THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR
Senator Clayton Hee, Chair
Senator Maile Shimabukuro, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2013

DATE:

Friday, February 08, 2013

TIME:

9:30 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 016
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB881
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.
Repeals specific monetary amounts of employer contributions to the EUTF for each enrolled employee beneficiary.

JDL, WAM

SB884
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.
Authorizes the board of trustees to procure certain services with an exemption from the procurement code.  Establishes trust fiduciary duties, prohibits certain transactions, and establishes liabilities for breaching a fiduciary duty.  Amends the membership, methods of appointment, and representation on the board of trustees; the selection process for filling a vacant trustee seat on the board; and the quorum requirements for voting by the board.  Authorizes the board to appoint or contract an attorney who is independent from the attorney general and establishes qualifications for the contracted attorney.  Specifies how the board shall administer and carry out the purposes of the trust fund and administratively attaches the trust fund to the department of human resources development.

JDL, WAM

SB885
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Makes housekeeping amendments relating to the scope of negotiations and repeals language that prohibits parties from using arbitration to resolve impasses or disputes relating to the State and counties contributions to the employer-union health benefits trust fund.  Repeals the procedures parties are required to follow after an arbitration panel issues a decision and the understanding that members of bargaining units are prohibited from striking on the issue of state and county contributions to the employer-union health benefits trust fund.

JDL, WAM

SB1247
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Prohibits:  (1) a public employer from wilfully implementing or attempting to implement any term of a collective bargaining proposal without the exclusive representative's agreement; and (2) a public employee or employee organization from wilfully implementing or attempting to implement any term of a collective bargaining proposal without the employer's agreement.

JDL

SB1248
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Requires that a complaint not resolved within 30 days by the Hawaii labor relations board be deemed resolved in favor of the complainant.

JDL, WAM

SB332
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO WAGES.
Requires employers to provide employees with specific wage and employer information at the time of hiring and in employees' pay records.  Increases civil and criminal penalties for employers' noncompliance with wage rate notice requirements.  Require public notice of employer violations.

JDL, WAM

[Measure deleted on 02-07-13]

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-7330.

 

 

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Senator Clayton Hee

Chair