STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3120

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 201

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 201 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS TO ADOPT RULES TO PROHIBIT ABUSIVE WORK ENVIRONMENTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to urge the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to adopt rules to prohibit abusive work environments.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by two private organizations and numerous individuals.  Comments were submitted by one state agency.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that healthy work environments, free of workplace bullying, abuse, and harassment, have a positive impact not only on the well-being of employees but also on the success of businesses and the economy through the increased productivity of workers.  While federal and state occupational safety and health laws are already in place, your Committee finds that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations should provide additional protections against workplace violence, bullying, intimidation, and other forms of mistreatment that are detrimental to the psychological, physical, and social well-being of workers.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 201 and recommends its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor,

 

 

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair