STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1038-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 1745

      H.D. 3

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1745, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide job security to employees of businesses that employ 100 persons or more in the event that their employing business is subject to a sale, merger, or other transfer.

     ILWU Local 142, Hawaii State AFL-CIO, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Hawaii Business League, National Federation of Independent Business, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, and the Hawaii Hotel & Lodging Association opposed this measure.  UNITE HERE! Local 5 submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2008; and

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

     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 H.B. No. 1745, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1745, H.D. 3.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair