Labor

"The Hawaii State Constitution provides: 'The employment of persons in the civil service shall be governed by the merit principle....'"

...Yesterday, when asked to respond on EMS staffing shortages, the mayor again refused to respond....

"The legislature must avoid establishing a costly disincentive that would hinder the saving of other neighbor islands' hospital systems through healthy public-private partnerships...."

Each event is offered free of charge and will run from 5 to 7 p.m....

...In a Special Session, Legislators may amend the bill and take a vote - bill passes with a simple majority....

...these endorsements are approved by Maui HGEA leaders but have not been officially ‘blessed’ by State HGEA HQ....

...The new hospital public-private partnership is estimated to save the state $260 million in costs over the next decade....these savings could disappear if the costs for the transition is too great....

Penalties for Workers’ Compensation, Temporary Disability Insurance and Prevailing Wages Violations Increase....

"Hawaii has…80 schools where 90% of teachers are absent ten days or more."

...The unions endorsing Djou were the first unions to support Kirk Caldwell for mayor in 2010 and backed Caldwell again in 2012....

20 years ago, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that an agreement between the County of Hawaii and a private contractor for the operation of a county landfill violated civil service laws....

...Hanabusa pointed out that the same issues underlying the disagreement over teacher travel and education trips are also involved in applying the gift provisions of the ethics code to legislators....

...the state’s largest labor union, announced its endorsed candidates for the 2016 Primary Election today....

“We looked at the payroll from July 2014 to June 2015"

...negotiations continue and the order still prevents the parties from actually closing the transaction....

"All patients of all ages will be negatively impacted by service cuts, so please support privatization.”

...Saturday, July 9, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m....

Honolulu Metro Area Hits All-Time April Construction Employment High as Employers add 5,000 New Jobs....

...Will HGEA/UPW $40M Shakedown stand up in court?....

The HSTA recommends the following candidates....

...While serving in his capacity as President of Local 5 Plaintiff was suspended from his office in retaliation for criticism of Gill....

"Discarding standardized testing in teacher evaluations"

Today’s order lasts only until September 30, 2016, unless sooner terminated by the Court. The Court also ordered the parties to the lawsuit to file a joint status report on or before June 30, 2016....

...he diverted client money to his own personal use over a 17-year period....

The dispute began when the painters and glazers’ union complained to the State Contractors License Board that the contractors hired to renovate Lanakila Elementary School in 2005 were installing jalousie windows....

The Business Manager and other members of the staff, including several family members of the Business Manager, submitted and/or were reimbursed for numerous expenses that were not authorized by Local 1260 and/or were for personal expenses for which no legitimate union business was conducted....

After a decade of ILWU disruption, shippers are routing more cargo through U.S. Gulf and East Coast ports....

"...most likely symbolic, as it is apt to be uncollectable...."

Ige has appointed Darrel Galera as chairman of the Governor’s ESSA team....

The investigative division at the Hawaii Attorney General’s Office relies heavily on retired law enforcement officers hired as temps....

...teacher unions are flat out against this because they do not want their members held accountable....

A federal judge refused the unions' request for an emergency stay in February, leading to Wednesday showdown in the Ninth Circuit....

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit lobbied hard Wednesday for Hawaii to pause its plan to privatize money-pit hospitals on Maui and Lanai....

After Friedrichs’ legal team files the petition for rehearing, they expect the court to hold the petition until a new justice is confirmed....

...a dispute about starting times....

...the bill provides a pretext for employers to demand employee passwords in the case of a suspected data breach....

... In Hawaii 42.4% of people ages 18-64 with disabilities are employed, 8th highest in USA ....

Securitas negotiated a new Airport Contract with the Hawaii Department of Transportation, Airport Division and included the wage increases as requested by IUSPO....

...Watchdog group expresses hope that there will be no more roadblocks to better patient care....

A federal judge rejected United Public Workers' emergency request to stay a law that privatizes three Hawaii hospitals and strips some 500 workers of civil-service protections....

...serving more than 75,000 full- and part-time employees statewide....

The state's largest government employees union has just announced plans to protest at a Hawaii Republican party event Tuesday, February 16 at the Ko'olau Ballrooms....

U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor refused to block the privatization after discussion on Feb. 9....

...require the state to disburse funds to an exclusive bargaining representative pursuant to a contract between a union and the state's department of budget and finance....

22.1 -- 21.8 -- 20.4% ...

Of the 31 fatal work injuries reported in Hawaii in 2014, 14 resulted from transportation incidents and 7 from falls, slips, or trips....

...transferring the operation and management of the HHSC Maui Region health care facilities from the state to Kaiser Permanente....

This morning, the Supreme Court heard a challenge to the requirement in California that government employees, such as public school teachers, pay fees to the local union even if they choose not to join the union....

I don’t know whether or not I want to cry or scream today....