STAND. COM. REP. NO. 987-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2602

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2602, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide greater clarity to the Hawaii Employment Security Law regarding individuals choosing to become entrepreneurs by establishing three categories and twelve factors for the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to apply to determine independent contractor status.

The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Condominium Rentals Hawaii, Envisions Entertainment & Productions, Inc., Maui Chamber of Commerce, Moloka‘i Chamber of Commerce, Maui Wedding Association, Maui Pops Orchestra, and three concerned individuals supported this measure. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Hawaii Local, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts Local 665, American Federation of Musicians' Local 677, Hawaii Teamsters & Allied Workers Local 996, Hawai‘i Regional Council of Carpenters, and International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142 opposed 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. 2602, H.D. 1, 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