Collective Bargaining:
What's Negotiable,
What's Not
NEGOTIABLE
- Wages (salaries)
- Hours
- The dollar amount contributed by the employer to your health benefit premiums
- Other terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to: vacation, sick leave, overtime, promotions, stand by pay, call back pay, funeral leave, holidays, night differentials, temporary hazard pay, temporary assignment, rest periods, reduction-in-force, discipline, grievance procedure, personnel policy changes, meals, travel, working condition differential, military leave, parking
NOT NEGOTIABLE
Under Chapter 89, HRS (Section 89-9(d), HRS), the following are excluded from negotiations:
- Classification – process of placing positions into appropriate classes
- Reclassification – process of redescribing a position and placing into another class
- Health care benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Initial pricing – assignment of a civil service class to an appropriate pay grade
- Recruitment
- Examination
Navigating the Contract Negotiations Process
