HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1958

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014

H.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO COMPENSATION.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 104-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§104-1  Definitions.  As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

     (1)  "Basic hourly rate" means the hourly wage paid to a laborer or mechanic for work performed during nonovertime hours, but shall not include the cost to an employer of furnishing fringe benefits whether paid directly or indirectly to the laborer or mechanic as provided in paragraph (7);

     (2)  "Construction" includes alteration, repair, painting, and decorating;

     (3)  "Department" means the department of labor and industrial relations;

     (4)  "Director" means the director of labor and industrial relations of the State;

     (5)  "Governmental contracting agency" means the State, any county and any officer, bureau, board, commission, or other agency or instrumentality thereof;

     (6)  "Overtime compensation" means compensation based on not less than one and one-half times the laborers or mechanics basic hourly rate of pay plus the cost to an employer of furnishing a laborer or mechanic with fringe benefits as described in paragraph (7); and

     (7)  "Wages", "rate of wages", "wage rates", "minimum wages", and "prevailing wages" mean the basic hourly rate and the cost to an employer of furnishing a laborer or mechanic with fringe benefits, including but not limited to health and welfare benefits, vacation benefits, and pension benefits, whether paid directly or indirectly to the laborer or mechanic."

     SECTION 2.  Section 104-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  No laborer or mechanic employed on the job site of any public work of the State or any political subdivision thereof shall be permitted or required to work on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday of the State or in excess of eight hours on any other day unless the laborer or mechanic receives overtime compensation for all hours worked on Saturday, Sunday, and a legal holiday of the State or in excess of eight hours on any other day.  The rate for overtime work shall be those rates specified in the collective bargaining agreement when the basic hourly rate is based on a collective bargaining agreement rate.  For purposes of determining overtime compensation under this subsection, the basic hourly rate of any laborer or mechanic shall not be less than the basic hourly rate determined by the director to be the prevailing basic hourly rate for corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics on projects of similar character in the State."

     SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2030.



 

Report Title:

Overtime Compensation; Public Works

 

Description:

For government public works construction contracts greater than $2,000, provides that overtime compensation be not less than 1½ times the laborers or mechanics basic hourly rate of pay plus fringe benefits.  Specifies that the overtime rate be as specified in the collective bargaining agreement when the basic hourly rate is based on a collective bargaining agreement.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (HB1958 HD2)

 

 

 

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