ATTENTION:  Regular status employees 50-100% FTE   If you are currently participating in RCUH’s Group Retirement Annuity (GRA) and/or Supplemental Retirement Annuity (SRA) plans administered through TIAA-CREF OR if you are interested in enrolling into a TIAA-CREF SRA plan, the RCUH Human Resources Department is now coordinating one-hour Individual/Employee Retirement Counseling Sessions with TIAA-CREF.  During … Continue reading “TIAA-CREF Individual Retirement Counseling Sessions”

TO:                 Principal Investigators & Project Administrators FROM:           Nelson Sakamoto                                       Director of Human Resources   SUBJECT:     November 4, 2014 General Election – Guidance relating to Voting   Under Hawai’i Revised Statutes § 11-95, any employee registered to vote, and who normally does not have a free two-hour period, excluding lunch/rest periods/breaks, while voting polls are … Continue reading “November 4, 2014 General Election – Guidance relating to Voting Time”

In order to minimize searching for the RCUH timesheets each pay period, we will have the current RCUH timesheet available in the Current News section of the RCUH website on the first working day of each pay period. Click here for the November 1-15, 2014 Timesheet PAYROLL Deadline is November 17, 2014 noon Payday for … Continue reading “RCUH Timesheet for November 1-15, 2014 pay period”

TO:      All Regular-Status, 50%-100% Full-Time Equivalency (FTE) Employees   On October 23, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced cost-of-living adjustments affecting the dollar limitation for pension plans and other retirement-related items for 2015.  Included in the cost-of-living adjustment changes was the increase to the maximum allowable contribution amount for 403(b) Tax-Deferred Annuity plans or … Continue reading “New 2015 Maximum Allowable Contribution Limits for 403(b) Supplemental Retirement Annuity (SRA) Plans”

Unlike other paid holidays, the General Election Holiday is a paid holiday established by the Hawaii State Legislature to afford employees time off to vote on General Election Day.  Therefore, unlike other paid holidays, the General Election Holiday cannot be used as a floating holiday.