STAND. COM. REP. NO.  965

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 208

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 208, H.D. 2, 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 or the Director's designee to issue and serve on an employer a stop-work order prohibiting the use of employee labor by the employer until the employer complies with certain provisions regarding security for payments of compensation to employees.  The measure also establishes penalties, enforcement, and protest procedures related to stop-work orders.

The Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters, Hawaii Construction Alliance, and Pacific Resource Partnership testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Subcontractors Association of Hawaii, and The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii commented on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 208, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair