THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2017

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Chair

Senator Karl Rhoads, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

TIME:

9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 1115

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.

Appropriates funds for two full-time equivalent (2.00 FTE) enforcement specialist IV positions to be primarily responsible for the enforcement of Hawaii’s workers' compensation, temporary disability insurance, and prepaid health care laws.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 116

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Appropriates funds for 2 FTE positions in the disability compensation division of DLIR.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 936

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Extends benefit finalization period for December 31 retirements; changes interest rate for late benefit finalizations; extends deadline for employer payments under section 88-100, Hawaii Revised Statues; allows delegation of certain disability retirement and service connected death benefit approval functions.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 425

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LABOR.

Requires certain employers with fifty or more employees to provide sick leave to service workers for specified purposes under certain conditions.  Defines the terms "service worker" and "employer".  Effective January 1, 2018.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 516

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Allows an employee to take family leave in addition to victim leave when the leave is related to domestic or sexual violence against the employee or the employee's minor child.  Requires an employee to submit certification related to domestic or sexual violence of the employee or the employee's minor child.  Requires employer confidentiality of information related to domestic or sexual violence against the employee or the employee's minor child.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 107

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

Increases the minimum wage to $12.25 per hour in 2018 and $15 per hour in 2019.  Repeals language allowing the hourly wage of a tipped employee to be increased on account of tips.  Requires the department of labor and industrial relations to annually calculate the adjusted minimum wage rate to the nearest five cents using the Honolulu region CPI-W.

 

JDL, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran

Chair