HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

 

COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Rep. Mark M. Nakashima, Chair

Rep. Jarrett Keohokalole, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Henry J.C. Aquino

Rep. Joy A. San Buenaventura

Rep. Sharon E. Har

Rep. Roy M. Takumi

Rep. Linda Ichiyama

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita

Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson

Rep. Andria P.L. Tupola

Rep. Matthew S. LoPresti

 

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

Rep. Gregg Takayama, Chair

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Henry J.C. Aquino

Rep. Mark M. Nakashima

Rep. Sharon E. Har

Rep. Joy A. San Buenaventura

Rep. Linda Ichiyama

Rep. Roy M. Takumi

Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson

Rep. Andria P.L. Tupola

Rep. Jarrett Keohokalole

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Friday, February 12, 2016

TIME:

10:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 1683

Status

RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.

Permits an employee to use leave under the Hawaii Family Leave Law to care for a sibling.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2186

Status

RELATING TO DISLOCATED SUGAR WORKERS.

Directs and appropriates funds for the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to provide workforce development, worker training and retraining, and other dislocated worker assistance programs for workers affected by the cessation of sugar production on Maui.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2605

Status

RELATING TO LABOR.

Appropriates funds to establish, administer, and support on-the-job training for individuals who are unemployed and dislocated due to the closure of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company on Maui.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2012

Status

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Specifies that the benefits of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund are subject to negotiation.  Clarifies that a decision of an arbitration panel shall be final.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2015

Status

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Exempts certain procurements of the EUTF from the procurement code.  Specifies the fiduciary duties of EUTF trustees.  Amends the composition, appointing authorities, vacancy-filling procedure, and quorum requirements of the EUTF board of trustees.  Authorizes the establishment of sub-boards of the EUTF board for the negotiation of contributions that apply only to particular bargaining units.  Authorizes the EUTF board to appoint attorneys independent of the attorney general.  Amends the administration of EUTF moneys and transfers control of EUTF to the department of human resources development.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2361

Status

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PREMIUM SUPPLEMENTATION TRUST FUND.

Makes an appropriation to replenish funds in the Premium Supplementation Trust Fund to cover the costs of health care expenses for eligible employees and for premium supplementation for employers that are entitled to premium supplementation under the Prepaid Health Care Law.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2122

Status

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Doubles maximum potential unemployment benefits for employees separated from service commencing on an unspecified date.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2722

Status

RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT.

Creates a temporary program providing additional benefits to unemployed workers by extending their unemployment insurance benefits.  Make an appropriation.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1870

Status

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides a taxpayer who hires an individual with a disability a nonrefundable tax credit for the six-month period after the individual is initially hired by the taxpayer.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2010

Proposed HD1

Status

RELATING TO SPECIAL MINIMUM WAGES.

Proposed HD1:  Requires the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to approve first job training programs.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2367

Status

RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES.

Allows the Hawaii Labor Relations Board the option of serving complaints and notices of hearings via first class mail and also allow service by electronic means.

 

LAB, CPC

HB 2472

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.

Appropriates funds for five additional labor law enforcement specialist positions in the department of labor and industrial relations to protect Hawaii employees’ wages and enforce Hawaii's labor laws, including wage and hour laws on public works construction projects.  Effective July 1, 2016.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2008

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

Prohibits the State from hiring persons for more than one 89-day term for a fully or partially general-funded position per lifetime of the person.  Provides for limited exceptions.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2714

Status

RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

Appropriates funds for a basalt rebar market study.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2310

Status

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Amends the definition of "dependent-beneficiary."

 

LAB, FIN

HB 2390

Status

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

Adds the Department of Public Safety to the exceptions for the use of lie detector tests and psychological tests.

 

LAB/PBS, JUD

 

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  Testimony should indicate:

·     Testifier's name with position/title and organization;

·     The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;

·     The date and time of the hearing; and

·     Measure number.

 

While every effort will be made to incorporate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.

 

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PAPER:  20 copies (including an original) to Room 310 in the State Capitol;

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Testimony submitted will be placed on the legislative website.  This public posting of testimony on the website should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-6680 or email your request for an interpreter to HouseInterpreter@Capitol.hawaii.gov at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements.  Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.

 

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Rep. Gregg Takayama

Chair

 

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Rep. Mark M. Nakashima

Chair