STAND. COM. REP. NO. 973
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 319
H.D. 1
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. 319, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to require employers to post notices informing employees of their rights under the family leave law and of the potential adverse impacts of taking family leave on other employee rights, entitlements, or benefits.
Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one state agency and one organization. Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by one state agency and one organization. Comments were submitted by one organization. Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.
Your Committee finds that this measure imposes a requirement that will significantly improve employees' awareness of their rights under the family leave law.
Your Committee acknowledges the comment that requiring employers to provide information on the potential adverse effects of taking family leave is unnecessary. Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with the contents of S.B. No. 832, S.D. 1, which requires that employers post notices merely informing employees of their rights under the family leave law and more clearly supports the intent of the measure.
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. 319, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 319, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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