§89C-2 Adjustments authorized; limitations, restrictions. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the compensation, hours, terms, and conditions of employment, amounts of contributions by the State and respective counties to the Hawaii public employees health fund, and other benefits for public officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining shall be adjusted by the chief executives of the State or counties, the board of education, the board of regents, the auditor, the director of the legislative reference bureau, the ombudsman, or the chief justice, as applicable. The chief executives, the board of education, the board of regents, the auditor, the director of the legislative reference bureau, the ombudsman, and the chief justice, or their designated representatives, shall determine the adjustments to be made and which excluded officers or employees are to be granted adjustments under this chapter, in accordance with the following guidelines and limitations:

(1) For excluded officers and employees under the same compensation plans as officers and employees within collective bargaining units, such adjustments shall be not less than those provided under collective bargaining agreements for officers and employees hired on a comparable basis.

(2) For excluded officers and employees in the excluded managerial compensation plan, such adjustments shall be not less than those provided under collective bargaining to officers and employees in the professional and scientific employees bargaining unit. Alternate adjustments may be granted to officers and employees whose work is related to that of officers and employees in the other optional bargaining units in order to maintain appropriate pay relationships with such officers and employees.

(3) No adjustment in compensation, hours, terms, and conditions of employment, amounts of contributions by the State and respective counties to the Hawaii public employees health fund, or other benefits shall be established which is in conflict with the system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods governing the classification of positions and the employment conduct, movement, and separation of public officers and employees.

(4) The compensation of officers or employees whose salaries presently are limited or fixed by legislative enactment shall not be adjusted under this chapter, but shall continue to be adjusted by the appointing authority within limits established by law or by legislative enactment.

(5) The compensation of officers or employees, who are not covered under the same compensation plans as officers and employees within collective bargaining units and whose salaries presently are authorized to be fixed by the appointing authority, need not be adjusted under this chapter. The appointing authority may continue to make specific adjustments in the salaries of individual officers or employees from available funds appropriated.

(6) Adjustments to the amounts of contributions by the State and respective counties to the Hawaii public employees health fund on behalf of officers or employees who are not covered by adjustments made under this chapter shall be made by legislative enactment. [L 1978, c 197, pt of §2; am L 1982, c 152, §2 and c 159, pt of §1(1); am L 1984, c 254, §6; am L 1987, c 30, §1]