CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 100

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2009

RE:    S.B. No. 1664

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1664, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify and temporarily codify the implementation of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' partial unemployment system.

     Your Committee finds that clarification and codification of the partial unemployment system would help employers retain employees' loyalty and productivity during the current recession and help smooth transitions in hiring and training as businesses recover from the recession.

     Your Committee upon further consideration has made the following amendments to S.B. No. 1664, S.D. 2, H.D. 2:

     (1)  Amending the restrictions under which the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations may extend partial unemployment beyond eight consecutive weeks of total unemployment to include but not be limited to certain conditions;

     (2)  Changing the effective date from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2009; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1664, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1664, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair	____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair
____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Co-Chair	____________________________ SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair