STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 462-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2700

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2700 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require unemployment insurance claims and appeals to be decided within 30 days of filing of the claim or appeal.

Unity House, Inc., and ILWU Local 142 testified in support of this measure. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) opposed this measure.

Your Committee finds that this measure will help ensure that determinations and appeals of unemployment insurance claims are processed in a timely manner. Your Committee also respectfully requests that DLIR provide this Committee with:

(1) A complete listing of all unemployment insurance cases currently on appeal and the dates they were filed; and

(2) A complete and thorough listing of all unemployment insurance determinations and appeals since 1987 that have taken more than a year to process.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2700 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair