Report Title:

Wage and Hour

 

Description:

Expands airlines exemption from overtime law for voluntary 40+ hour work weeks to include other types of private sector employers.

 

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

557

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO WAGE AND HOUR LAW.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 387-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:

"(g) This section shall not apply to any overtime hours worked by an employee [of an air carrier subject to Title II of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. section 181 et seq.; provided] if such overtime hours are the result of a voluntary agreement between employees to exchange work time or days off."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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