HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011
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COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT |
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Rep. Karl Rhoads, Chair |
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Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Henry J.C. Aquino |
Rep. Scott K. Saiki |
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Rep. Ty Cullen |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki |
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Rep. Linda Ichiyama |
Rep. Roy M. Takumi |
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Rep. Marilyn B. Lee |
Rep. George R. Fontaine |
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Rep. Sylvia Luke |
Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson |
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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION & BUSINESS |
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Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey, Chair |
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Rep. Isaac W. Choy, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Karen L. Awana |
Rep. James Kunane Tokioka |
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Rep. Tom Brower |
Rep. Clift Tsuji |
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Rep. Cindy Evans |
Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto |
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Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Friday, February 04, 2011 |
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TIME: |
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 309 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW. Appropriates 2009 special administrative transfer for payment of Unemployment Insurance administration expenses.
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LAB/ERB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW. Provides for payment of interest due on Title XII loans from the Employment and Training (E&T) Fund. Authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations director to increase the E&T assessment in increments of .01 per cent retroactive to January 1, 2011.
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LAB/ERB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Establishes job security requirements upon the divestiture of a covered establishment if the covered establishment employs 50 or more persons.
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LAB/ERB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Requires that no employee be required to work more than five hours continuously without a scheduled interval of at least thirty consecutive minutes for a rest or bona fide meal period. Requires employers who do not provide a rest or meal break to employees to be liable to the employee affected in an amount equivalent to one and one-half hours for each thirty minute meal break the employee was not provided.
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LAB/ERB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Requires that the wage employees of a contractor providing services to the State of Hawaii and any of the counties be no less than the prorated hourly equivalent of the annual income necessary to meet or surpass the poverty threshold.
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LAB/ERB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO WAGES. Requires 1/10 of 1% of the total amount of public works contracts to be transferred into the prevailing wage enforcement special fund to be used by DLIR for the purposes of enforcing state prevailing wage laws.
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LAB/ERB, FIN |
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RELATING TO E-VERIFY. Requires all entities contracting with the State or any county and any government agency making new hires to provide proof that it has used the e-Verify system to verify the employment eligibility of its employees and new hires.
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LAB/ERB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS. Authorizes an individual that is attached to a regular employer who is not offering work to receive unemployment insurance benefits even if the individual voluntarily or involuntarily separates from part-time employment, with or without good cause.
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LAB/ERB, FIN |
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RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Amends the family leave requirement to permit an employee to utilize family leave time to care for a sibling.
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LAB/ERB, FIN |
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RELATING TO REPACKAGED DRUGS AND COMPOUND MEDICATIONS. Restricts markups of repackaged prescription drugs and compound medications to what is currently authorized for retail pharmacies under state law.
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LAB/ERB, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO REPACKAGED DRUGS AND COMPOUND MEDICATIONS. Restricts markups of repackaged prescription drugs and compound medications to what is currently authorized for retail pharmacies under state law.
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LAB/ERB, HLT, FIN |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing with a transmittal cover indicating:
· Testifier's name with position/title and organization;
· The Committee the comments are directed to;
· The date and time of the hearing;
· Measure number; and
· The number of copies the Committee is requesting.
While every effort will be made to copy, organize, and collate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed to the incorrect office, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.
Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:
PAPER: 24 copies (including an original) to Room 422 in the State Capitol;
FAX: For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 586-6331(Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (for Neighbor Islanders without a computer to submit testimony through e-mail or the Web); or
E-MAIL: For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to LABtestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov; or
WEB: For comments less than 4MB in size, transmit from the Web page at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.
Testimony submitted will be placed on the Legislative Web site after the hearing adjourns. This public posting of testimony on the Web site should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-6180or email your request for an interpreter to HouseInterpreter@Capitol.hawaii.gov at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements. Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.
Selected meetings are broadcast live. Check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the "Capitol TV" Web site at www.capitoltv.org OR call 536-2100.
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________________________________________ Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey Chair |
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________________________________________ Rep. Karl Rhoads Chair |
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