SB2357

Report Title:

DOE Personnel; New Hires; Salaries

Description:

Requires the DOE to pay all new hires within four weeks.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2357
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to the department of education.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds it unacceptable that it takes the department of education six to eight weeks to provide new employees and interdepartmental transfers with their first paycheck. The legislature further finds that the bottom line is that the private sector by and large pays its employees in a very timely manner and the public sector should not be allowed to aim for a lower standard, especially when the technological and procedural capabilities to mitigate this problem are so clearly present and so easily applicable. Employees deserve to be paid for the work they do, especially new teachers, who have so much to adapt to and prepare for without having to deal with the added stress of tardy paychecks.

The purpose of this Act is to ensure that new hires of the department of education are paid within four weeks of the date of hire.

SECTION 2. Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§302A-    Newly hired employees. All newly hired employees shall receive their first paycheck no later than four weeks after the date of their hire by the department."

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

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