STAND. COM. REP. 436

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 132

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 132 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Require the Department of Human Resources Development (DHRD) to retain certain records relating to state employees;

(2) Require an examination of the records to determine whether issues of employment equity exist; and

(3) Establish a commission to review certain employee records held by DHRD and other material and develop recommendations to correct any gender-based pay inequities discovered.

Hawaii Women Lawyers, Business and Professional Women/Hawaii, and the Women's Coalition supported this bill. The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women supported the measure and proposed an amendment. DHRD opposed the bill.

 

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. 132 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair