STAND. COM. REP. NO. 628-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1642

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1642, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow an employee or the exclusive representative, if applicable, to file a complaint with the Hawaii Labor Relations Board if the employer fails to comply with section 78-64, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to general employee orientation.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; and one individual.

Your Committee finds that under existing law, an employer is required to provide newly hired employees with a general orientation on their benefits and rights within twenty calendar days of being hired. This measure will ensure that employers comply with these requirements and if not, are held accountable.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1642, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair