STAND. COM. REP. NO.  210

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1572

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1572 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish the Hawaii Economic Security Working Group within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to analyze and make recommendations regarding economic health and stability in light of future automation, globalization, and disruptive innovation.

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1260, AFL-CIO; UNITE HERE Local 5; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; and Hawaii State AFL-CIO supported this measure.

     Your Committee finds that future automation, globalization, and disruptive innovation present issues not only for the economy, but also the labor market.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to serve as co-chair of the working group along with the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism;

     (2)  Clarifying that the working group shall include other representatives of the labor industry determined by Hawaii State AFL-CIO;

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1572, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1572, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Economic Development & Business.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair