Report Title:

Prevailing Wages

Description:

Allows a joint labor‑management committee established pursuant to the federal Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 to institute an action for injunctive and other relief against an employer that fails to pay its employees the prevailing wage. Effective upon approval.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1081
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 104-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  [Action] The following civil actions may be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction:

(1) An action to recover unpaid wages or overtime compensation may be maintained [in any court of competent jurisdiction] by any one or more laborers or mechanics for and on behalf of oneself or themselves and others similarly situated[.]; and

(2) An action for injunctive and other relief against an employer that fails to pay the prevailing wage to its employees as required by this chapter by a joint labor-management committee established pursuant to section 175a of the federal Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a)."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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