STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1202-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2323

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2323, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure access to unemployment benefits by requiring the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) to accept and enter work availability information on DLIR's Internet job-matching system to allow an individual to fulfill online registration for work requirements for unemployment insurance benefits.

 

     ILWU Local 142 testified in support of this bill.  DLIR provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2323, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair