STAND. COM. REP. NO.50-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2526

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2526 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide employers more time to file their year-end workers' compensation payment reports with the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations (Director).

The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations testified in support of this measure.

Currently, employers are required to file year-end workers' compensation reports with the Director on December 31st of each year. This bill will allow an employer to file this report with the Director by January 31st of the subsequent year, thus streamlining the reporting process and making the reports more accurate and complete.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2526 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

 

 

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

 

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SCOTT SAIKI, Chair