STAND. COM. REP. NO. 338

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 755

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 755 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WAGES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow employers to streamline their method of transmitting wage information to their employees. Specifically, this measure authorizes an employer upon receipt of authorization from the employee, and in lieu of a printed, typewritten, or handwritten record, to furnish the employee with an electronic record that details the employee's:

(1) Total hours worked;

(2) Overtime hours;

(3) Straight time compensation;

(4) Overtime compensation;

(5) Other compensation;

(6) Total gross compensation;

(7) The amount and purpose of each deduction;

(8) The total net compensation;

(9) The date of payment; and

(10) The pay period covered.

The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR), Verizon Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in support of this measure.

Currently, Hawaii's Wage and Hour law only requires employers to provide a "pay stub" to their employees in a printed, typewritten, or handwritten form. With the proliferation of electronic communications and prevalence of computers in the workplace, it seems reasonable to have employees receive their wage information in an electronic format. This measure would allow for the use of a more timely and cost-effective method for the transmittal of wage information and serves a beneficial purpose for both employees and employers.

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. 755 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 & Public Employment,

 

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KIRK CALDWELL, Chair