HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Rep. Kirk Caldwell, Chair

Rep. Bob Nakasone, Vice Chair

Rep. Pono Chong

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Galen Fox

Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro

Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer

Rep. Maile S.L. Shimabukuro

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Friday, February 11, 2005

TIME:

8:30 AM

PLACE:

State Capitol Auditorium

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

AMENDED AGENDA

The Committee will be conducting decision-making on the following Bills in addition to the regular hearing

HB 266

RELATING TO LABOR.

Effectuates the title of the bill.

LAB

HB 40

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.

LAB, FIN

HB 1198

RELATING TO EXEMPT EMPLOYEES.

Places limits on the total number of positions exempt from civil service. Requires annual reports on the number and percentage of civil service and exempt positions.

LAB, FIN

HB 1526

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Extends eligibility for the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund and State pension and retirement systems to employees who work twenty or more hours per week.

LAB, FIN

HB 1528

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Adjusts the salaries of certain department head positions, including: the auditor, legislative reference bureau, Hawaii labor relations board, ombudsman, state procurement office, the stadium authority, civil defense, commission on water resource management, the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii, the public utilities commission, the Hawaii paroling authority, the labor and industrial relations appeals board, commissioner of financial institutions and the office of the state public defender.

LAB, FIN

HB 1758

RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

Provides that weekly unemployment benefit payments shall not be reduced as a result of the receipt of pension payments under the Social Security Act or Railroad Retirement Act of 1974.

LAB, FIN
     

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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Rep. Kirk Caldwell

Chair