STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1567

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 1122

      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 S.B. No. 1122 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WAGE AND HOUR LAW,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to keep the minimum guaranteed monthly compensation exemption from minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements under the Hawaii Wage and Hour Law consistent with increases to the minimum wage. Specifically, this measure replaces the fixed monetary threshold with a formula based on the monthly minimum wage amount.

The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations supported this measure.  The Hawaii Food Industry Association, Kauai Chamber of Commerce, Maui Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association, and Community Associations Institute opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 S.B. No. 1122, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1122, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair