STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO.805-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2787

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2787 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to raise from $1,250 to $2,000, the guaranteed monthly compensation ceiling for those exempted from the State's wage and hour law.

The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and ILWU Local 142 testified in support of this measure. Roberts Hawaii testified in opposition to this measure.

Hawaii's wage and hour law was originally established to safeguard existing minimum wage and maximum hour standards to maintain the health, safety, efficiency, and general well-being of workers. The current limit is only $1,250 per month, which essentially means only persons earning under $7.23 per hour have minimum wage and overtime protection under state law. This bill corrects this inequity by enabling individuals with salaries under $2,000 per month to receive minimum wage and overtime protection.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2787, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor and Public Employment,

 

		____________________________ SCOTT K. SAIKI, Chair