RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Requires the proposed adjustments to compensation and benefit packages for excluded civil service employees to be at least equivalent to the adjustments provided under collective bargaining agreements for counterparts within the employer's jurisdiction.

RELATING TO EQUAL PAY.

Establishes a pay equity task force to review any relevant information and make recommendations for funds and specific actions to correct any gender-based pay inequities. Prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of gender by paying wages to an employee at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to another employee of the opposite sex for equal work, except when the difference in compensation is based on a seniority system, a merit system, a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production, a bona fide occupational qualification, or a differential based on any factor other than sex.

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

Prohibits an employer or labor organization from discriminating against an employee who uses accrued and available sick leave in accordance with a valid collective bargaining agreement or valid employment policy. Clarifies that the term "employee" includes an employee with a nonchronic condition of a short-term nature.

RELATING TO MEAL BREAKS.

Requires the provision of rest or meal break periods of at least thirty consecutive minutes for employees who work five or more continuous hours, unless a collective bargaining agreement provides an express provision for meal breaks.

RELATING TO DEFENSE TO TRESPASS.

Makes it a defense to the offense of trespass that the defendant was engaged in labor dispute picketing at a mall, shopping center, resort, or hotel complex, provided that the picketing is limited to areas accessible to the general public, is confined to the entrance and exit of the employer involved, and is conducted only when the employer's employees are on the premises.

RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT.

Requires the department of human resources development to formulate and implement a statewide policy on telecommuting for state employees.

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

Appropriates funds for the establishment of a post-high school vocational training program in Pahoa/Ka'u, island of Hawaii.

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS.

Enables a retired public employee who is a member of the employer-union health benefits trust fund and who has a spouse that is not a retired public employee to enroll in health benefits plans as an individual or a family.

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS.

Requires the employer-union health benefits trust fund to establish flexible health benefit option plans for retirees to select benefits coverage under separate option categories. Allows employee-beneficiaries whose spouses are not public employees or retired public employees to enroll in plans.

RELATING TO THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER.

Establishes a chief technology officer within the office of the governor. Makes appropriations for FY 2005-2006 and FY 2006-2007.

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Rep. Kirk Caldwell