STAND. COM. REP. NO. 971
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 1479
H.D. 2
S.D. 1
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2009
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 1479, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to require contractors and subcontractors to submit to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations a fringe benefit reporting form, which shall be included in payroll records and itemize fringe benefit rates paid to laborers who perform work for the construction of public works projects.
Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by four organizations. Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by one state agency. Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.
Your Committee finds that the current practice of reporting only total fringe benefits on prevailing wage compliance forms is inadequate, and that workers should have access to their itemized fringe benefit information through payroll records.
Your Committee finds that the companion to this measure, S.B. No. 1181, S.D. 2, was heard and approved by your Committee and more clearly supports the intent of the measure. Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with the contents of S.B. No. 1181, S.D. 2, and correcting a typographical error.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1479, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1479, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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