2021-12-02 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board December 2, 2021 meets the eligibility requirements, can perform the job—and we will refer that name to the department. The department is obligated to interview that injured employee. However, they are not obligated to hire the person. If they do not, they have to provide the HR director with justification as to why they did not select that person because preference should be—we should be helping our injured employees find employment. If a placement is made, they still need to serve a probationary period because it's a new pos—it's a new job class that they're moving to. And those injured employees are actually their pay remains the same as what they were making whein the position that they were injured in. CHR. CABANAS: Thank you, Lee, for that detailed explanation. Any other questions? If not, thank you, Lee, for such a detailed explanation of your area. MS. BOTELHO: Thank you. CHR. CABANAS: Thanks a lot. Okay. It's 12 noon, do weoh, okay. Okay. We can take a break for lunch or we can continue on for a little bit more and then break for lunch. So, what do you all want to do. You want to continue? Waylen, do you want to continue for a while? Okay. MS. MATHEWS: Show of hands, guys. There we go. CHR. CABANAS: They're nodding, so it looks good. Okay. So, we will Contin—okay, we will continue. Let's roll on with Administrative Services and DeeAnn Sadayasu. Come on down, Dee. Hi, Dee, good morning. (At this time, Ms. DeeAnn Sadayasu, Administrative Services Officer Division Head, Human Resources Department, came forward.) MS. SADAYASU: Hi. I'm DeeAnn Sadayasu, I'm the Administrative Services Officer with Human Resources. So, I oversee and coordinate the administrative and fiscal operations and activities within the Department of Human Resources. In addition to fiscal operations, my division deals with employee benefits and personnel transactions. So, we administer rules, policies—when it comes to benefits we administer rules, policies, and procedures for Leave Sharing, Flexible Spending, Family and Medical Leave, Temporary Disability Insurance, and other legally mandated programs. We also work with agencies who provide employee benefits, such as the Employees Retirement System for retirement, the Hawaii Employer Union Health Benefits Trust Fund for health insurance benefits, and Prudential for deferred compensation. Page 23