EMPLOYMENT OF STATE RESIDENTS Sample Clauses
EMPLOYMENT OF STATE RESIDENTS. (§103B-3 HRS). The Contractor shall ensure that Hawaii residents comprise not less than eighty per cent of the workforce employed to perform the contract work on the project. The 80% requirement shall be determined by dividing the total number of hours worked on the contract by Hawaii residents, by the total number of hours worked on the contract by all employees of the Contractor in the performance of the contract. The hours worked by any Subcontractor of the Contractor shall count towards the calculation for this section. The hours worked by employees within shortage trades, as determined by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR), shall not be included in the calculation for this section.
EMPLOYMENT OF STATE RESIDENTS. To the extent permitted by federal law, Construction Manager shall give preference to the employment of state residents in the performance of the work on the project if state residents have substantially equal qualifications to those of nonresidents. The term “substantially equal qualifications” means the qualifications of two or more persons among whom the employer cannot make a reasonable determination that the qualifications held by one person are better suited for the position than the qualifications held by the other person or persons.
EMPLOYMENT OF STATE RESIDENTS. To the extent permitted by federal law, the Contractor shall give preference to the employment of state residents in the performance of the work on the project if state residents have substantially equal qualifications to those of