THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

3081

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO LABOR.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the closure of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company, the State's last sugar plantation, will lead to a loss of over six hundred jobs on Maui, approximately two per cent of Maui's workforce.  As these employees lose their jobs and income, restaurants and stores may see a decrease in customers and sales, families may not be able to pay their mortgages and rent, and students may no longer be able to afford school or college tuitions.

     The legislature further finds that in 2014, the United States Department of Labor awarded the State a Job-Driven National Emergency Grant to implement or expand job-driven training programs for dislocated workers including but not limited to opportunities for on-the-job training and apprenticeships.  However, these funds are limited and are due to expire on June 30, 2016, thereby making the funds unavailable for a large group of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company workers who are scheduled to be laid off in the latter part of 2016.

     The purpose of this Act is to address the pending unemployment and dislocation of individuals due to the closure of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company and offset the expiration of Job-Driven National Emergency Grant funds by appropriating funds to establish, administer, and support on-the-job training programs on Maui.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 to establish, administer, and support on-the-job training for individuals who are dislocated due to the closure of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company on Maui.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of labor and industrial relations for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2091.



Report Title:

Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company; Dislocated Workers; Appropriation

 

Description:

Appropriates funds to establish, administer, and support on-the-job training for individuals who are unemployed and dislocated due to the closure of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company on Maui.  (SB3081 HD1)

 

 

 

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