STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1842

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1833

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1833, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support workers by eliminating an employer's option to substitute an employee's accrued vacation, personal, or paid family leave for any part of the four weeks of family leave granted under the family leave law.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Government Employees Association, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii State AFL-CIO, ILWU Local 142, UNITE HERE! Local 5, Hawaii Family Forum, Roman Catholic Church in Hawaii, International Association of Machinists, Association of Flight Attendants, CWA, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, National Federation of Independent Business, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, and Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1833, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1833, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair