STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3442

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 154

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 154 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO OPPOSE ANY PROPOSED FEDERAL RIGHT-TO-WORK LEGISLATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge Hawaii's congressional delegation to oppose any proposed federal right-to-work legislation.

Prior to the hearing on this measure, your Committee posted and made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1, which deletes the contents of this measure and replaces it with language requesting the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to convene a workplace safety working group.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the proposed S.D. 1 from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii State AFL-CIO, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, and O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i.

Your Committee finds that recent statistics of incidents of workplace violence are of great concern, particularly those involving intimate partners. Your Committee finds that workplace safety must be a priority to prevent Hawaii's workers from being victimized by incidents of harassment, assault, intimidation, and violence in the workplace. Furthermore, your Committee is glad to see that all stakeholders are willing to work together to improve workplace safety in Hawaii.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 154, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 154, S.D. 1.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair