STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1080

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 263

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 263 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to fund collective bargaining cost items in the agreement negotiated with the exclusive bargaining representative of collective bargaining units (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), (9), and (13) and their excluded counterparts.

This measure also funds all salary increases and other cost adjustments authorized under chapter 89C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for employees who are excluded from collective bargaining.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Government Employees Association and the Office of Collective Bargaining and Managed Competition, the Hawaii Government Employees Association Managerial and Confidential Employees Chapter.

Although no sums have been appropriated or authorized from the source of funding indicated in this measure, your Committee believes that a vehicle for funding these collective bargaining cost items should continue to advance in the Legislature as negotiations between the State and the exclusive bargaining representative for units (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), (9), and (13) will eventually produce a settlement.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 263, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor,

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BRIAN KANNO, Chair