Some KCC instructors wait months for their paychecks

The teachers are reluctant to complain for fear of losing their job contracts

By Susan Essoyan

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 21, 2012

~~<p>Some instructors who teach noncredit courses at Kapiolani Community College say they have not been paid in several months and are owed as much as $4,000 each, but have hesitated to speak out because as "casual hires" they have no job security.</p>
<p>KCC's Continuing Education program hires instructors on individual contracts to offer noncredit courses at night and on weekends at the Diamond Head campus. Subjects range from elder care to medical coding, cooking to calligraphy.</p>
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Some instructors who teach noncredit courses at Kapiolani Community College say they have not been paid in several months and are owed as much as $4,000 each, but have hesitated to speak out because as "casual hires" they have no job security.

KCC's Continuing Education program hires instructors on individual contracts to offer noncredit courses at night and on weekends at the Diamond Head campus. Subjects range from elder care to medical coding, cooking to calligraphy. Login for more...