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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-49

  • compensation: as used in this part means:
    (A) Normal periodic payments of money for service the right to which accrues on a regular basis in proportion to the service performed;
    (B) Overtime, differentials, and supplementary payments;
    (C) Bonuses and lump sum salary supplements;
    (D) Elective salary reduction contributions under sections 125, 403(b), and 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and
    (E) Retroactive payments of those purposes and nature authorized in subparagraphs (A) through (D), and certified as compensation pursuant to section 88-64;
    (2) Bonuses and lump sum salary supplements shall be deemed earned when payable; provided that bonuses or lump sum salary supplements in excess of one-twelfth of compensation for the twelve months before the month in which the bonus or lump sum salary supplement is payable, exclusive of overtime, bonuses, and lump sum salary supplements, shall be deemed earned:
    (A) During the period agreed-upon by the employer and employee, but in any event over a period of no less than twelvemonths; or
    (B) In the absence of an agreement between the employer and the employee, over the twelvemonths before the date on which the bonus or lump sum salary supplement is payable; and
    (3) Retroactive payments shall be deemed earned when it would have been earned, as determined by the system pursuant to section 88-64. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-21.5
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22

Where any employee, subject to the compensation law, has a portion of the employee’s salary paid from federal funds but is not subject to the federal retirement system, the employee shall be entitled to all benefits and be required to make all employee contributions under the system based upon the full salary received by the employee, including that portion of the salary paid from federal funds.

This section shall be retroactive as to all employees affected, upon the employee paying into the system the contributions which would have been required had the employee’s full salary been paid by the State or county, together with the necessary interest accumulations.