THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2003

COMMITTEE ON LABOR

Senator Brian Kanno, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MILITARY AFFAIRS

AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Senator Cal Kawamoto, Chair

Senator Willie C. Espero, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 5, 2003

TIME:

1:15 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

LBR/TMG

   

SB 766

RELATING TO SALARY PERIODS.

Repeals the public employees' payroll lag, returning paydays to the first and fifteenth of every month.

LBR/TMG, WAM

SB 787

RELATING TO DISASTER LEAVE.

Allows certain state and county employees who are trained and experienced in disaster relief to provide such services for brief periods without loss of pay and benefits.

LBR/TMG, WAM

SB 777

RELATING TO THE HAWAII LIVING WAGE LAW.

Requires private firms contracted by state government to pay covered workers a Hawaii living wage of $9.43 an hour, to begin on 7/1/03 and adjusted thereafter. Requires DLIR to implement living wage. Establishes temporary living wage advisory committee to evaluate law. Repealed 7/1/2007.

LBR/TMG, WAM

SB 753

RELATING TO PRIVATIZATION.

Requires the retraining of civil service employees displaced by privatization or managed competition under Act 90, Session Laws of Hawaii 2001, unless the employee chooses severance, retirement, or employment transfer to the private company.

LBR/TMG, WAM

SB 1065

RELATING TO MANAGED COMPETITION.

Establishes a process for managed competition pursuant to section 6 of Act 230, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998, to allow the State and counties to contract with private sector vendors for the provision of government services, or to allow those service to be performed in-house, as appropriate.

LBR/TMG, WAM

     

TMG/LBR

   

SB 318

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Requires government agencies to attempt to use a system of public-private managed competition before contracting with a private entity for services.

TMG/LBR, WAM

LBR

   

SB 577

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Requires the proposed adjustments to compensation and benefit packages for excluded civil service employees to be at least equivalent to the adjustments provided within the employer's jurisdiction.

LBR, WAM

SB 1438

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 1 and their excluded counterparts.

LBR, WAM

SB 1439

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Appropriates funds to pay for the arbitrated salary increases for the HGEA bargaining units 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 13. Includes appropriations for state employees assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation and employees excluded from collective bargaining.

LBR, WAM

SB 1440

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Appropriates funds to pay for raises for bargaining unit 5.

LBR, WAM

SB 1441

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 7 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the state and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2003-2005.

LBR, WAM

SB 1442

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Funds all collective bargaining cost items in the arbitration award for state employees in unit 10, including excluded employees and employers assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation.

LBR, WAM

SB 1443

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for bargaining unit 11, Firefighters, and its excluded counterpart.

LBR, WAM

SB 1444

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 12 negotiated by the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2003-2005.

LBR, WAM

     

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.

Persons wishing to testify should submit 30 3-hole punched copies of their testimony to the State Capitol drop-off site 24 hours prior to the hearing in order to be included in the hearing folder. Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

Public Folder. A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6830.

 

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Senator Cal Kawamoto

Chair

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Senator Brian Kanno

Chair