ROLE OF YOUR DEPARTMENT'S PERSONNEL OFFICE

During any Reduction-In-Force (Placement), your department's Personnel Office plays an important role in providing you with information and assistance. Please contact your Personnel Office or designated official if you have any questions.  The direct telephone number to your Departmental Personnel Office is printed on your Reduction-In-Force (Placement) notice. 

INFORMATION ON REDUCTION-IN-FORCE (PLACEMENT)

Employee Questions and Answers 

Helpful Tips on Completing the Online RIF (Placement) Application

Users' Guide on How to Submit Online RIF (Placement) Application & Work Force Reduction Placement Questionnaire

"List of Locations of Free Computer Access" on each island

 

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STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

 

"What You May Need to Know as You Leave State Government Employment"   - General employee benefit and resource information

State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations Website - Information for Laid Off and Displaced Workers 

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PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR RIF (PLACEMENT) APPLICATION BY CLICKING ON THE LINK BELOW

 

To assist you with your RIF (Placement) job search, it is highly recommended that you complete this online RIF (Placement) Job Application and electronically send it to DHRD by the deadline specified in your RIF (Placement) notice. Please take this opportunity to enter all pertinent work history and duties in detail.

You may only file one RIF (Placement) application, so please follow the instructions carefully. You will not be able to change it once you've filed it.

If you have any questions, immediately seek information from your department's Personnel Office and/or union representative before you submit the online application.

While you are actively working on your RIF (Placement) Application it is highly recommended that you "save" your application every 15 minutes and do not leave your work unattended. You may "save" and close your RIF (Placement) Application while in progress to work on it later, submitting it by the deadline. We recommend that you complete it as soon as possible.

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CLICK HERE FOR ON-LINE RIF (PLACEMENT) APPLICATION

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KOKUA TIPS

• Consult your department's Personnel Office, designated official, and/or union representative, if necessary
• Before you begin, please assemble your documents, current job description, license(s), electronic resume, degree or transcripts, etc.
• Read the FAQs
• Download the "Users' Guide on How to Submit Online RIF (Placement) Application &  Work Force Reduction Placement Questionnaire" and review it before you begin your application; establish a personal, non-State email account
• Familiarize yourself with the actual RIF (Placement) Application Form, we designed it with many of the same questions found in the State civil service application
• If you have any "Supplemental Documents," you must also submit a copy of these documents by email attachment to your online application - instructions are in the application itself

PRINTED VERSION OF REDUCTION-IN-FORCE (PLACEMENT) APPLICATION AND WORK FORCE REDUCTION PLACEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE

We strongly encourage affected employees to file your Reduction-In-Force (Placement) Application and Work Force Reduction Placement Questionnaire through our online process described above. If you desire to use a printed version instead, it is available as a computer file below to download and print.

• YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THE PRINTED DOCUMENT BACK TO YOUR DEPARTMENT'S PERSONNEL OFFICE ONLY
• Please read all instructions on the form carefully and be aware that you will need to return the complete form of 8-pages to your department's Personnel Office or designated official by the time and date designated on your notice
• This printed form is not to be submitted to any other office or organization. Please contact your Personnel Office or designated official promptly if you have any questions

 DOWNLOAD PRINT-VERSION APPLICATION HERE.