Bill Text: HI HB1627 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Minimum Wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-27 - Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-18 3:00 pm in conference room 329. [HB1627 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB1627-Amended.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1627 |
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
S.D. 1 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE MINIMUM WAGE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 387-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section
387-2, the director [may], by rule, may provide for the
employment[:
(1) Of] of
learners, of apprentices, of part-time employees who are full-time students
attending public or private schools other than colleges, universities, business
schools, or technical schools, and of wards paroled from the Hawaii youth
correctional facility, under special certificates issued by the director, at [such]
wages lower than the applicable minimum wage and subject to [such]
limitations as to time, number, proportion, and length of service as the
director shall prescribe[; and
(2) Of individuals
whose earning capacity is impaired by old age or physical or mental deficiency
or injury, under special certificates issued by the director, at such wages
lower than the applicable minimum wage and for such period as shall be fixed in
the certificates]."
SECTION 2. The department of labor and
industrial relations shall submit a report of its findings and
recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no
later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2019 and each regular session
thereafter relating to sustainable employment opportunities of individuals
working at a subminimum wage prior to the effective date of this measure and
efforts by the department to increase employment opportunities for individuals
with disabilities.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) inspection and enforcement position within the wage standards division of the department of labor and industrial relations.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of labor and industrial relations for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Employment; Individuals with Disabilities; Minimum Wage; Appropriation
Description:
Repeals the exemption of persons with disabilities from minimum wage requirements. Requires the department of labor and industrial relations to submit annual reports to the legislature. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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