned in year one<\/a>, including providing a living wage for employees. College leadership responded by establishing and implementing a living wage standard for benefits-eligible employees last July.<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  This year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/3bo3sh\/nr5ib5j\/3nx6ep\" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline\">  <em>Project 2024<\/em> Steering Committee<\/a> sought to make a living wage commitment part of CC\u2019s compensation philosophy and an action group worked to revise this philosophy for the CC community. We are pleased to announce that it has been approved and will   go into effect immediately.<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  It states that, in order to fulfill our mission to provide a high-quality liberal arts education to a talented and diverse community of students,  <strong>we must attract and retain equally diverse and talented employees<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  It commits the college to seven principles, including:<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <span><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  We pay our benefits-eligible employees a living wage and work to get all others as close to a living wage as possible.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  We provide compensation (pay plus benefits) that is internally and externally equitable.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  We provide varied benefits to support our employees\u2019 well-being and diverse needs.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  We administer compensation in a fair and flexible manner.\u202f<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  The revised compensation philosophy can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/3bo3sh\/nr5ib5j\/jgy6ep\" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline\">  Human Resources compensation website<\/a>. The website will be updated with actions taken to implement our philosophy and will provide metrics to measure the college\u2019s progress.<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  We would like to thank the members of the action group &#8211; Justine Square, Susan Ashley, Thecla Shubert, Chad Schonewill, Ofer Ben-Amots, and Ryan Simmons &#8211; for their hard work in bringing the new philosophy to fruition.<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  Stay tuned later this spring when the <em>Project 2024<\/em> Steering Committee shares their Year Three report and the results of their deep dive into the challenges facing higher education and CC.<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  Sincerely,<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"display: block;font-size: 24px;font-weight: bold;color: #444;margin: 0 0 18px 0;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333\">  Susan Ashley<\/h2>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <em>Professor of History and Project 2024 Coordinator<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <span><\/span><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"display: block;font-size: 24px;font-weight: bold;color: #444;margin: 0 0 18px 0;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;font-size: 100%;font: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #333\">  Ryan Simmons<\/h2>\n<div class=\"e2ma-p-div\" style=\"display: block;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-size: 16px;line-height: 21px;color: #454b55\">  <em>Vice President for People &amp; 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