HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	628
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 104-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  No laborer or mechanic employed on the job site of any public work of the State or any political subdivision thereof shall be permitted or required to work on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday of the State or in excess of eight hours on any other day unless the laborer or mechanic receives overtime compensation for all hours worked on Saturday, Sunday, and a legal holiday of the State or in excess of eight hours on any other day[.]; provided that no overtime compensation shall be required for the first two hours worked in excess of the first eight hours on any other day where the employer establishes a four-day work week of ten hours per day.  For purposes of determining overtime compensation under this subsection, the basic hourly rate of any laborer or mechanic shall not be less than the basic hourly rate determined by the director to be the prevailing basic hourly rate for corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics on projects of similar character in the State."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Wages and Hours; Public Works

Description:

Authorizes employers on public works to establish four-day work weeks of 10 hours a day without being required to pay overtime for the ninth and tenth hours of a ten-hour day.

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