STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1054-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: S.B. No. 2324
S.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2324, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to provide a vehicle to fund all collective bargaining cost items in the agreements negotiated with the exclusive bargaining representative of collective bargaining units (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), and (13) and for state officers and their excluded counterparts for fiscal year 2012–2013.
Although the majority of bargaining units represented by the Hawaii Government Employees Association have already negotiated a contract with the public employers, the negotiated contract contains what has been termed a "Favored Nation" clause. This "Favored Nation" clause in the collective bargaining agreement with the Hawaii Government Employees Association authorizes the union to renegotiate the terms of an agreement if another public union settles on terms that are more favorable. As such, your Committee finds that there may be a need to appropriate funds if the terms of the Hawaii State Teachers Association and the United Public Workers collective bargaining agreements are found to be more favorable. This measure will serve as a vehicle for funds to be appropriated.
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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2324, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and 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 |
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