STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1673

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2019

 

RE:   S.B. No. 796

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 796, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate or authorize funds for various operating expenses of the Department of Human Resources Development (DHRD) for Fiscal Biennium 2019-2021 as follows:

 

(1)  Positions and funding for the learning management system upgrade;

 

(2)  Positions and funding for the Employee Staffing Program;

 

(3)  A personnel program officer position, human resources technician position, and funds for the Labor Relations Program;

 

(4)  A position for the Deferred Compensation Plan; and

 

(5)  A Chief Negotiator position and funding for collective bargaining.

 

     DHRD and the Board of Trustees of the Deferred Compensation Plan testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting appropriations and positions for:

 

          (A)  The Employee Staffing Program; and

 

          (B)  A personnel program officer, human resources technician, and funds for the Labor Relations Program;

 

     (2)  Adding appropriations and positions for:

 

          (A)  A permanent full-time equivalent position to support the Office of Collective Bargaining in negotiating labor contracts;

 

          (B)  A permanent full-time equivalent chief recruitment officer position; and

 

          (C)  Two permanent full-time equivalent senior recruiter positions;

 

     (3)  Changing the appropriation for the chief negotiator for collective bargaining position to an unspecified amount; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 796, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 796, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 


 

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

 

 

 

 

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair