STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1857
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 180
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 180 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to provide parity in compensation and benefits for exempt civil service employees that are at least equal to the adjustments under collective bargaining agreements for their counterparts and subordinates.
Currently, the compensation and benefit packages provided to exempt civil service employees are based on:
(1) Procedures that allow input from the exempt employees and the employee organization representing them; and
(2) What the exempt civil service employees do and the contributions they make in relation to their counterparts and subordinates.
Although the law may seem equitable on its face, the resulting disparity in compensation and benefits is evidence to the contrary. This bill levels the playing field by requiring excluded employees to be compensated at a level that is at least equal to the compensation and benefit packages provided under collective bargaining agreements for their counterparts and subordinates.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 180, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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