Report Title:
Workplace Violence; Task Force
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.C.R. NO. |
179 |
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TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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RESOLUTION
requesting the Governor to convene a task force to address the growing problem of violence in the workplace.
WHEREAS, violence in the workplace is growing at an alarming rate throughout Hawaii and the United States mainland; and
WHEREAS, workplace violence results in approximately one and a half million assaults and one thousand deaths each year in the United States; and
WHEREAS, workplace violence is the second leading cause of occupational fatalities and the leading cause of occupational fatalities for women in the country; and
WHEREAS, recent events have tragically demonstrated that Hawaii is no longer immune from workplace violence. On November 2, 1999, the State suffered the worst workplace mass murder in its history, in which seven innocent men were murdered at their workplace by a co-worker; and
WHEREAS, while employers in Hawaii are committed to maintaining safe working environments for their employees through the prevention of workplace violence, they may lack effective means to implement these prevention plans; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to ensure that all public and private workplaces in the State have effective prevention plans in place in order to protect the people of the State from workplace violence; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2001, the Senate concurring, that the Governor is requested to convene a task force to address the growing problem of violence in the workplace; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the task force, who shall serve without compensation, are requested to:
(1) Study ways to effectively prevent workplace violence in Hawaii;
(2) Review workplace violence prevention plans that have been implemented or proposed in the public and private sectors, in both this State and other states, as appropriate;
(3) Make recommendations as to the most effective ways to prevent workplace violence in different working environments; and
(4) Develop a manual to be distributed to public and private sector employers for this purpose;
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Directors of Human Resources Development and Labor and Industrial Relations are requested to assist the task force as may be necessary, including providing staff support upon the request of the task force; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force is requested to report its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of the Regular Session of 2002; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force be dissolved on June 30, 2002; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, the Director of Human Resources Development, and the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations.
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