Bill Text: HI HB202 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State and County Offices; Office Hours; Modification;
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [HB202 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB202-Introduced.html
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HOURS OF WORK.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that traffic gridlock has become an undesirable way of life in Hawaii. Traffic flows more smoothly on the major thoroughfares on state or federal holidays and when public schools or the University of Hawaii are not in session because there are fewer motor vehicles on the road during peak traffic hours.
The legislature also finds that flexible work schedules can have positive impacts on productivity. This flexibility gives employees greater freedom to organize their working lives to suit personal needs.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize a change in business hours for certain executive or judiciary departments to reduce the number of motor vehicles that are on the road during peak commute hours and to provide state employees a more flexible work schedule.
SECTION 2. Section 78-1.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§78-1.6[]] Office
hours. (a) Offices of the State and counties shall be open for the
transaction of public business as determined by the chief executive. Offices
need not be open for the transaction of public business on the state holidays
designated under section 8-1 and as observed under section 8-2.
(b) The appropriate chief executive shall bargain in good faith with the exclusive representative of employees of an agency of the executive branch or judiciary who request to modify the hours of the agency for the transaction of public business; provided that the modified office hours shall consist of nine consecutive hours between the hours of 5:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
State and County Offices; Office Hours; Modification;
Description:
Allows state and county employees to request modified office hours. Mandates that the chief executive bargain in good faith.
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