STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3887

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.C.R. No. 80

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Technology, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 80 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING STATE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS TO REVIEW MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR CLASS SPECIFICATIONS FOR JOB POSTINGS AND PROVIDE SUGGESTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge state executive departments that utilize the Department of Human Resources Development for hiring purposes to review minimum qualifications and compensation for class specifications for job postings and provide suggestions, including alternative qualifications that can be used in lieu of existing minimum qualifications, to the Department of Human Resources Development.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services.

Your Committee finds that in 2022, there were almost four thousand vacant positions across the State's executive departments, which is anticipated to increase as thirty-three percent of the State's workforce is eligible to retire in the next five years. Your Committee further finds that the current hiring process limits a department's flexibility in hiring individuals because funding for a position may be tied to a particular class specification, which requires certain minimum qualifications most applicants for the position may not have. Therefore, this measure will enable state executive departments to share meaningful suggestions to improve the current process and increase the opportunity to recruit and hire qualified individuals capable of filling the growing vacancies.

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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 80, and recommends its adoption.

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

________________________________

HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair