STAND. COM. REP. NO. 721

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 868

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 868, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to augment the operations and notice requirements of the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to make it more efficient.

 

Specifically, the measure:

 

(1)  Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to provide all parties with written notice of a hearing by first class mail at least fifteen days before the scheduled hearing date; and

 

(2)  Makes housekeeping amendments regarding the scope of negotiations between the public employer and the exclusive representative.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the Hawaii Labor Relations Board.

 

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Labor Relations Board currently uses registered or certified mail to provide notice to parties of a scheduled hearing.  This measure would provide adequate notice of hearings to all interested parties and allow the Board to allocate limited funds more efficiently.

 

     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. 868, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair