Labor

A new report recommends housing stipends, better medical benefits and other efforts to help recruit and retain Honolulu Police Department officers and civilian employees.

More police officers in the state are getting approved for a new four-year contract that would increase their base pay by nearly 27% — the biggest raise they’ve received in at least 17 years.

The results of a new survey show that almost half of middle-income workers are unsure if they will have to leave Hawaiʻi for a less expensive state. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on some of the reasons why.

Monica Toguchi Ryan, the third-generation owner of Highway Inn, spoke to HPR's Bill Dorman about the challenges of running a small business in Hawaiʻi and filing a lawsuit against the state over a tax issue.

The state Board of Education has approved a four-year contract for current Superintendent Keith Hayashi that represents an 18% raise, plus performance-based incentives.

Hawaiʻi is facing a growing workforce shortage concern for the state’s construction industry. The solution lies in Generation Z — more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor in Chief Janis Magin.

The official strike notice, sent last week by Unite Here! Local 5 and Hawaii Nurses and Healthcare Professionals, said that workers in the continental U.S. make up to 30% more than workers in Hawaiʻi, adding that unsafe staffing ratios put patients’ health at risk.

The company that manages TheBus is warning riders of a possible labor strike by bus employees. HPR talked to Jenny Lemaota, senior vice president and deputy general manager for OTS, on Tuesday morning.

Randy Perreira, head of the Hawaiʻi AFL-CIO, shares his thoughts on President Trump's threats to withhold back pay from furloughed workers.

Unite Here! Local 5 and Hawaii Nurse and Healthcare Professionals (HNHP), which represent the workers, delivered their official 10-day strike notice. It is scheduled to start Oct. 14 at 6:30 a.m. and continue through Oct. 19.