STAND. COM. REP. NO.  731

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1497

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1497, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to expand the scope of employment-related data the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (Department) is able to gather.  Specifically, this measure:

(1)  Requires employers to keep a record of the physical addresses of the employer and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to the employer and to report this information to the Department; and

(2)  Requires Professional Employer Organizations to provide the physical addresses, NAICS codes, and number of employees of each client company to the Department.

The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1497, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair