County of Hawaii: Merit Appeals Board
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Merit Appeals Board

Board members and their term expiration dates are:

G. Rick Robinson, Chairperson

December 31, 2010

JoAnne Balberde-Kamalii, Vice Chair

December 31, 2008

Joel Cohen, Member

December 31, 2008

Henry "Hank" Silva, Member

December 31, 2012

Gary N. Yoshiyama, Member

December 31, 2012

Pursuant to §76-57, the County of Hawai`i elected to use the Civil Service Commission as its Merit Appeals Board.

As outlined in §76-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Merit Appeals Board decides appeals from any action under Chapter 76 taken by the chief executive, the director, an appointing authority, or a designee acting on behalf of one of these individuals, relating to:  1) recruitment and examination; 2) classification and reclassification of a particular position; 3) initial pricing of classes; and 4) other employment actions under Chapter 76, including disciplinary actions and adverse actions for failure to meet performance requirements, taken against civil service employees who are excluded from collective bargaining coverage under §89-6.

In addition, the board appoints the director of personnel who serves at the board’s pleasure.

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