Hawaii’s DOE - First No Buses, now No Payroll!!

[HiloJulie]

Interestingly enough, the Fair Labor Standards Act states that “late pay is the same as no pay.” Further, the penalties associated with late payment is called “liquidated damages” and is equal to the amount of take home pay you were originally to get. Even if you’re paid the following day, by the FLSA law, you’re entitled to the liquidated damages penalty. 

However, having said that, don’t get your sarong’s all in a ruffle, because, our great “overlords” saw to it to carve out public school teachers from the FLSA due to antiquated and archaic past laws. And speaking of antiquated things, the CB article is more or less blaming the issue on the forms required. Maybe the DOE could “layoff” 3 or 4 “managers” and with the salaries saved, hire eight or ten HR professional staff members who are quite adept at employment forms and payroll systems management. 

Go figure!

https://www.wagehourinsights.com/2014/08...nsequences.

https://www.nelp.org/why-we-need-to-end-...exclusion/

[MyManao]

Blah blah blah..

Your need to muck up local affairs speaks volumes.. your understand of them.. not so much.

[HiloJulie]

I find it interesting to see how some members of our community think about what Aloha really is and means.

IYKYK!

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

what Aloha really is and means.

Hello?
Goodbye?
Everything in between?
Didn’t the Beatles sing something about that, “I don’t know why you say aloha I say aloha.”

[MyManao]

what Aloha really is and means.

From.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha

Aloha (/əˈloʊhɑː/ ə-LOH-hah, Hawaiian: [əˈlohə]) is the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy, that is commonly used as a greeting.[1][2] It has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance to native Hawaiians, for whom the term is used to define a force that holds together existence.[3][4]

The word is found in all Polynesian languages and always with the same basic meaning of "love, compassion, sympathy, kindness."[5] Its use in Hawaii has a seriousness lacking in the Tahitianand Samoan meanings.[6] Mary Kawena Pukui wrote that the "first expression" of aloha was between a parent and child.[5]

Lorrin Andrews wrote the first Hawaiian dictionary, called A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language.[7] In it, he describes aloha as "A word expressing different feelings: love, affection, gratitude, kindness, pity, compassion, grief, the modern common salutation at meeting; parting".[8] Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel Hoyt Elbert's Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian also contains a similar definition. Anthropologist Francis Newton states that "Aloha is a complex and profound sentiment. Such emotions defy definition".[6] Anna Wierzbicka concludes that the term has "no equivalent in English".

Which, as I pointed out earlier, I think Nana Veary sums it up better than most..

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Which, as I pointed out earlier, I think 

When Gandhi, Shaw, etc were asked what they thought of civilization, they replied:
I think it would be a good idea.

To paraphrase:
I think aloha would be a good idea.  Why don’t we give it a try?

[HiloJulie]

To paraphrase:
I think aloha would be a good idea.  Let’s give it a try.

Couldn’t agree anymore with that!

I’d say paying our children’s teachers on time would be a great idea to spread and show Aloha. And maybe if we did that, our teachers could sing the Beatles song Hello, Goodbye, instead of having to sing this song. (Even though it’s also a catchy tune!) (and was one of the few songs NOT written by any of the Beatles)

[Punatang]

So please, carry on.

Guys, I think Rob is paying Moderator 2 by the post.  Act accordingly.  I'm guessing it's like 1 or 2  alohas per post.  Give or take.

[HiloJulie]

Guys, I think Rob is paying Moderator 2 by the post.  Act accordingly.  I'm guessing it's like 1 or 2  alohas per post.  Give or take.

Which, as I pointed out earlier, I am certain that whatever coin of the realm Rob has agreed to pay our new Moderator, it will be ON TIME and CORRECT!

[ironyak]

HPE - When Gandhi, Shaw, etc were asked what they thought of civilization, they replied: I think it would be a good idea.
(pushing up my thick glasses) Well actually, you see the quote apparently came from Life magazine in 1923, so Ghandi, Shaw, et al. were either repeating something they had read, or inadvertently recreating the same quip. Who needs paid teachers here when the internet is available? Do your own research!!! ;)

HPE - I think aloha would be a good idea.  Why don’t we give it a try?
But then how would the old folks on Punaweb whinge about jobs not getting done to their level of expectation? Or complain about the bland & inedible local Asian food (and such small portions too)? Or grumble that county taxes are out of control and the world is in inescapable decline because of big government and THOSE people? And how would the not-yet-so-old peeps cast snarky shade on their gripes? Could you imagine a Punaweb where where everyone practiced aloha?