CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 109-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2289

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2289, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR,"

 

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.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require employers, including those using professional employer organizations or third-party administrators, to keep a record of the former physical addresses and current physical address of the employer and the North American Industry Classification System code applicable to the employer.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds federal funding levels for the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations are in jeopardy because the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics ties funding to the number of employing units reported and an increasing number of employers are not responding to surveys unless required to do so.  Implementation of this measure will allow the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to gather accurate data regarding employers and protect federal funding levels.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon approval.

 

     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 S.B. No. 2289, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2289, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair

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JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Co-Chair