STAND. COM. REP. NO. 959

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1385

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1385, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the wage and hour law by repealing the exclusion from coverage for individuals guaranteed a monthly compensation of $2,000 or more per month.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Rainbow Family 808; We Are One, Inc.; Labor Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; Stonewall Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; Education Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; Imua Alliance; Hawaii Nurses' Association OPEIU Local 50; Hawaii Public Health Institute; Hawaii State AFL-CIO; IATSE 665; Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action; Save Medicaid Hawaii; and numerous individuals.

Your Committee finds that this measure will strengthen Hawaii's workforce by providing more workers with the protections afforded by the minimum wage rates, overtime rates, and recordkeeping requirements that exist for employers and employees covered under the wage and hour law.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1385, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair