HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

 

COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Rep. Mark M. Nakashima, Chair

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Henry J.C. Aquino

Rep. Roy M. Takumi

Rep. Linda Ichiyama

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Rep. Gregg Takayama

Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson

Rep. Kaniela Ing

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

TIME:

9:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 1488

Status

RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW.

Increases the minimum wage by $1 on 7/1/14, 1/1/15, and 1/1/16, respectively.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1623

Status

RELATING TO WAGES.

Increases the minimum hourly wage to $10.00 per hour, effective 01/01/2015.  Increases the tip credit to $1.25.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1890

Status

RELATING TO LABOR.

Increases the hourly minimum wage to $7.75 on January 1, 2015, $8.25 on January 1, 2016, $8.75 on January 1, 2017, and $9.00 on January 1, 2018.  Effective July 1, 2014.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2136

Status

RELATING TO MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE.

Increases the minimum hourly wage to $8.00 per hour in 01/01/2015, $8.50 in 01/01/2016, and $9.00 in 01/01/2017.  Increases the tip credit to $1.00.  Requires employers to increase wages of non-tipped employees by $1.00 if using the tip credit for their tipped employees.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2278

Status

RELATING TO MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE.

Increases the minimum hourly wage to $8.75 on January 1, 2015, $9.50 on January 1, 2016, and $10.00 on January 1, 2017.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2580

Status

RELATING TO LABOR.

Annually increases minimum wage 1/1/15 - 1/1/17.  On 9/30/17 and thereafter requires DLIR to adjust the minimum hourly wage in accordance with the Honolulu region consumer price index.  Deletes tip credit.

 

LAB, FIN

 

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  Testimony should indicate:

·     Testifier's name with position/title and organization;

·     The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;

·     The date and time of the hearing; and

·     Measure number. 

 

While every effort will be made to incorporate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing. Those wishing to provide oral testimony will be limited to two minutes.

 

Those wishing to testify may submit one testimony and have it apply to all measures on the Hearing Notice.

 

Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:

PAPER:  12 copies (including an original) to Room 422 in the State Capitol;

FAX:       For testimony less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 808-586-6331 (Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (for Neighbor Islander without a computer to submit testimony through e-mail or the Web); or

WEB:      For testimony less than 10MB in size, transmit from http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx.

 

Testimony submitted will be placed on the legislative website after the hearing adjourns.  This public posting of testimony on the website should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.

 

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Rep. Mark M. Nakashima

Chair