HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

 

COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Rep. Karl Rhoads, Chair

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Henry J.C. Aquino

Rep. Scott K. Saiki

Rep. Ty Cullen

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Rep. Linda Ichiyama

Rep. Roy M. Takumi

Rep. Marilyn B. Lee

Rep. George R. Fontaine

Rep. Sylvia Luke

Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson

 

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION & BUSINESS

Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey, Chair

Rep. Isaac W. Choy, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Karen L. Awana

Rep. James Kunane Tokioka

Rep. Tom Brower

Rep. Clift Tsuji

Rep. Cindy Evans

Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto

Rep. Mark J. Hashem

Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Friday, February 04, 2011

TIME:

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 1076

Status

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW.

Appropriates 2009 special administrative transfer for payment of Unemployment Insurance administration expenses.

 

LAB/ERB, FIN

HB 1077

Status

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW.

Provides for payment of interest due on Title XII loans from the Employment and Training (E&T) Fund.  Authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations director to increase the E&T assessment in increments of .01 per cent retroactive to January 1, 2011.

 

LAB/ERB, FIN

HB 1166

Status

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT.

Establishes job security requirements upon the divestiture of a covered establishment if the covered establishment employs 50 or more persons.

 

LAB/ERB, FIN

HB 1316

Status

RELATING TO LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.

Requires that no employee be required to work more than five hours continuously without a scheduled interval of at least thirty consecutive minutes for a rest or bona fide meal period.  Requires employers who do not provide a rest or meal break to employees to be liable to the employee affected in an amount equivalent to one and one-half hours for each thirty minute meal break the employee was not provided.

 

LAB/ERB, FIN

HB 1317

Status

RELATING TO LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.

Requires that the wage employees of a contractor providing services to the State of Hawaii and any of the counties be no less than the prorated hourly equivalent of the annual income necessary to meet or surpass the poverty threshold.

 

LAB/ERB, JUD, FIN

HB 887

Status

RELATING TO WAGES.

Requires 1/10 of 1% of the total amount of public works contracts to be transferred into the prevailing wage enforcement special fund to be used by DLIR for the purposes of enforcing state prevailing wage laws.

 

LAB/ERB, FIN

HB 1485

Status

RELATING TO E-VERIFY.

Requires all entities contracting with the State or any county and any government agency making new hires to provide proof that it has used the e-Verify system to verify the employment eligibility of its employees and new hires.

 

LAB/ERB, JUD, FIN

HB 837

Status

RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS.

Authorizes an individual that is attached to a regular employer who is not offering work to receive unemployment insurance benefits even if the individual voluntarily or involuntarily separates from part-time employment, with or without good cause.

 

LAB/ERB, FIN

HB 884

Status

RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.

Amends the family leave requirement to permit an employee to utilize family leave time to care for a sibling.

 

LAB/ERB, FIN

HB 1243

Status

RELATING TO REPACKAGED DRUGS AND COMPOUND MEDICATIONS.

Restricts markups of repackaged prescription drugs and compound medications to what is currently authorized for retail pharmacies under state law.

 

LAB/ERB, HLT, FIN

HB 1433

Status

RELATING TO REPACKAGED DRUGS AND COMPOUND MEDICATIONS.

Restricts markups of repackaged prescription drugs and compound medications to what is currently authorized for retail pharmacies under state law.

 

LAB/ERB, HLT, FIN

 

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing with a transmittal cover indicating:

·     Testifier's name with position/title and organization;

·     The Committee the comments are directed to;

·     The date and time of the hearing;

·     Measure number; and

·     The number of copies the Committee is requesting. 

 

While every effort will be made to copy, organize, and collate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed to the incorrect office, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.

 

Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:

PAPER:  24 copies (including an original) to Room 422 in the State Capitol;

FAX:       For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 586-6331(Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (for Neighbor Islanders without a computer to submit testimony through e-mail or the Web); or

E-MAIL: For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to [email protected]; or

WEB:      For comments less than 4MB in size, transmit from the Web page at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.

 

Testimony submitted will be placed on the Legislative Web site after the hearing adjourns.  This public posting of testimony on the Web site should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-6180or email your request for an interpreter to [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements.  Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.

 

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Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey

Chair

 

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Rep. Karl Rhoads

Chair