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HB 232, HD1, RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

The House Committee on Finance Wednesday, February 22, 2017 3:00 pm, Room 308 Attention: Chair Sylvia Luke, Vice Chair Ty Cullen and Members of the Committee The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) urges the committee to support HB 232, HD1, which encourages the parties to a collective bargaining agreement to negotiate in a manner that effectuates the purpose of Chapter 89. Such purpose includes recognizing that public employees have a voice in determining their working conditions. This proposed measure advances the cooperative [...]

HB 213, HD1 RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE

The House Committee on Finance Wednesday, February 22, 2017 3:00 pm, Room 308 Attention: Chair Sylvia Luke, Vice Chair Ty Cullen and Members of the Committee The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) urges the committee to support passage of HB 213, HD1 that amends the Hawaii Family Leave Law, Chapter 398 of the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes to extend protected job status to care for a sibling or upon the death of a child, spouse, reciprocal beneficiary, sibling or parent. UHPA has a very [...]

2017-02-24T14:36:58-10:00February 24, 2017|2017 Testimony, Frontpage, Legislative, Legislative News|

HB 1182, HD1, Relating to Employees’ Retirement System

The House Committee on Finance Wednesday, February 22, 2017 3:00 pm, Room 308 Attention: Chair Sylvia Luke, Vice Chair Ty Cullen and Members of the Committee The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) supports the intent of HB 1182, HD1, requiring the Employeesʻ Retirement System (ERS) actuary to perform annual stress tests of the system and the ERS Board to submit annual reports of the tests to the legislature. Due to market indicators nationally, the ERS Board had previously taken a responsible approach [...]

2017-02-24T14:33:45-10:00February 24, 2017|2017 Testimony, ERS, Frontpage, Legislative, Legislative News|

How you will be affected by a lump sum payment

Highlights UHPA recently received the written salary proposal from the Governor. The offer provides a 1% one-time lump sum cash bonus of a faculty members’ base salary. The offer will impact faculty members differently based on your employment date. If you were hired Before July 1, 2012 Faculty Members hired before July 1, 2012 will have ERS deductions taken from the lump sum cash bonus. The lump sum cash bonus will count toward the “high three” years of salary for purposes of [...]

2017-02-20T17:49:29-10:00February 20, 2017|Contract negotiations, Frontpage, Newsletter|

FAQs about the Hawaii ERS Unfunded Liability

In recent weeks, we have seen a great deal of information regarding the dramatic increase in the unfunded liability of the Hawaii ERS (Employeesʻ Retirement System).  We understand the concerns and wanted to provide some perspective on this situation to ensure that you, as beneficiaries, understand what happened and how it is being handled.  Please look through the Q&A below and let me know if you have any questions or concerns.   What is the Hawaii ERS unfunded liability? The ERS unfunded [...]

2017-02-21T09:47:15-10:00February 20, 2017|Contract negotiations, ERS/EUTF, Frontpage, Newsletter|

UH Faculty #HeroProf Protects Hawaii’s Future: Kevin Bennett

UHPA Faculty Heroes Campaign Continues UHPA is continuing its “Heroes” campaign to promote the role and value of UH faculty. Our core message is a simple but powerful reminder: investing in Hawaii’s future starts with investing in faculty. We shared this message on broadcast television and in social media at the start of the legislative session, and will now continue our campaign with a newly produced spot.   Broken Promises Kevin Bennett, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology at UH-Manoa and a UHPA [...]

2018-05-21T15:02:16-10:00February 16, 2017|Frontpage, HeroProf, Newsletter|

Ige should invest in UH faculty

By Eric Denton, Karla Hayashi and Lynne Wilkens Gov. David Ige’s State of the State address did not offer anything new or substantive, and did not provide any concrete solutions to actually move our state forward. We heard the governor say our state “must tap our greatest our resource, our people, to find our way to the next great economic transformation: the development of an innovation sector.” This translated into investment in the University of Hawaii Cancer Center and the HI Growth [...]

2017-02-15T13:09:21-10:00February 15, 2017|Frontpage, Newsletter, Opinion|

Lunch & Learn (on campus!) on buying a home or refinancing in Hawaii

UHPA,  via our partners at HomeStreet Bank, are excited to present "Home Buyer Confidence" on April 5, 2017 at Manoa Campus Center 307, from 11:55am-1pm.  There is no cost to attend and this is for UHPA members only. Light lunch and refreshments will be provided, courtesy HomeStreet Bank. Why should you attend? Are you worried about rising interest rates in 2017? Prepare for what’s next by getting the most pertinent and current home purchase information. Empower yourself by understanding key mortgage factors [...]

2018-05-21T15:02:16-10:00February 10, 2017|Frontpage, Membership Benefits, Newsletter|

SB 919, Relating to Public Employment Cost Items

The Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor Thursday, February 9, 2017 9:00 am, Room 016   RE: SB 919, Relating to  Public Employment Cost Items   Attention: Chair Gilbert Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair Karl Rhoads and Members of the Committee   The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) urges the committee to support passage of SB 919 which is a measure to appropriate funds for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for salary costs for public employees in collective bargaining unit (7) and for certain employees [...]

SB 410, Collective Bargaining; Negotiations; Prohibited Practices

The Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor Thursday, February 9, 2017 9:00 am, Room 016   RE: SB 410, Collective Bargaining; Negotiations; Prohibited Practices   Attention: Chair Gilbert Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair Karl Rhoads and Members of the Committee   The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) urges the committee to support SB 410, which encourages the parties to a collective bargaining agreement to negotiate in a manner that effectuates the purpose of Chapter 89. Such purpose includes recognizing that public employees have [...]

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