STAND. COM. REP. NO.  697

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 213

      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. 213 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Permit an employee to take family leave in order to care for the employee's sibling with a serious health condition or upon the death of an employee's child, spouse, reciprocal beneficiary, sibling, or parent; and

 

     (2)  Specify notice and certification requirements.

 

     United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142; and one individual testified in support.  The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women supported the intent of this measure.  Quicksilver Charters and its affiliates testified in opposition.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, Hawaii State Democratic Women's Caucus, Breastfeeding Hawaii, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii, Hawaii Women's Coalition, Hawaii Children's Action Network, YWCA Oahu, and two individuals provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

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

 

     (2)  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. 213, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 213, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair