HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Rep. Alex M. Sonson, Chair

Rep. Bob Nakasone, Vice Chair

Rep. Cindy Evans	Rep. Joseph M. Souki
Rep. Sharon E. Har	Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine
Rep. Marilyn B. Lee	Rep. Roy M. Takumi
Rep. Sylvia Luke	Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer
Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey	Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine
Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

TIME:

9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

SB 957

(SSCR875)

RELATING TO PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS.

Clarifies that a single violation refers to each separate project where the department of labor and industrial relations finds a contractor has failed to comply with chapter 104.

LAB, EDB, FIN

SB 1281

(SSCR713)

RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.

Appropriates funds for salary increases and makes other cost adjustments for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining.

LAB, FIN

SB 1284

SD2

(SSCR1002)

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Authorizes board of trustees of employees' retirement system to set the salary scale assumptions based on recommendations from the actuary. Increases employers' contributions to the employees' retirement system effective 2008-2009. Repeals provision allowing the employer contribution rate to be reduced if the period required to amortize the unfunded actuarial liability falls below 25 years. (SD2)

LAB, FIN

SB 1060

SD1

(SSCR891)

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW.

Amends workers' compensation law, including limiting an employer's ability to terminate benefits, authorizing the recovery of attorney's fees and costs by the injured employee, specifying procedures for medical examinations by the employer's physician, establishing fines for violations, requiring the reporting of denials of claims and relevant information, and further restricting the director of labor and industrial relations' rulemaking authority. (SD1)

LAB, CPC, FIN

HCR 48

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON PROVIDING CHILD CARE SERVICES TO CHILDREN OF STATE EMPLOYEES.

LAB, FIN

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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Rep. Alex M. Sonson

Chair