State Must Pay $124.4 Million In Pandemic Hazard Pay For Prison Staffs, Others

HawaiĘ»i corrections officers will receive hazard pay worth 25% of their wages, including thousands of hours of overtime they worked during the pandemic, under a series of arbitration decisions that will cost the state an estimated $124.4 million. Arbitrator John Mukai also imposed interest charges of 10% per year on the back pay beginning May … Continue reading State Must Pay $124.4 Million In Pandemic Hazard Pay For Prison Staffs, Others