Jill Meinecke2025-01-24T14:53:47-10:00January 23, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: 2025 legislative session, Bargaining Unit 05, Board of Education, BOE, BU05, BU06, BU07, covid, COVID hazard pay, COVID-19, Department of Education, DOE, hazard pay, Jr., Osa Tui, Rep. Justin Woodson, Sen. Aquino|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is asking state lawmakers for a one-time hazard pay bonus for the thousands of public and charter school teachers who worked directly with students during the pandemic.
Jill Meinecke2025-01-27T14:36:59-10:00January 16, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: 2025 legislative session, automatic step increases, COVID hazard pay, educator housing, Hawaii Capitol, hawaii state legislature, hazard pay, HSTA policy guide, paid family leave, Teacher housing, universal free school meals|
COVID-19 hazard pay for educators, automatic step increases, free school meals for students and paid family leave for state and county employees are among the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s key priorities for this year’s state legislative session that began Wednesday.
Terri Inefuku2024-01-25T22:31:40-10:00January 25, 2024|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: covid, COVID-19, hazard pay, HGEA, memorandum of understanding, paid leave, pandemic, teacher protections|
While an arbitrator has ruled that as many as 7,800 public school employees, such as school nurses and educational assistants, are eligible for hazard pay for working during the pandemic, public school teachers do not have a hazard pay clause in their contract.
