STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1733

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 1664

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1664, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to help individuals survive difficult economic times by:

     (1)  Clarifying and temporarily codifying the implementation of the partial unemployment system established in the Administrative Rules; and

     (2)  Extending the duration of employees' eligibility for unemployment benefits under partial unemployment from four weeks to eight weeks.

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association supported this bill.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1664, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1664, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair