State Suspends Contract For Security Guards That Watch Over The Hawaii Capitol … The original plan was that private security would help with mask and vaccination requirements as the Capitol reopened. Then omicron hit.
State officials last month hired private security guards to check vaccination cards and Covid-19 test results for visitors to the Hawaii State Capitol, only to later learn the building will remain closed for the time being because of the omicron variant.
In the meantime, the contract with Alii Security Systems Inc. to provide the guards for the Capitol has been temporarily suspended after the U.S. Department of Labor concluded the company illegally denied overtime pay to its employees.
Alii Security has been ordered to pay nearly $1.48 million in back pay and damages to 171 guards in the federal case, and also ordered to pay $60,000 in civil penalties because of the “willful nature” of the violations, according to a written statement from the labor department.
