STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1272

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 69

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 69 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS' HAWAII OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH DIVISION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure that safety standards and practices are adequately upheld, and that workers are protected against workplace hazards, by requesting the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to perform an internal review of Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Division rules and policies with respect to incidents that pose an immediate danger to life and health and submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature.

 

     A concerned individual submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations opposed this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 69 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

 

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair