STAND. COM. REP. NO. 560
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1732
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1732 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to overhaul the Hawaii Labor Relations Board (Board) by:
(1) Increasing the terms of members of the Board from six to ten years;
(2) Requiring the terms of persons serving on the Board prior to July 1, 2005, be extended from six to ten years, with the term continuing until a successor is duly appointed and confirmed;
(3) Establishing the salary of the chairperson of the Board at no less than the annual salary of the Deputy Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR); and
(4) Establishing the salaries of Board members other than the chairperson, at 95 percent of the chairperson's salary.
The Attorney General, DLIR, and Hawaii Government Employees Association testified in opposition to this measure.
Although your Committee recognizes the concerns raised by the opponents of this bill, your Committee finds this measure may warrant further discussion and evaluation and, therefore, is moving this measure forward at this time.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1732 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,
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____________________________ KIRK CALDWELL, Chair |
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