HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2001
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COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT |
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Rep. Terry Nui Yoshinaga, Chair |
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Rep. Scott Saiki, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Willie Espero |
Rep. Charles Djou |
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Rep. Nestor Garcia |
Rep. Mark Moses |
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Rep. Bob Nakasone |
Rep. Jim Rath |
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Rep. Joe Souki |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 6, 2001 |
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TIME: |
8:30am to 12:00pm |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 309 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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HB 171 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT Repeals mandatory arbitration provisions and restores the right to strike to public employees. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1168 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT Clarifies scope of negotiations and consultation relating to policies, procedures, practices, and the collective bargaining agreement. Implements and maintains the classification system covering civil service positions. Implements a non-judicial process for addressing management complaints against the exclusive representative. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 641 |
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS, FINANCIAL ABILITY OF THE EMPLOYER IN IMPASSE PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSFER OF THE OFFICE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING Proposal to limit the duration of any public sector collective bargaining agreement to two years; to require any fact-finding panel, arbitrator or arbitration panel to consider the impact of any recommendation or award of cost items upon pending collective bargaining negotiations and to take these costs into consideration, along with costs of collective bargaining agreements already agreed to, in determining the employers' financial ability to pay; and to administratively attach the Office of Collective Bargaining to the Department of Human Resources Development. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 643 |
RELATING TO THE MERIT APPEALS BOARD Allow the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to handle for the State, the merit appeals from employment actions under chapter 76 taken against civil service employees. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1056 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Makes level and type of health benefits for public employees, as well as contributions, subject to collective bargaining. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 332 |
RELATING TO RETIREMENT BENEFITS Eliminates overtime compensation, differentials, and supplementary pay from the calculation of retirement benefits for all employees after 6/30/00. Clarifies that for purposes of determining the amount of a member's contribution to the annuity savings fund, a member's compensation does not include payments for overtime, differentials, and supplementary pay. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 307 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT Prohibits the excessive assignment of overtime for the sole purpose of increasing an employee's average final compensation under Section 88-21, HRS. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 577 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING Provide fund authorizations and appropriations for State officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining. The appropriations cover the fiscal biennium 2001-2003. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1595 |
RELATING PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Requires the proposed adjustments to compensation and benefit packages for excluded civil service employees to be at least equivalent to the adjustments provided in other jurisdictions. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 617 |
RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS Increase the compensation of department directors and/deputies and the administrative director of the State. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 852 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT Provides for wage and salary adjustments for public sector managers excluded from collective bargaining that are on par with their civil service counterparts. |
LAB, FIN |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 30 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) THE COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 309, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2) THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS PERSONNEL IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY BE FAXED TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT: 586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS). WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.
IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8-1/2" X 11" SHEET WITH TWO HOLES PUNCHED AT THE TOP. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE lab COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-8450.
IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE OR AUXILIARY AIDS AND/OR SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS OF THE STATE HOUSE (I.E., SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY, OR PARKING DESIGNATED FOR THE DISABLED), PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.
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________________________________________ Rep. Terry Nui Yoshinaga Chair |
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