[§302A‑601.3]  Newly hired employees;
paycheck deficits; partial wages.  (a)  The department shall establish and
implement appropriate policies, procedures, technology, and accountability
measures to ensure that newly hired employees receive timely and accurate
wages.



(b)  All newly hired employees shall receive
their first paycheck no later than the second pay period after the date of
their hire by the department.



(c)  If the department is unable to pay the
total wages due a newly hired employee pursuant to subsection (b), the
department may pay the newly hired employee on the day the newly hired employee
would have received pay, partial wages in an amount not less than fifty per
cent of the amount due for the second pay period and for each consecutive pay
period thereafter in which the department maintains a paycheck deficit with the
newly hired employee.  The amounts received shall be deducted from the total
wages due for the respective pay period.  Once the department resolves the
paycheck deficit, the newly hired employee shall no longer receive partial
wages as provided by this subsection. [L 2005, c 159, §7]



 



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  L 2005, c 159, §§8 to 10 provide:



  "SECTION 8.  By December 31, 2005, the department shall
adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as may be
necessary to administer section 7 [§302A-601.3].



  SECTION 9.  The department of education shall provide each
newly hired teacher with the new teacher orientation handbook to assist in
their transition into the department's school system.  The handbook shall serve
as a reference guide and to provide the new employees with information on the
following:



  (1) Professional
development and incentive programs;



  (2) License
requirements; and



  (3) Other
useful information to assist new teachers with their familiarity of the
department's organization and educational system.



  SECTION 10.  The department of education shall establish and
maintain a standardized statewide teacher induction program that is available
to every newly hired teacher.  The program shall ensure that the new teacher to
mentor ratio is no greater than fifteen to one and that all mentors are
specially skilled and trained to work effectively with newly hired teachers as
determined by the department."