STAND. COM. REP. NO.235-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 1843

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1843 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to reinstate binding arbitration for bargaining unit 9 (Registered Professional Nurses).

The Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA) testified in support of this measure, but recommended including the other HGEA bargaining units. The Department of Human Resources Development testified in opposition.

Your Committee finds that under binding arbitration, when labor and management are unable to come to an agreement, arbitrators consider the issues at impasse and impose a binding contract on both parties. In exchange, employees give up their right to strike.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1843 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

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SCOTT K. SAIKI, Chair