HB1277 Summary

• Establishes a new collective bargaining unit (15) for graduate student assistants employed minimum 20 hours per week by the University of Hawaii.

• Removes graduate student assistants from the "student help" exemption in Section 89-6(f)(15), allowing them to collectively bargain while maintaining exemption for other student employees.

• Grants the University of Hawaii Board of Regents two votes and the president one vote in negotiations affecting graduate student assistants, consistent with other university bargaining units.

• Includes graduate student assistants in the impasse resolution procedures under Section 89-11(d), allowing mediation and board assistance if negotiations reach an impasse.

• Graduate student assistants authorized to form collective bargaining unit on July 1, 2018, with full law effective July 1, 2050.