STAND. COM. REP. NO.  272

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2023

 

RE:   H.B. No. 165

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 165 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERNAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify internal complaint procedures for civil service positions by requiring a formal complaint to be filed within twenty working days.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO.

 

Your Committee finds that this clarification will assist complainants by aligning the procedures with the grievance timeline in certain collective bargaining agreements and promoting certainty and predictability in the internal complaint process.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 165, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 165, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Government Operations,

 

 

 

 

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SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI, Chair