STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1547

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1088

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1088, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assist unemployed residents by:

     (1)  Removing the eight-week limitation during which an individual may receive partial unemployment benefits;

     (2)  Repealing the June 30, 2012, sunset date of provisions related to partial unemployment benefits;

     (3)  Requiring, rather than allowing, the waiver of registration and work-search requirements for individuals who are partially unemployed; and

     (4)  Setting forth conditions under which an individual who has established eligibility based on full-time employment may be found to have good cause for voluntarily separating from subsequent part-time employment.

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, United Public Workers, and ILWU Local 142 supported this bill.  The General Contractors Association opposed this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1088, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair