STAND. COM. REP. NO.  3

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 208

      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. 208 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations (Director) or the Director's designee to issue and serve an employer with a stop-work order prohibiting the use of employee labor by the employer until the employer complies with the provisions of section 386-121, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to ensure the employer has the required workers' compensation coverage.

Hawaii Construction Alliance, Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters, and Pacific Resource Partnership testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and Hawaii Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust testified in support of the intent.  The Society for Human Resource Management-Hawaii Chapter testified in opposition.  The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, General Contractors Association of Hawaii, and Building Industry Association of Hawaii provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the number of days to request a hearing, hold a hearing, and issue a written decision to unspecified periods; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

     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. 208, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 208, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair