COVID19 (Archives)

Latest on vaccination requirements at UH

COVID-19 Vaccinations Required for Faculty? Vaccination required for students On May 17, 2021, University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner publicly announced that it will add COVID-19 vaccination to its student health clearance requirements beginning in the Fall 2021 semester. The mandate for students means that to be on any UH campus, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless exempted for medical and religious reasons. The decision was based on recommendations from the American College Health Association and the University of Hawai‘i’s [...]

2021-06-01T09:12:42-10:00May 24, 2021|COVID19, Frontpage, Monday Report|

When will UH Faculty receive COVID-19 vaccinations?

UHPA has received a number of inquiries from Unit 7 Faculty Members about the State of Hawaii’s plans on the COVID-19 vaccination roll out and when Unit 7 Faculty Members can expect to be able to register and obtain a vaccination if they choose. Vaccine distribution is outside of our legal authority The State of Hawaii, Department of Health, has been put in charge of the Statewide effort and is the sole authority in making decisions on priority and vaccine distribution.  Unfortunately, [...]

2021-01-15T11:58:55-10:00January 18, 2021|COVID19, Frontpage, Monday Report|

State of Hawaii launches “AlohaSafe” COVID exposure notification app

From their website: AlohaSafe Alert is a free, voluntary new service that helps slow the spread of COVID-19. It is the State of Hawaii’s official exposure notification app and has been developed in partnership with the Hawaii State Department of Health. Voluntary You control whether or not you receive notifications (you can opt-in/opt-out anytime). Notifications are only triggered if minimum thresholds of exposure are met. Private The app does not track your location. It anonymously keeps track of devices you’ve been in [...]

2021-01-07T14:04:07-10:00January 7, 2021|COVID19, Frontpage, Monday Report|

HomeStreet Bank provides resources for members struggling financially

Our partners at Homestreet just sent us an email the other day that we hope has utility for our members that need help during these trying times: Seeing that Hawaii is experiencing high unemployment due to Covid-19, we thought you may like to have some resources available in the event you have members, or their family members, in need of financial help. These services are offered at no cost to your members, they extend to family members and are offered by phone [...]

2020-08-04T09:58:23-10:00July 28, 2020|COVID19, Frontpage, Membership Benefits, Newsletter|

Agreement reached over Covid-19 impacts on promotion, tenure and renewal.

Agreement reached with President and Governor over Covid-19 impacts on promotion, tenure and contract renewal  Last week the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) finalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with President David Lassner and Governor David Ige on addressing the possible negative consequences and impacts the unanticipated switch to on-line instruction due to COVID-19 may have on tenure, promotion, and contract renewal.   Agreement result of combined efforts These concerns were raised by UHPA Faculty Members who are serving on Temporary Work [...]

Farmers Insurance Hawaii reducing auto premiums in May

The below message was delivered to UHPA from Farmers Insurance Hawaii - we are publishing it with little to no editing as a courtesy to our members. At Farmers Insurance Hawaii, we’ve been helping our Hawaii customers protect and prepare for the unexpected for 65 years. And during this challenging time, we continue our commitment to serve all our customers with aloha.  In an effort to provide additional financial relief to our customers, Farmers Hawaii is providing a 15% reduction in May [...]

2020-05-13T15:12:48-10:00May 7, 2020|COVID19, Frontpage, Membership Benefits|

Coronavirus-related assistance on mortgage or rent

Message from our benefits partner at HomeStreet Bank that may be of interest to those encountering challenges with rent or mortgage payments: If you’re among those financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, you might be concerned about how to pay your mortgage or rent. As a result of the CARES Act, Federal and state governments have announced plans to help struggling homeowners during this time. Major mortgage relief options during the coronavirus pandemic: Mortgage forbearance Forbearance is when your mortgage servicer or [...]

2020-05-07T11:05:28-10:00May 7, 2020|COVID19, Frontpage, Membership Benefits, Newsletter|

UH Key to Hawaii’s economic recovery

Editor's note: the below opinion piece by UHPA Executive Director Christian Fern appeared in the April 26, 2020 Honolulu Star Advertiser Hawaii is caught between a rock and hard place. Our state constitution requires us to have a balanced budget, with a plan that shows anticipated revenue to cover projected expenditures. Although we’ve had budget deficits in the past, as a state we have generally been good about not spending more than what we generate. Aggressive strategies worldwide to mitigate the spread [...]

2020-04-26T19:53:58-10:00April 26, 2020|COVID19, Frontpage, Opinion, UH Funding|

UHPA Members stepping up to the challenge – published

When the COVID-19 outbreak began, we asked you to nominate UHPA Members that were stepping up to the challenges.  We've published those on our COVID-19 status page and invite everyone to review those and also submit more nominations. We'll be publishing them on a regular basis.   Show Faculty Nominations (seen on lower right side of the page)    

2020-04-25T09:09:33-10:00April 25, 2020|COVID19, Frontpage|

Volunteer to help process unemployment claims

There has been an overwhelming amount of unemployment applications filed and despite the fact that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has added an additional 100 people to process them, they need volunteers to reduce the backlog so that families depending on unemployment compensation can receive those badly needed checks as soon as possible.  We are working collaboratively with HGEA and HSTA, along with Senator Brian Schatz, leadership of the State House of Representatives -- Speaker Scott Saiki, Finance Chair Sylvia [...]

2020-04-19T19:19:20-10:00April 19, 2020|COVID19|
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