STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2852

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1868

       H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 1868, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Prohibit civil service employees who accept an appointed position from returning to their civil service positions one year or more later; and

 

     (2)  Provide an exception for employees covered by collective bargaining agreements that allow a longer leave of absence to be granted.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one private organization.  Testimony in opposition of this measure was submitted by one state agency and two county agencies.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that an extended period of time between an individual transferring from a civil service position to an appointed position and back to the original civil service position has the potential to lead to disruptions in the efficiency and effectiveness of government operations.  Your Committee also finds that, except for employee's who are covered under a collective bargaining agreement that has a contrary leave of absence provision, limiting an employee's leave of absence and the corresponding right-to-return to the employee's original civil service position to a period that is less than one year will enhance the operational aspects of departments that employ civil service workers.

 

     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. 1868, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair