STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2009-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.C.R. No. 154

S.D. 1

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 Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 154, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS TO CONVENE A WORKPLACE SAFETY WORKING GROUP,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request:

(1) The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to convene a workplace safety working group; and

(2) The working group to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature prior to the 2019 Regular Session, that includes human resource policy recommendations that address harassment and violence in the workplace and that identify ways in which stakeholders can work together to create additional layers of protection for employers to ensure safety for employees and invitees.

The Hawaii State AFL-CIO; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1260, AFL-CIO; Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i; and The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii testified in support of this measure. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations provided comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Requesting the Department of the Attorney General, rather than the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, to convene a workplace safety working group;

(2) Changing its title to read: "REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONVENE A WORKPLACE SAFETY WORKING GROUP.";

(3) Including the Attorney General, or the Attorney General's designee, as a member of the working group;

(4) Requesting that a certified copy of this measure be transmitted to the Attorney General; and

(5) 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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 154, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 154, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair