STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1028

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 987

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 987, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR DATA COLLECTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require employers to maintain specified records; and

(2) Allow the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to collect and analyze labor related information and data from employers.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from FCH Enterprises, Inc.; Hawai‘i Restaurant Association; Retail Merchants of Hawaii; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; and Society of Human Resource Management Hawaii. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

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. 987, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair