§76-45 Suspension. [Section effective until June 30, 2002. For section effective July 1, 2002, see below.] An appointing authority may, for disciplinary purposes, suspend any employee without pay for such length of time as the appointing authority considers appropriate, but not exceeding thirty days at any one time nor more than sixty days in any calendar year. No single suspension for a period of five working days or more, whether consecutively or not, shall take effect unless the appointing authority gives the employee a written notice setting forth the specific reasons upon which the suspension is based. With the approval of the director, an employee may be suspended for a period longer than thirty days pending an investigation or hearing of any charge against the employee. Where an employee has been suspended pending an investigation or hearing of any charge against the employee and the charge is subsequently dropped or not substantiated, the employee shall be reinstated in the employee's position without loss of pay.

An employee who is suspended for a period not in excess of four working days, whether consecutively or not, shall be entitled to a written notice from the appointing authority setting forth the specific reasons upon which the suspension is based. The written notice shall be given to the employee or mailed to the employee within forty-eight hours after the suspension. [L 1955, c 274, pt of §1; RL 1955, §3-23; am L 1957, c 107, §1; am L 1967, c 52, §1; HRS §76-45; am L 1981, c 5, §2; gen ch 1985]

§76-45 Suspension. An appointing authority may, for disciplinary purposes, suspend any employee without pay or place an employee on leave without pay pending an investigation. Suspensions and leaves without pay pending an investigation shall be in accordance with procedures negotiated under chapter 89 or established under chapter 89C, as applicable. [L 1955, c 274, pt of §1; RL 1955, §3-23; am L 1957, c 107, §1; am L 1967, c 52, §1; HRS §76-45; am L 1981, c 5, §2; gen ch 1985; am L 2000, c 253, §26]