HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

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. Colleen Rose Meyer
Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro	Rep. Anne V. Stevens
Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	January 31, 2006 Tuesday
TIME:	9:00-11:00 a.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 309 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

HB 1797	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Removes the maximum age restriction on the unemployment insurance contribution exemption for an employer's children who work for their parent. Lowers the maximum taxable wage base to the federal minimum of $7,000, for calendar years 2006 and 2007.	LAB, FIN
HB 1837	RELATING TO EMPLOYER INTIMIDATION. Prohibits employers from coercing employees into attending employer-sponsored meetings on the employer's religious or political opinions.	LAB, JUD
HB 2001	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE. Authorizes workers' compensation insurers to place a 50% surcharge on the costs of their policies under specified circumstances.	LAB, CPC, FIN
HB 2002	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYERS' MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Requires the oversight council of the Hawaii Employers' Mutual Insurance Company to use the state auditor to report on whether the company is fulfilling its express statutory purposes.	LAB, CPC, FIN/LMG
HB 2180	RELATING TO LABOR. Transfers the Manpower Development and Training Program from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) to the University of Hawaii Community College System. Appropriates Reed Act Funds to be expended by the community college system for administrative costs of county employment service programs. Appropriates funds for four county manpower development program coordinators.	LAB, HED, FIN
HB 2211	RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Repeals the definition of "day or days" under the State's workers' compensation law.	LAB, CPC, FIN
HB 2310	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Adds a definition of "child or children" to conform to administrative interpretation and includes in the definition: children living with an employees' retirement system member in a regular parent-child relationship for whom the member is the guardian or has legal and physical custody pursuant to a valid court order. Allows former contributory plan members and returning nonvested contributory plan members whose employees' retirement system accumulated contribution balances are $1,000 or more to leave their contributions in the system until they reach age 62.	LAB, FIN

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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		________________________________________ Rep. Kirk Caldwell Chair