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<br />Merit Appeals Board November 21, 2025 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The CoHnect Project always comes to the forefront of what’s happening in HR. We’re in the <br />employee training phase now, and so we’re working with the Implementor—reviewing all the <br />training slides, making necessary corrections, and then helping employees get registered so that <br />they can complete the training and the different aspects that they need to become familiar with. <br /> <br />th <br />So, we’re fast-approaching December 16 which is when people will start having to enter their <br />time in the new system. Yeah—so, it’s right around the corner, but we’re excited and just really <br />focused on trying to get people trained and then making sure that once the go-live occurs that <br />there’s enough supports for people to be able to have their questions answered. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Any questions, Board members—Niel? <br /> <br />MR. THOMAS: In the Labor Relations Division report—that fourth paragraph—maybe I’m <br />reading or hearing too many podcasts from (inaudible) in Tudor, England—but the last sentence <br />there says that they’re in the process of routing an agreement for execution. So, who or what is <br />being executed? <br /> <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: So, it’s an agreement. We’re adjusting the work hours for Fire Captains who <br />work in the Dispatch Center. And so, because we’re changing their work schedule, an agreement <br />has to be executed with the Union. <br /> <br />MR. THOMAS: Oh. Okay. <br /> <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: Yeah. So, that agreement is being—we’re working with the Hawaiʻi Fire <br />Fighters Association to execute that agreement. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: So, are those captains going to work shifts, I mean—8-hour shifts? So, how <br />is that— <br /> <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: They actually— <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: —can you say that? Can you talk about it or— <br /> <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: That agreement would actually follow the 24-hour schedule that they would <br />follow in the field. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Oh, okay. <br /> <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: So, originally, those captains in the Dispatch Center would have been working <br />8-hour shifts but we found—or the department found it difficult to fill that, because that 24-hour <br />schedule is something that they are used to and really appreciate. And so, in order to fill those <br />positions, we’re changing those work shifts to 24-hours. <br /> <br />In the Labor Relations Division, I’m happy to note that we’ve started doing an “LR Notes” <br />newsletter. So, we’ve been noticing some consistency in questions regarding certain labor <br />Page 13 <br /> <br /> <br />