STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1214
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2011
RE: S.B. No. 229
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 Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 229, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to protect victims of domestic abuse by making it unlawful to discriminate against them in certain employment-related situations.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and several concerned individuals supported this bill. Hale Na‘au Pono (Waianae Coast Community Mental Health Center) opposed this measure.
Your Committees have amended this bill by:
(1) Requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations in the workplace to employees who are victims of domestic abuse, as long as the reasonable accommodations do not cause undue hardship on the work operations of the employer;
(2) Prior to the employers making reasonable accommodations, allowing an employer to request certain forms of verification from the employee of the employee's status as a victim of domestic abuse; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 229, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 229, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Human Services,
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____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |
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____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair |
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