STAND. COM. REP. NO. 954

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 927

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 927 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize and emphasize the use of employment and training fund monies to carry out training programs for small businesses included in the State's economic development strategy.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.  One individual submitted comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that small businesses often lack staff and resources to dedicate to workforce training.  This measure will place an emphasis on using monies in the employment and training fund to train and educate small business employees through the macro program, which provides grants to businesses to develop customized projects where there are critical skill shortages; employer referral program, which allows employers to register their employees for training courses given by approved providers; or volunteer internship program, which enables job seekers, especially those receiving unemployment benefits, to receive training from businesses to gain practical experience.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 927, 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 Judiciary and Labor,

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair