A pay increase for Graduate Assistants (GAs) at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and UH Hilo went into effect on August 1, 2022. Additional increases for UH Mānoa GAs are scheduled for August 2023 and August 2024. UH Hilo is currently reviewing future pay increases beyond 2022. The increases raise the minimum step at which a GA can be hired.
- Effective August 1, 2022 (Mānoa and Hilo), Step 9 ($19,686 for 9 months and $23,028 for 11 months)
- Effective August 1, 2023 (Mānoa), Step 10 ($20,472 for 9 months and $23,952 for 11 months)
- Effective August 1, 2024 (Mānoa), Step 11 ($21,288 for 9 months and $24,912 for 11 months)
Executive Policy 9.240 – Graduate Assistant Sick and Bereavement Leave
New sick leave policy
Starting in fall 2022, a new sick leave policy is in place for all GAs in the UH 10-campus system.
GAs with 9-month appointments will now receive up to 63 hours of the designated leave and GAs with 11-month appointments will receive up to 77 hours (GAs with a 0.25 full-time equivalent appointment will be prorated accordingly). Under the new policy, each GA will receive an allotment of sick leave in the Online Leave System at the beginning of each academic semester to use in the event that they become ill. Unused sick leave does not carry over to the following semester.
GAs will also be eligible for three working days of bereavement leave.
This new policy is similar to existing UH employee leave policies and was developed in collaboration with the UH Mānoa Graduate Student Organization (GSO), the Mānoa Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Excellence, the Mānoa Graduate Division, the UH Hilo Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Graduate Council, the Office of Systems Integration, and the UH Office of Human Resources.
