Bill Text: HI HR13 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Requesting State Agencies To Offer Reinstatement With Back Pay To Employees Who Were Dismissed Or Resigned From Employment For Non-compliance With Vaccination Or Testing Mandates During The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-16 - Referred to LGO, FIN, referral sheet 15 [HR13 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2023-HR13-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

13

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING STATE AGENCIES TO offer reinstatement with back pay to EMPLOYEES WHO WERE dismissed or resigned from employment FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH VACCINATION OR TESTING MANDATES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 PANDEMIC.

 

 


     WHEREAS, in August 2021, the Governor issued an emergency proclamation that required public employees to either attest to being vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 or agree to be tested regularly for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus; and

 

     WHEREAS, public employees who did not comply with the requirements of the emergency proclamation faced disciplinary action, including termination from employment; and

 

     WHEREAS, other agencies in the State not under the Governor's control also issued policies requiring employees to be fully vaccinated or tested regularly; and

 

     WHEREAS, any medical decision is a personal choice; and

 

     WHEREAS, due to changes in the labor market during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the number of job vacancies across all state agencies has increased sharply; and

 

     WHEREAS, currently, there are thousands of vacant public sector jobs across the State; and

 

     WHEREAS, state agencies have faced difficulties recruiting individuals to fill these vacant positions; and

 

     WHEREAS, some businesses in the State that previously implemented vaccination mandates have since offered former employees who resigned or were terminated from their positions due to noncompliance the option to return to their jobs; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2023, that each state agency is requested to offer any person who resigned or was dismissed from employment with the state agency:

 

     (1)  While any proclamation, order, or policy was in effect that required, as a condition of continuing employment, vaccination against COVID-19 or regular testing for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus as an alternative to vaccination; and

 

     (2)  Solely because the person did not comply or did not wish to comply with the terms of the proclamation, order, or policy described in paragraph (1),

 

the option to be reinstated, with back pay, to the position that the person held prior to their termination or an equivalent position if the person's position is no longer available; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, head of each principal state department, Chief Justice, and Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Public Employment; Employees; COVID-19; Vaccination Policies; Emergency Proclamation; Reinstatement

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