HB 1318

HD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Requires state employees up to 7 days of paid leave each calendar year to serve as a bone marrow donor and up to 30 days of paid leave each calendar year to serve as an organ donor. (HB1318 HD1)

HB 755

HD1

RELATING TO WAGES.

Authorizes an employer to furnish to an employee an electronic record of an employee's total gross compensation, the amount and purpose of each deduction, total net compensation, date of payment, and pay period covered, in lieu of a printed, typewritten, or handwritten record, upon receipt of written authorization from the employee. (HB755 HD1)

HB 631

HD1

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Clarifies and corrects existing language, conforms statutes to current practices and includes language previously omitted form prior legislation. (HB631 HD1)

HB 632

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Allows the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System to include the post retirement allowance as an actuarial assumption in determining the actuarial equivalency of benefit optioins to the maximum allowance.

HB 704

HD1

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Appropriates $2 in Reed Act funds for services of the unemployment insurance and workforce development divisions. Provides additional funding to the local workforce investment boards for employer outreach and services, labor force pool expansion and capacity building. (HB704 HD1)

HB 1608

HD1

RELATING TO VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES' BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION TRUSTS.

Authorizes and sets forth the requirements for the establishment of a VEBA trust by public employee organizations to provide health benefits for its members. Establishes a VEBA trust three-year pilot program to allow for the analysis of the costs and benefits of a VEBA trust against those of the Hawaii EUTF. (HB1608 HD1)

HB 1134

HD2

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGES.

Raises the minimum wage to $6.75 effective January 1, 2006, and to $7.25 effective January 1, 2007. (HB1134 HD2)

HB 325

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

Allows an employee to use for family leave purposes, Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) sick leave benefits in excess of minimum statutory TDI benefit requirements.

HB 338

HD2

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 or an employee waives the requirement for a rest or meal period. (HB338 HD2)

HB 1758

HD1

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. Simplifies the method for the reduction of unemployment benefits paid to an individual who is receiving a pension or other type of retirement income pursuant to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. (HB1758 HD1)

HB 250

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 1 and their excluded counterparts.

HB 251

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 2 and their excluded counterparts.

HB 252

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 3 and their excluded counterparts.

HB 253

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 4 and their excluded counterparts.

HB 254

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 5 and their excluded counterparts.

HB 255

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 6 and their excluded counterparts.

HB 256

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 7 and their excluded counterparts.

HB 257

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 8 and their excluded counterparts.

HB 258

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 9 and their excluded counterparts.

HB 259

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 10 and their excluded counterparts.

HB 260

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 11 and their excluded counterparts.

HB 261

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 12 and their excluded counterparts.

HB 262

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 13 and their excluded counterparts.

HB 263

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Appropriates funds to pay for the negotiated salary increases for the HGEA bargaining units (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), (9), and (13). Includes appropriations for state employees assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation and employees excluded from collective bargaining.

HB 1594

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items relating to contributions to the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund for Unit 1 and their excluded counterparts.

HB 1595

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Appropriates funds to pay for collective bargaining cost items relating to contributions to the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund for Unit (5) and for officers and employees of DOE excluded from collective bargaining.

HB 1596

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items relating to contributions to the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund for Unit (7) and their excluded counterparts.

HB 1597

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Appropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items relating to contributions to the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund for bargaining unit (9), registered professional nurses.

HB 1598

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items relating to contributions to the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund for state employees in unit 10, including excluded employees.

HB 1599

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Appropriates funds to pay for the collective bargaining cost items relating to contributions to the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund for HGEA bargaining units (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), and (13).

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Senator Brian Kanno