STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1647

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 258
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred H.C.R. No. 258 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON
     DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEX, RACE, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN WITH
     REGARD TO WAGES AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
     EMPLOYMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) to conduct a
study:

     (1)  Regarding whether there is a history of discrimination
          against women or minority groups with regard to wages,
          assignment, or access to jobs, or other terms and
          conditions of employment; and

     (2)  Regarding the demographic composition of the work force
          in equivalent jobs; provided that, for purposes of the
          study, "equivalent jobs" means jobs or occupations that
          are equal within the meaning of the Federal Equal Pay
          Act of 1963, 29 U.S.C. 206(d), or jobs or occupations
          that are dissimilar but whose requirements are
          equivalent, when viewed as a composite of skills,
          effort, responsibility, and working conditions.


 
 
 
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     The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, the Hawaii Women's and
Business Community, and a member of the public testified in
support of this measure.  The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission
testified in support of the intent of this measure.  The Hawaii
State Commission on the Status of Women testified in support of
this measure with an amendment.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by specifying that a certified copy of this concurrent
resolution is to be transmitted to the Hawaii State Commission on
the Status of Women.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
H.C.R. No. 258, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto
as H.C.R. No. 258, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and Public
                                   Employment,



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair