THE SENATE

S.C.R. NO.

157

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

Requesting the department of human resources development to draft a report on how a study may be conducted on gender pay inequities and what considerations need to be taken.

 

 


     WHEREAS, while the difference between the earnings of men and women, or the gender pay gap, has shrunk, the latest U.S. Census Bureau data shows that women in the State still made only 89.4 percent for every dollar that men made in 2019; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State is one of the largest employers in the State, and gender pay equality within the government may help overall pay equity statewide by a large margin; and

 

     WHEREAS, pay disparity in the State should be measured so that it may be resolved; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2023, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Human Resources Development is requested to draft a report on how a study may be conducted on gender pay inequities and what considerations should be taken into account; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Human Resources Development.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Department of Human Resources Development; Gender Equity; Pay Disparity; Report