STAND. COM. REP. NO.  460-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2077

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2077 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYEE TRAINING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Establish the Public Employees Training Program (Program) within the Department of Human Resources Development to provide training programs for state employees;

 

     (2)  Establish the Public Employees Training Fund for the development and implementation of training programs for state employees; and

 

     (3)  Allocate one percent of collective bargaining increases to the Program.

 

     The Judiciary testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Human Resources Development and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO testified in support of the intent of this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance and United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO provided comments on this measure.  

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to further continued discussion on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2077, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2077, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

 

 

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair