STAND. COM. REP. NO.  679-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1849

      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. 1849, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIRING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address the aging of the state's workforce and resultant workforce vacancies due to mass retirements by creating a pilot project within the Department of Human Resources Development that expedites the recruitment and hiring process for vacancies within state departments.

The United Public Workers provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Human Resources Development and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO 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. 1849, 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