Labor

... The Department of Taxation Requires Employers Decrease Withholding Amounts Beginning January 1, 2025 ....

... Hawaii pension burden: 19.4% of personal income ....

... HSTA did not challenge HIDOE’s decision to exclude prior experience for the “compression fix” -- 1,000 Teachers May be Shortchanged on Pay ....

... Union representing most of the staff at Maui’s only acute care hospital delivered 10-day notice of Unfair Labor Practice strike during bargaining today ....

... WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on the rate of job openings for the latest month and the last 12 months ....

... University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly Holds Ratification Vote ....

... due to a commitment to the fundamentals of IT modernization ....

... Welcomes New State Adjutant General and Deputy Adjutant General ....

... employees were required to go to their principal’s office and sign a promissory note ....

... Governor Josh Green, M.D., and Attorney General Anne Lopez are urging both parties to seek federal mediation ....

... we appreciate the $2,000 placeholder checks and $800 for those who were denied both their Aug. 20 and Sept. 5 paychecks ....

... workforce development report called New Foundations: Laying the Groundwork for Hawai‘i’s Middle-class Renewal and Revival of the Trades ....

... I am more than willing to mediate if both the union and the employer request my help ....

... under a 1997 Hawaii Supreme Court decision, (Konno v County of Hawaii) state and local government officials face enormous barriers contracting union-performed government work to private entities ....

... 100+ units in Mililani .... 

... The Kauai SHOPO chapter released the results of a comprehensive membership survey which unsurprisingly says Raybuck is a bad bad person ....

... take a light-handed approach with occupational licensing ....

...In a memo dated May 31, the HIDOE announced the continuation of differentials, ranging from $3,000 to $10,000 annually....

... Hawaii lawmakers enacted a large income tax cut this year, and major budget reform will begin next year to ensure it stays in place, Gov. Josh Green said ....

... Intent to Veto: HB 1800, which is the state’s budget bill, and HB 40, which is the bill that puts $300 million into our rainy day fund and $135 million into the pension accumulation fund .... 

... For 40 years, the Chevron precedent has been the backbone of administrative law, limiting judicial decision-making in favor of agency 'expertise' ....

... increase the appropriation for the COVID hazard pay contingency to $115 million ....

... there is now, government-wide, about a 30% vacancy rate in the number of authorized positions ....

... CIO Murdock resigned without notice May 31, 2024.  Now we know why ....

"These legislators continually criticize, find fault, and introduce legislation intent on diminishing the work carried out at UH."

... About 500 teachers qualify for payments ranging from $2,500 to $8,000 in June ....

“We thank Gov. Green, Hawai‘i legislators, and our partners at the Hawai‘i Hotel Alliance, UNITE HERE Local 5, and the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 142 for their leadership in passing this important law."--AHLA Interim President & CEO Kevin Carey

... after an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Labor-Management Standards ....

... Hawaii’s $1.5 million PLA threshold is now the lowest in the nation ....

... and the State Ethics Commission says it's all good ....  

... it "harms the legal system, the profession, and the public" while fostering "a perception of privilege and arrogance" ....

... Hawaii taxpayers are going to be paying more for state government projects under a directive issued in February by Gov. Josh Green ....

"This vote is about abuse of power."

... a new “administrative directive” that requires all state construction projects worth more than $1.5 million to be performed under so-called project labor agreements ....

... Democrats hold primary March 6; GOP caucuses will be March 12 ....

... officers who worked in a patrol function through the pandemic will receive 20% Hazard Pay based on the actual number of hours worked during the pandemic. All other officers will receive 15% Hazard Pay. All officers will receive 15% Hazard Pay for actual overtime hours ....

... 7,800 HGEA employees of the state’s public school system will receive 25% of their base salary for the duration of Gov. David Ige’s emergency proclamation from March 4, 2020, to March 25, 2022 ....

... will Lahaina literally be handed over to the HCDA and an appointed ‘Community Board’ comprised of Josh Green’s hand-picked Carpenters Union representatives? ....

... a construction contract that required a PLA would be more expensive ....

"...the rebuilding of housing units in Lahaina alone will require at least 2,000 additional construction workers...."

... first, Green's task force will seek out 'traumatized' State employees ....

... contending that the EUTF had unconstitutionally diminished accrued retiree health benefits under Article XVI, Section 2 of the Hawai‘i Constitution ....

"...staff’s intentional attempts to inflate their pay...."

... the minimum wage will increase to $14 per hour beginning on Jan. 1, 2024. Act 114 incrementally increases the minimum wage to $16 per hour Jan. 1, 2026, and to $18 per hour Jan. 1, 2028 ....

... Hawaii has recovered only 81% of lost jobs since COVID ....

"... Almost three-fourths (72 percent) of its teachers are alternatively certified ...."

 ... The names of the two gorillas are ERS and EUTF ....

... Devens’ legal experiences go beyond corporate practice, having represented several labor unions, including the State of Hawaiʻi Organization of Police Officers, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association, and more ....

... 'Minatoya List' short-term rentals are condotels competing with the ILWU controlled hotels.  That is why they are being targeted ....

... Were you fooled when the Carpenters Union pretended to end its opposition to panelized construction after the Lahaina Fires?  Sucker ....