STAND. COM. REP. NO.412

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 771

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 771 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SICK LEAVE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to permit an employee to use any accrued sick leave or vacation leave to care for a child, parent, spouse, or reciprocal beneficiary.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the ILWU Local 142 and the ILWU Local 1357.

Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and the Society for Human Resources Management.

Your Committee finds that existing law does not require an employer to permit an employee to use sick or vacation leave to attend to the illness of a family member. In order to promote and support the importance of family well being, employees should be allowed to utilize their sick leave to care for their sick children, parents, spouses, or reciprocal beneficiaries.

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 S.B. No. 771 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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BRIAN KANNO, Chair