HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2008
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016		H.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 2
		Proposed

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

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

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§76-  Temporary employment; prohibitions; abolishing of positions. (a)  No department shall temporarily employ any person for more than two consecutive terms of eighty-nine days; provided that with the approval of the governor, a department may temporarily employ a person for four consecutive terms of eighty-nine days or for twenty-four consecutive months.

(b)  Any position filled by a temporary employee hired for a term of eighty-nine days and filled by that employee for more than twenty-four consecutive months shall be automatically abolished.

(c)  This section shall not apply to periods of temporary employment when a person has been appointed to a vacant position arising as a result of: a workers' compensation claim; medical leave; an on-going investigation; a shortage differential; a working condition differential; or a remote geographical location."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.

Report Title:

Public Employment; Temporary Hires

Description:

Requires departments to obtain approval from the governor for employment of temporary hires for periods of greater than two consecutive terms of eighty-nine days.  Abolishes positions filled by temporary employees for more than twenty-four consecutive months.  (SD2 Proposed)

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