STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2854

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2616

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2616 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEAL BREAKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to generally prohibit employees from being required to work more than five hours straight without at least a thirty minute meal break.

Your Committee finds that rest periods should as a matter of public policy be afforded to all employees in order to maintain productivity and morale.

Your Committee notes that exceptions are provided to certain employers where their employees are covered by collective bargaining or where continuous operations or service are necessary.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2616, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2616, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair