RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT.

Requires employers to grant paid leave of absence to employees for donating bone marrow.

RELATING TO the employees' retirement system.

Gives current conservation and resources law enforcement officers of the department of land and natural resources the option of converting from class C to class A members of the Employees' Retirement System (ERS). Allows officers to retire without penalty after 25 years of service in that capacity. Provides that all officers hired after June 30, 2001, are to be designated class A members.

relating to employment practices.

Makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice, for any employer to include in an employment document as a condition of hiring, any provision interfering with the protected right of an employee to file a charge in an investigation or relinquish any right or protection.

relating to leave sharing.

Enables the legislature to establish a leave-sharing program.

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

Exempts amounts paid to a professional employment organization on behalf of employees hired by a client company.

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND.

Specifies that the amount ported to the employee organizations for health benefit plans and group life insurance be based on a percentage of the most cost effective plan that provides the same level of benefits for participants in plans of the Public Employee Health Fund and employee organizations. Sets forth other administrative and operational changes.

RELATING TO EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Proposes defined contribution retirement plan for certain public employees as an optional retirement plan.

RELATING TO LABOR.

Ensures that employees who are unemployed due to a labor dispute are eligible for unemployment benefits if the parties have reached an impasse and prior to a work stoppage an offer is made to submit the dispute to binding arbitration.

relating to employers who subsidize transportation expenses.

Provides a tax credit to employers for subsidizing employee transportation expenses.

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 1 and their excluded counterparts.

MAKING an APPROPRIATION FOR collective bargaining cost items.

Appropriates funds to pay for salary increases of Bargaining Unit 2.

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MAKING an APPROPRIATION FOR collective bargaining cost items.

Appropriates funds to pay for salary increases of Bargaining Unit 3.

MAKING an APPROPRIATION FOR collective bargaining cost items.

Appropriates funds to pay for salary increases of Bargaining Unit 4.

relating to collective bargaining cost items.

Appropriates funds to pay for public school teacher raises.

MAKING an APPROPRIATION FOR collective bargaining cost items.

Appropriates funds to pay for salary increases of Bargaining Unit 6.

making appropriations for collective bargaining cost items.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 7 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the state and the bargaining unit representative for FY 2001-2003.

MAKING an APPROPRIATION FOR collective bargaining cost items.

Appropriates funds to pay for salary increases of Bargaining Unit 8.

MAKING an APPROPRIATION FOR collective bargaining cost items.

Appropriates funds to pay for salary increases of Bargaining Unit 9.

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 10 and their excluded counterparts.

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for bargaining unit 11, Firefighters, and its excluded counterpart.

Relating to State Officers and Employees Excluded From Collective Bargaining and Making Appropriations and Other Adjustments.

Appropriates funds for salary increases and makes other cost adjustments for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining.

MAKING an APPROPRIATION FOR collective bargaining cost items.

Appropriates funds to pay for salary increases of Bargaining Unit 13.

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for State officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining.

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Senator Bob Nakata

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Senator David Matsuura