STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1184-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: S.B. No. 2544
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2544, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
Specifically, this measure:
(1) Requires every professional employer organization to report the total number of covered employees to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; and
(2) Establishes a tiered scale for the biennial renewal fees for professional employer organizations based on the number of covered employees reported.
Your Committees have amended this measure by changing:
(1) The biennial renewal fees from:
(a) $4,000 to $5,000 for 251-500 covered employees; and
(b) $5,000 to $7,000 for 501 or more covered employees; and
(2) The effective date to July 1, 2091, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Consumer Protection & Commerce that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2544, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2544, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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