ROH §2-27.4
Agency rights and duties with volunteers
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section explains what city agencies can do with volunteers and what they must do for them. Agencies can turn down volunteers or let them go. Agencies must train, supervise, and support volunteers without replacing regular workers.
state agencies
The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Agency rights and responsibilities
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) An agency has the right to decline any offer of voluntary services, or if accepted, to release subsequently the volunteer whose services are no longer needed or whose performance is found unacceptable.
(b) An agency using the services of volunteers has the responsibility to:
(1) Use volunteers to extend city services without displacing regular, full-time employees;
(2) Provide volunteers with the orientation and training necessary to do work for the agency;
(3) Provide each volunteer with a designated supervisor to assist and direct the work of the volunteer;
(4) Allow volunteers to serve on a trial or probationary period for a specified period;
(5) Assign volunteers to tasks that are suited to their respective skills or geared to develop new skills; and
(6) Recognize volunteers for their services to the agency.
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