Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 78 · 40 active provisions
(a) All elective officers in the service of the government of the State or any county shall be citizens of the United States and residents of the State for at least three years immediately preceding assumption of office. (b) All appointive officers in the service of the government of the State or any county who are emp…
As used herein, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the terms "appointing authority", "chief executive", "director", "employee", "employer", and "jurisdiction" shall have the same meaning as those terms are defined in section 76-11.
Offices of the State and counties shall be open for the transaction of public business as determined by the chief executive. Offices need not be open for the transaction of public business on the state holidays designated under section 8-1 and as observed under section 8-2.
All prospective employees, regardless of the positions they will assume, shall demonstrate their suitability for public employment by: (1) Passing a pre-employment controlled substance drug test if required by the employing jurisdiction; and (2) Attesting that during the three-year period immediately preceding the date…
(a) The State or any of its branches, political subdivisions, or agencies shall develop standards and procedures to ensure the reputable and responsible character of applicants and employees, which shall include criminal history record checks in accordance with section 846-2.7. (b) The State or any of its branches, pol…
(a) If a public employee is convicted of a felony for conduct related to the public employee's duties, the public employee shall be terminated from the public employee's position. (b) If the felony conviction that results in the termination of a public employee pursuant to subsection (a) is overturned on appeal, the pu…
(a) It is the intent of this section to encourage and facilitate improvements in the human resource programs of the several jurisdictions. With the approval of the chief executive, the director may conduct experimental modernization projects to determine whether specific changes in its human resource program would resu…
It is the intent of this section to encourage and facilitate improvements in the human resource programs of qualifying boards of water supply. With or without the approval from the chief executive, the director of any qualifying board of water supply may conduct experimental modernization projects to determine whether…
(a) Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no person shall be allowed to serve on more than one state board or commission expressly created by a state statute or the state constitution. (b) Any prohibition in any law against the holding of outside employment or dual public office, employment, or po…
No person holding any salaried office or employment in the executive or judicial branches of the government of the State or any county thereof, or holding any executive or judicial office or employment any part of the compensation for which is paid by the State or any county, shall be appointed to serve as master to ex…
The persons subject to sections 78-8 to 78-11 are those elected to or appointed or employed in the government of the State or any county, or in any political subdivision thereof, or appointed to or employed in any office or employment any part of the compensation of which is paid out of public funds.
If any person subject to sections 78-8 to 78-11, after lawful notice or process, wilfully refuses or fails to appear before any court or judge, any legislative committee, or any officer, board, or commission, or having appeared refuses to testify or to answer any question regarding (1) the government, property or affai…
If any person subject to sections 78-8 to 78-11 refuses to appear or refuses to testify under any of the circumstances contemplated in section 78-9, the presiding judge or officer of the court or body before which the default or refusal occurs shall certify the fact thereof to the appointing or employing authority havi…
The removal or discharge of any person from office or employment under sections 78-8 to 78-11 shall not be reviewable by any court, officer, or agency of the State or county, or any political subdivision thereof, but nothing herein shall preclude any court of competent jurisdiction from reviewing the question whether t…
(a) In case any officer, agent, employee, or other person in the service of a jurisdiction is indebted to a jurisdiction and the indebtedness has been determined by a hearing pursuant to chapter 91, upon demand of the officer charged with the duty of collecting the indebtedness, the disbursing officer charged with the…
(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, all officers and employees shall be paid at least semimonthly except that substitute teachers, part-time hourly rated teachers of adult and evening classes, and other part-time, intermittent, or casual employees may be paid once a month and that the governor, upon reasonable notice…
(a) All officers and employees of the State and the several counties who are appointed for at least six months of service shall be entitled, while on active duty, inactive-duty training, or during periods of camps of instruction or field maneuvers as members of the national guard or reserve of the armed forces under ca…
Every officer and employee of the State and the several counties who is a member of the Hawaii national guard or organized reserves, including the officers' reserve corps and the enlisted reserve corps, shall be entitled to be absent from the officer's or employee's duties or service while engaged in the performance of…
Whenever in any case, and for whatever cause, the employment of any officer, agent, employee, or other person in the public service is discharged, the discharged person shall be paid immediately upon the approval of the head of the department in which the person was engaged whatever salary or wages that are due the per…
Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the State nor any of the counties shall provide or pay to the following state or county officers or employees any adjustment or increase in the officer's or employee's respective salary or compensation where such adjustment or increase constitutes a mandatory adjustment…
Whenever by any law, regulation, ordinance, rule or order of court, or any rule of any department of the state government or of any subdivision thereof, any person shall be required to give any written bond or undertaking for the performance of any contract or the provisions of any license, or for the indemnity or secu…
Except in cases of gross negligence, no public officer or employee shall be liable for damages to government property if such damages to government property were caused by the public officer or employee while performing work within the scope of the officer's or employee's employment.
(a) Employees shall be eligible for vacation leave, sick leave, and other leaves of absence, with or without pay, as negotiated under chapter 89 or adjusted under chapter 89C, as applicable. (b) When an employee is transferred from one department to another within the same jurisdiction or to another jurisdiction within…
(a) The governor or mayor or their respective designees may grant a state or county employee who is a certified American Red Cross disaster volunteer up to thirty days paid leave of absence to perform disaster relief services for the American Red Cross, a federally chartered nongovernmental disaster relief organization…
Any officer or employee in the service of the State or any of the several counties shall be entitled to: (1) Seven days of paid leave each calendar year to serve as a bone marrow donor; and (2) Thirty days of paid leave each calendar year to serve as an organ donor.