STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2095

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.C.R. No. 73

      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 Committees on Higher Education and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 73, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SUBMIT A REPORT WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THE SALARIES OF UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to improve faculty recruitment and retention by requesting the University of Hawaii to submit a report on information regarding salaries of the faculty and administrators of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by Northrop Grumman Space Technology and three individuals.  Testimony in opposition of this measure was submitted by the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

     Your Committee recognizes the concerns raised by the University of Hawaii at Manoa concerning privacy issues, particularly with regard to denials of salary adjustment requests.  Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure to include summary information on:

     (1)  Decisions on requests made for salary adjustments;

     (2)  Actions taken; and

     (3)  Recommendations made to address complaints of salary      inequities.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 73, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 73, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Labor & Public Employment,

____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Chair

____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair