THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON LABOR, CULTURE AND THE ARTS

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 7, 2019

TIME:

2:45 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 796

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT.

Appropriates funds for operating expenses of the department of human resources development.

 

LCA, WAM

SB 1234

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND MANAGED COMPETITION.

Transfers the office of collective bargaining, including the position of chief negotiator, to the department of human resources development.

 

LCA, WAM

SB 785

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Allows the scope of collective bargaining negotiations to include benefits.  Allows collective bargaining parties to resolve impasses related to contribution disputes through binding arbitration.

 

LCA, WAM

SB 1143

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Expands the types of employee information government agencies are required to disclose, upon written request, to employees' exclusive representatives.  Requires that information regarding new hire employees under the collective bargaining disclosure requirements of section 89-16.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, be provided to the appropriate exclusive representatives within one payroll period.

 

LCA, JDC/WAM

SB 792

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EMPLOYEE TRAINING.

Establishes the public employees training program to provide training to state employees.  Allocates either 0.01% of each employee's gross salary, or an amount negotiated pursuant to collective bargaining, to the public employees training program.  Requires all new employees to be provided with a general orientation on their benefits and rights.

 

LCA, WAM

SB 1168

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EMPLOYEE'S DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY FORM.

Amend section 78-23(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow the Employee's Designation of Beneficiary form to be kept in the department where the employee is employed and also to permit the designation to be filed and maintained electronically.

 

LCA, JDC

SB 1204

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND DEFINITIONS.

Amends the definitions of "dependent-beneficiary" and "employee-beneficiary" as used in chapter 87A, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

LCA, JDC/WAM

SB 1205

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

Amends the definition of "dependent-beneficiary" and references to marriages in relation to civil unions.

 

LCA, JDC/WAM

SB 1233

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ADDING THE ROTH OPTION FOR THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN.

Amends section 88E-12, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow participants to make both pre-tax contributions and post-tax contributions to the State Deferred Compensation Plan.

 

LCA, JDC/WAM

SB 1118

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Authorizes the Employees' Retirement System to recover overpaid benefit payments.  Requires the Employees' Retirement System to adopt rules to effectuate the maximum recovery of overpayments.  Allows the Board of Trustees or the Executive Director of the Employees' Retirement System to waive the recovery of an overpayment in cases of bona fide hardship or where the costs of recovery would exceed the amount expected to be recovered.

 

LCA, WAM

SB 1498

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.

Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to determine qualifications for grievance arbitrators and interest arbitrators.  Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to review and determine the qualifications and criteria for potential arbitrators selected under certain circumstances to resolve collective bargaining impasses.

 

LCA, WAM

SB 1046

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Allows an employee to take family leave in addition to victim leave when the leave is related to domestic or sexual violence against the employee or the employee's minor child.  Requires an employee to submit certification related to domestic or sexual violence of the employee or the employee's minor child.  Requires employer confidentiality of information related to domestic or sexual violence against the employee or the employee's minor child.

 

LCA, JDC

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi

Chair