THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
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Senator Clayton Hee, Chair |
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Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
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2:30 P.M. |
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Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO THE BOILER AND ELEVATOR SAFETY LAW. Establishes the boiler and elevator special fund to collect and deposit fees for inspections, permits, and examinations of boilers, pressure systems, elevators, and kindred equipment; provides for sufficient operating costs to carry out the purpose of the boiler and elevator safety law. Authorizes the director of labor and industrial relations to establish up to ten additional positions, including elevator and boiler inspectors. Appropriates funds for start up costs and hiring of necessary staff.
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RELATING TO LABOR. Increases minimum wage to $7.75 for 2012 and $8.25 from 07/01/2013. Effective 07/01/2012.
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Increases the fee schedule of compensation for medical care, services, and supplies in workers' compensation cases from 110 percent to 130 percent of the Medicare Resource Based Relative Value Scale applicable to Hawaii as prepared by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
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RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE. Requires an appointing authority to consider another position within the same department for which an employee is qualified before the employee is considered for discharge due to failure to meet performance requirements.
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for registered professional nurses within collective bargaining unit 9 and their excluded counterparts.
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for officers and employees within collective bargaining units 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 13, and their excluded counterparts.
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Clarifies provisions that negotiations relating to contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund shall be to agree upon amounts that the State and counties shall contribute toward the payment of costs for a health benefits plan and group life insurance benefits for certain groups; clarifies that a decision of an arbitration panel shall be final.
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Prohibits strikes by public employees who are designated as essential employees.
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Allows the State and the counties to bargain separately and independently with public sector unions.
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Clarifies that telework is compensable under workers' compensation.
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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_____________________________________ Senator Clayton Hee Chair |
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