Report Title:

Education; Cafeteria Workers

Description:

Removes the requirement that payments to public school cafeteria workers be made over a twelve-month period.  (SD2)

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	165
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL CAFETERIA WORKERS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that cafeteria workers employed in public schools are currently employed for a twelve‑month period, cafeteria managers are employed for a ten‑month period, and school meals are provided over a ten-month period.

     The purpose of this Act is to remove the requirement that payments to public school cafeteria workers be made over a twelve-month period.

     SECTION 2.  Section 302A-637, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§302A-637  Cafeteria workers.  All cafeteria workers employed in the department shall be employed and have their compensation adjusted in accordance with chapter 76 and the appropriate collective bargaining agreement, executive order, executive directive, or rule, and the monthly rates of basic compensation so determined shall be payable for employment [over a twelve-month period].  All cafeteria workers shall be employed on a full-time basis, except that a limited number of part-time workers may be employed by the department.  No cafeteria worker employed on a part-time basis shall work less than twenty hours per week.  The department shall establish a schedule, based on factors that determine the need for part-time workers, fixing the number of part-time workers that may be employed by the department."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2090.