(a) The department of human services shall be responsible for providing employment on public works projects as defined in § 346-71, for persons:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-102

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Public assistance: means financial assistance to or for the benefit of persons whom the department has determined to be without sufficient means of support to maintain a standard consistent with this chapter, payments to or on behalf of such persons for medical care, and social service payments as described under the Social Security Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
(1) Receiving full or partial public assistance from the State;
(2) Receiving unemployment compensation benefits from the State whose benefits thereunder are within the last two weeks of eligibility and who upon termination of unemployment compensation benefits will be eligible for full or partial public assistance from the State; or
(3) Who reside on an island where the primary economic base providing employment for such persons is lost or is in danger of being lost.

Public assistance recipients participating in public service employment shall be considered to be employees of the department; provided however that except for coverage under the workers’ compensation law, laws relating to civil service, classification, retirement, vacation, sick leave, and other matters relating to regular public employees shall not apply to such persons.

(b) The department shall promulgate rules under chapter 91 necessary to carry out the purposes of public service employment, including but not limited to the following:

(1) The employment of public assistance recipients shall not displace any state or county employee or any individual performing work for the State or county on a contractual basis;
(2) The minimum period of employment shall not be less than four calendar weeks; and
(3) There shall be no discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, age, religion, or national origin.
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