STAND. COM. REP. NO. 347

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1057

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 1057 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require job listings to include an hourly rate or salary range.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Women's Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i; Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice; Fujiwara & Rosenbaum, LLLC; American Association of University Women; and ten individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Society for Human Resource Management. Your Committee received comments on this measure from Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission.

Your Committee finds that, for many job seekers who find an employment listing tailored to their experience and credentials, there is a lack of transparency regarding compensation. In particular, women and people of color have faced bias, which emerges in discriminatory pay and hiring practices by individual employers and a market that devalues jobs predominantly held by women. Secrecy around compensation perpetuates the continued discrimination against all workers, creating depressed wages that widen the pay gap for women and people of color. To implement pay transparency for Hawaii's workforce, this measure requires job listings to include an hourly rate or salary range.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1057, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1057, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

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

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SHARON MORIWAKI, Chair