STAND. COM. REP. NO.  799-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1958

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1958, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMPENSATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to add flexibility to the calculation of overtime compensation for government public work construction contracts greater than $2,000 by providing that overtime compensation for laborers and mechanics, for work performed at a rate that is not specified in a collective bargaining agreement, shall be not less than one and one-half times the basic hourly rate of pay plus fringe benefits.

 

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii Construction Alliance, and Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1958, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1958, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair