Bill > SB731

This bill amends the Hawaii Employees' Retirement System to create a new category of retirants who can be rehired without losing their retirement benefits, specifically focusing on investigators in the Department of Law Enforcement and Department of the Attorney General. The bill allows these retirants to be employed in investigator positions identified as labor shortage or difficult-to-fill roles, with certain conditions: the retirant must not have been employed by the state or county for six calendar months before rehiring, there can be no pre-retirement agreement about returning to work, and the hiring department must contribute a percentage of the retirant's compensation to the pension accumulation fund to offset the system's unfunded actuarial accrued liability. Additionally, the bill requires annual reports to the legislature detailing the employment of these rehired retirants, including the number and types of positions they occupy. This legislation aims to address workforce challenges in critical investigative roles while maintaining the financial integrity of the retirement system by ensuring that rehired retirants do not disrupt the system's funding structure.

Labor and Employment

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=731&year=2026