If you’ve reviewed an employee request and cannot approve it because it’s inaccurate, or doesn’t follow department policies, or it doesn’t meet your operational needs, you’ll “push back” the request in the HIP system to the employee with an explanation. Your employee will automatically be notified if they have a hawaii.gov email address in the system and they can work with you to amend their submission or cancel it. Please ensure there is adequate communication between you and you employees on any requests that cannot be approved for any reason.
