Labor

...Hawaii’s county governments — and county taxpayers — are about to feel the pinch....

A federal court order is being ignored so union members at the Hawai’i State Hospital can manipulate work rules....

Hawaii public hospital workers earn less but cost more than their private sector counterparts.  How is that possible?

...after decades ignoring the festering problems at the HGEA job trust State Hospital, AG and DoH pretend to suddenly be oh-so-very-concerned....

San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Deputies said they arrested Randall Saito, the Hawaii State Hospital escapee, at approximately 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.....

..."We disagree with DHRD. The statutory requirements that DHRD report to the Legislature are unambiguous and do not exempt these trust funds." -- Auditor....

...the state Legislature has discovered a new tactic for meeting its public pension financial obligations: passing the costs on to the counties....

Legacy Costs evaluates whether states provided adequate funding, as defined by retirement system actuaries, for pensions and other promised retirement benefits for public workers.....

...Featuring: Thom Williams, Executive director, Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawaii....

...a correspondence received on October 20, 2017 from the Fire Chief, essentially claiming the Office of the County Auditor has no right to audit the MFD....

...publisher Dennis Francis of OPI, owned by Canada-based Black Press Ltd., is insisting on slashing wages and benefits for the remaining journalists....

...the 9th Circuit Court’s Marsh v. J. Alexander LLC decision makes life much easier for employers with tipped employees in Hawaii....

...Gallup says it's exercise, Bloomberg says it's labor unions....

...the Jones Act has contributed to a smaller and older domestic shipping industry with more dangerous conditions for American seamen....

...adjusted for cost of living....

In Hawaii about 79 percent of traditional public school teachers are chronically absent. In Hawaii charter schools it’s 23 percent…..

...$27,100 = Each taxpayer's share of Hawaii's debt....

...We hope you take a moment and reflect on how much America’s entrepreneurial spirit and free market economy have enabled us to prosper and enjoy a standard of living unrivalled in history....

...a 1% increase in health care costs equals a $2 billion increase in unfunded liabilities....

..."Chapter 89, might not allow an appropriation be made during a Special Legislative Session"....

...Survey Coincides with Fifth Annual National Employee Freedom Week (Aug 20-26) to Promote Workplace Rights....

...153 employees received $1.7 million in overtime for bulky and white goods collection....

...The contract features 10.65% wage hikes over four years and a reopener for years three and four -- conveniently timed for after the next gubernatorial election....

Texas has no personal income tax....

... DoE student absenteeism is caused by DoE teacher absenteeism ....

...Sacco’s column was in response to U.S. Senator John S. McCain’s introduction on July 13, 2017, of Open America’s Waters Act of 2017....

Hawaii may be giving millennials the short end of the stick when it comes to the state’s unfunded public pension liabilities....

...The shift out of DOTax is just a scam to justify vetoing HB1414 which mandated an audit of the State's decade-long series of IT debacles....

...reporting on the expiration of two maritime union contracts with Matson....

All employers need a few basic freedoms to be productive, among them the freedom to manage their employees....

...Hawaii recently became the first state to make a major push towards a universal basic income....

It really comes down to workers not getting much out of their paychecks because of a high cost of living and high taxes....

Private security companies have worked to keep Hawaii’s airport facilities safe since 1976....

...negotiations with the public employee unions take place mostly at the state level, but the counties nevertheless are on the hook....

...DoE Priorities Reflect Teachers Union, HGEA Goals....

...for 4 years from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2021....

...boom over, Honolulu down 300 jobs....

...Shut up or we’ll make you pay for rail too....

That’s because when government salaries increase, so do pension promises....

State Senate asks OHA to convene a group of Hawaiian leaders, legal scholars, and Hawaiian community members to review whether it’d be better to appoint OHA Trustees rather than elect them....

Hawaii--Avg Annual Wage for Nurses (adj for cost of living) – 51st

...previous historians had relied on an abstract of the trial prepared by defense lawyers....

...Construction employment in Urban Honolulu dropped 4% from 28,400 in March, 2016 to 27,200 in March, 2017 for a net loss of 1,200 jobs....

Ninety-eight percent of the nearly 8,000 members of HSTA who cast ballots across the state today voted to ratify a new four-year contract....

IRS Ruling: Act 1 Cash Payout to HGEA members would cost ERS its nonprofit status .... 

HSTA members are very grateful to Gov. David Ige for personally taking part in negotiations over several days to help us....

The 30-day public comment period begins today, Tuesday, April 18, and will run through Thursday, May 18, 2017....

...business and education partners including the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) and the Hawaii Carpenters Apprenticeship and Training Fund....

For Randy Perreira, head of the Hawaii Government Employees Association, the problems at Hawaii’s airports are just a matter of not enough kumbaya....

...this study appeared to be an outgrowth of a move by our teachers’ union....