COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro, Chair

Rep. Bob Nakasone, Vice Chair

HB 2326

Limits any arbitration award t no more than 1 1/2% across the board per fiscal year. The limitation does not apply to bargaining units (9), (11), (12) and any other unit with a membership consisting entirely of individuals that perform a law enforcement function.

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HB 2328

Revise factors that an arbitration panel must consider in public employee binding arbitration decisions. Specifically, the following new factors must be considered: (1) the impact of the additional potential costs if the cost item was applied to all other bargaining units; (2) the employer's ability to fund the cost item is based on applicable constitutional, statutory, and county ordinance provisions; and (3) a comparison of wages, hours conditions of employment and overall compensation of private sector employees in the State.

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HB 2462

Eliminates temporary civil service membership.

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HB 2467

Adjusts the salaries of certain positions in the following departments or agencies: the Hawaii Labor Relations Board, the Stadium Authority, the House & Community Development Corporation of Hawaii, the PUC, the Office of Solid Waste Management, the Executive Office on Aging, the Hawaii Paroling Authority, the Office of Veterans' Services, the Labor & Industrial Relations Appeals Board, the Office of Community Services, and the Office of the State Public Defender.

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HB 2741

Establishes that deputy directors and special assistant positions of executive departments not specifically authorized by statute are subject to position justification requirements and legislative review.

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HB 1786

Allows employees in exempt positions who have performed work satisfactorily for five or more consecutive years to apply for intra-departmental and inter-departmental transfers and intra-departmental and inter-departmental promotional exams for which they meet the minimum qualifications. Limits the number of exempt positions.

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HB 1769

Makes it unlawful for a broadcast employer to include in any employment contract with a current or prospective broadcast employee a provision that is a prospective employment access restriction.

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HB 2230

Establishes a shortage category employment class for public employment purposes. Establishes criteria and review processes for shortage categories.

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(SSCR951)

Creates a new class H membership of the employees' retirement system. Allows employees in service on 12/31/04 to elect to covert their class C membership to class H membership. Requires employees hired on or after 1/1/05, to be designated as class H members. Establishes the parameters for unreduced retirement allowances, service retirement allowances, minimum cash balance benefits, ordinary disability retirement allowances, service-connected disability retirement allowances, death benefits, post retirement allowances, retirement allowance options, rollovers, and the determination of members' rights after separation from service for class H members. (SD2)

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Chair