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This manual has been prepared for your convenience. It is intended as a reference guide and contains general descriptions and summaries of various policies, benefits, procedures, and rules. This manual is not a contract or binding agreement. It does not supersede laws, rules, collective bargaining agreements, policies and procedures, and benefit plan documents pertaining to the various subject matters covered. Pay provisions and benefits vary by type of employment appointment and collective bargaining agreement, and are subject to change.

Please note that if the circumstances following any disaster require appropriate action, pursuant to Chapter 128, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), the Governor is authorized to proclaim that a disaster has occurred and, if necessary, suspend any law, which impedes or tends to impede or is detrimental to the expeditious and efficient execution of, or to conflict with, disaster relief or other emergency functions. This authority to suspend any law includes, but is not limited to, laws relating to procurement and civil service.

You should also be aware that pursuant to Chapter 128, HRS, the Governor may also order and direct government agencies, officers, and employees, state or local, to take such action and employ such measures for law enforcement, medical, health, fire fighting, traffic control, warnings and signals, engineering, rescue, construction, emergency housing, and other welfare, hospitalization, transportation, water supply, public information, training, and other civil defense and emergency functions as may be necessary, and utilize the services, materials, and facilities of the agencies and officers. All such agencies and officers are required to cooperate with and extend their services, materials, and facilities to the Governor as the Governor may request. Therefore, you should be prepared, should you be called upon, to provide civil defense and emergency functions outside of your normal employment duties. Of course, pursuant to Chapter 128, HRS, you will retain your salary and all of your employment benefits while engaged in civil defense function.

For further information, please contact your Departmental Personnel Office or refer to the applicable laws, rules, collective bargaining agreements, policies and procedures, or benefit plan documents.