STAND. COM. REP. NO.3050

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2481

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 2481, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to exempt from civil service, Department of Education employees who distribute, collect, and count meal tickets during school meal periods on a less than half-time basis.

The Department of Education testified in support of this measure.

The measure also changes references to "lunch periods" to "meal periods", since breakfast and other meals are served in many schools.

Your Committee finds that public schools need a number of part-time persons to assist the school at different times of the day with regard to the counting of meal tickets. The work cannot be done by a single, full-time employee because of the time interval between meals and other scheduling factors. Your Committee also finds that turnover in these positions is very high, therefore, flexibility in hiring is essential. This measure will provide the Department of Education with the flexibility necessary to meet the needs of each school's lunch program.

Your Committee notes that providing this exemption mirrors the exemptions already provided under law to employees engaged in the supervision of students during lunch periods and in the cleaning of classrooms after hours.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2481, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor,

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BOB NAKATA, Chair