STAND. COM. REP. NO.  811-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1683

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1683, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the Hawaii Family Leave Law to allow an employee to use family leave to care for a sibling with a serious health condition.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; ILWU Local 142; Hawaii State AFL-CIO; United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO; and a few individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Society for Human Resource Management Hawaii Chapter, and Hawaii Food Industry Association provided testimony in opposition.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations provided comments.

     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. 1683, 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