STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3390

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 167

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 167, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO EXAMINE MANAGEMENT POLICIES REGARDING THE USE OF OVERTIME BY STATE AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to address the unfunded liability of the Hawaii Employees' Retirement System.

     Specifically, this measure requests the Department of Human Resources Development to convene a task force to examine management policies regarding the use of overtime by state and county employees.

     Your Committee finds that a small number of excessive overtime cases can significantly increase the costs of the Employees' Retirement System.  Your Committee further finds that overtime is authorized by supervisors, and thus management of employees' time and work attendance is a critical factor in the determination of overtime.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying the appointing authority for certain task force members; and

     (2)  Making a technical nonsubstantive amendment for the purpose of clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 167, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 167, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair