STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1578

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 831

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 831, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board

 

G.M. No. 831

MARIE C. LADERTA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the resume and response to questions submitted by the nominee and finds Marie C. Laderta to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination from ten individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to the nomination from two individuals.

 

     Upon review of the testimony, your Committee finds that Ms. Laderta's background, experience, and dedication to public service qualify her for appointment to the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board.  Your Committee notes that, from 2005 to 2010, Ms. Laderta served as the Director of Human Resources Development.  Currently, Ms. Laderta serves as the Chief Adjudicator of the Administrative Driver's License Revocation Office.  Ms. Laderta has received numerous awards, including the Department of Attorney General's Manager of the Year award in 2002.

 

     Your Committee finds that Ms. Laderta's sixteen years of state employment experience, adjudication skills, experience working with a wide range of individuals, and tireless work ethic qualify her for appointment to the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

 

 

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair