STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2556

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2383

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2383 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISLOCATED WORKERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to exercise enforcement powers against employers in a covered establishment that would require the employer to give employees at least sixty days notice of closing, relocation, or divestiture of the business.

 

     Your Committee finds that it is important for employees to be notified of a significant change in their employment and requiring the employer to give them adequate notice is good for business and is good public policy.  Your Committee also finds that this measure mandates the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to exercise its enforcement powers to ensure that employers comply with the provisions of this section.  This further ensures that employers are held responsible for their non-compliance and aids in promoting better work environments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2383 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

 

 

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair