CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 34
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.B. No. 391
H.D. 1
S.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir and Madam:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 391, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WAGES AND HOURS ON PUBLIC WORKS,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
(1) Allows overtime compensation to exceed time and one-half and specifies that if the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations determines that a prevailing wage is defined by collective bargaining, overtime will be at rates set by the applicable collective bargaining agreement; and
(2) Specifies that overtime compensation and other premium pay rates are those rates specified by an applicable collective bargaining agreement when the basic hourly rate is established by a collective bargaining agreement.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Including a savings clause to preserve any rights and duties that have matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before the effective date of this measure; and
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2015.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 391, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 391, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair |
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair
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____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair
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____________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Co-Chair |
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