(a) Each jurisdiction shall provide adjustments for its respective excluded civil service employees based on recommendations from its respective personnel director.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 89C-3

  • Appropriate authority: means the governor, the respective mayors, the chief justice of the supreme court, the board of education, the board of regents, the state public charter school commission, the Hawaii health systems corporation board, the auditor, the ombudsman, and the director of the legislative reference bureau. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 89C-1.5
  • employee: means any individual who is employed by an appropriate authority and is not included in an appropriate bargaining unit under § 89-6 and, therefore, is not entitled to collective bargaining coverage under chapter 89. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 89C-1.5
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(b) In formulating recommendations to the appropriate authority, the respective director shall:

(1) Establish procedures that allow excluded civil service employees and employee organizations representing them to provide input on adjustments that are relevant and important to them for the director’s approval;
(2) Ensure that adjustments for excluded civil service employees result in compensation and benefit packages that are at least equal to the compensation and benefit packages provided under collective bargaining agreements for counterparts and subordinates within the employer’s jurisdiction; and
(3) Ensure that proposed adjustments are consistent with chapter 76 and equivalent or not less than adjustments provided within the employer’s jurisdiction.