STAND. COM. REP. NO. 208-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2565
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Business
Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 2565 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GARMENT INDUSTRY HOMEWORK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to eliminate unnecessary
government regulation by repealing Chapter 375, Hawaii Revised
Statutes (HRS), the Garment Industry Homework Law.

     The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the Department of
Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR), and the Legislative
Information Services of Hawaii testified in support of this
measure.

     Your Committee notes that Chapter 375, HRS, covers workers
who sew at home for garment manufacturers.  This law requires
DLIR to issue an Industrial Homework Certificate if certain
criteria are met by the employer and home worker.  However, in
the past three years, DLIR has issued only one certificate.
Furthermore, there is no comparable federal law that requires
certification of home workers.  Your Committee notes that repeal
of Chapter 375, HRS, will not remove minimum wage and overtime
protection for workers.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2565 and recommends that it pass

 
 
                                 STAND. COM. REP. NO. 208-00
                                 Page 2

 
Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer
Protection and Commerce.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development and Business
                                   Concerns,



                                   ______________________________
                                   ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair