STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3398

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 71

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 71 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION DESIGNATING APRIL 28, 2016, AS "WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY" IN HAWAII IN MEMORY OF WORKERS KILLED, INJURED, OR DISABLED IN THE WORKPLACE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to designate April 28, 2016, as "Workers' Memorial Day" in Hawaii in memory of workers killed, injured, or disabled in the workplace.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawai‘i Construction Alliance, Hawaii State AFL-CIO, and two individuals.

     Your Committee finds that every year in America, thousands of workers are killed as a result of workplace injuries and occupational illnesses.  In 2014, thirty-one Hawaii workers fell victim to fatal work injuries.  Implementation of this measure will honor and pay tribute to the courageous and dedicated members of Hawaii's labor force who have been injured, disabled, or killed as a result of workplace accidents.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting language to clarify that Workers' Memorial Day is annually observed throughout the world on April 28 and that the date was selected because it is the anniversary of the founding of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 71, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 71, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair