Amends wage and hour law to require that no laborer or mechanic employed on a job site of any public work of the state or any political subdivision shall be permitted to work in excess of forty hours a week without overtime compensation.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Section 104-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) The contract and specifications shall contain the provision that no laborer or mechanic employed on the job site of any public work of the State or any political subdivision thereof shall be permitted or required to work [on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday of the State or in excess of eight hours on any other day] in excess of forty hours in a week unless the laborer or mechanic receives overtime compensation for all hours worked [on Saturday, Sunday, and a legal holiday of the State or in excess of eight hours on any other day.] in excess of forty hours in a week. For purposes of determining overtime compensation under this subsection, the basic hourly rate of any laborer or mechanic shall not be less than the basic hourly rate determined by the director to be the prevailing basic hourly rate for corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics on projects of similar character in the State."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.