Honolulu firefighters are pursuing hazard pay for COVID-19 risks, feeling overlooked compared to other essential workers.

More than three years after the last pandemic emergency order, firefighters are still negotiating their hazard payments with the city.

The city is determining how to compensate firefighters with the rest of its $150 million it budgeted for other essential ...

Mayor Rick Blangiardi is scheduled to meet tonight with Honolulu firefighters to address a recent decision about their ...

Hawaii County has reached a “significant arbitration outcome” with a government workers’ union over COVID-19 hazard pay, former Mayor Mitch Roth announced Monday.

University of Hawaii regent Neil Abercrombie is pressing for answers and explanations after looking through UH budgets from across the 10-campus system searching for details on how many and how ...

Correction : University of Hawaii regent Neil Abercrombie read the $42.5 million hazard pay amount to select employees in UH financial statements, not in a UH Foundation report as was reported in ...

STAR-ADVERTISER “I just assumed that when I got the budget summary, there would be a line item for hazard pay. I assumed it would be a big number and it would affect the university. I kept ...