STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2676

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2779

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2779 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify the circumstances under which the Governor may suspend statutes relating to wages and hours on public works projects.

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the Department of Accounting and General Services submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will prevent the Governor from suspending the Wages and Hours of Employees Law unless there is a state of emergency and a state of emergency is proclaimed by the Governor.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2779 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair