STAND. COM. REP. NO.  810-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.C.R. No. 145

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 145 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS TO MEET OR EXCEED OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION POSITION BENCHMARKS FOR WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to urge the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to meet or exceed occupational safety and health administration position benchmarks for workplace safety and health.

     The Director of Government Relations Hawaii Laborers' Union, the Hawaii Government Employees Association, and the Hawaii Carpenters Union testified in support of this measure.

     The Department of Labor and Industrials Relations provided comments on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 145 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair