REPORT TITLE:
Coll. Bargaining; Negotiations


DESCRIPTION:
Reinstates government employees' right to negotiate cost items
through collective bargaining during 1999-2001.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2248
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
 


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to reinstate
 
 2 government employees' right to negotiate for cost items during
 
 3 the period of 1999-2001 through collective bargaining.
 
 4      SECTION 2.  Section 89-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 5 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 6      "(a)  The employer and the exclusive representative shall
 
 7 meet at reasonable times, including meetings in advance of the
 
 8 employer's budget-making process, and shall negotiate in good
 
 9 faith with respect to wages, hours, the number of incremental and
 
10 longevity steps and movement between steps within the salary
 
11 range, the amounts of contributions by the State and respective
 
12 counties to the Hawaii public employees health fund to the extent
 
13 allowed in subsection (e), and other terms and conditions of
 
14 employment which are subject to negotiations under this chapter
 
15 and which are to be embodied in a written agreement, or any
 
16 question arising thereunder, but such obligation does not compel
 
17 either party to agree to a proposal or make a concession[;
 
18 provided that the parties may not negotiate with respect to cost
 
19 items as defined by section 89-2 for the biennium 1999 to 2001,
 

 
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 1 and the cost items of employees in bargaining units under section
 
 2 89-6 in effect on June 30, 1999, shall remain in effect until
 
 3 July 1, 2001]."
 
 4      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.  
 
 5      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 7                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________