Bill Text: HI HCR186 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Concurrent Resolution 186 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Human Resources Development To Collect Statewide Data On Workplace Violence, Report To The Legislature, And Recommend Statewide Workplace Violence Policies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-14 - Referred to LAB, JUD, referral sheet 30 [HCR186 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2017-HCR186-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	186
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

requesting the Department of Human Resources Development to collect statewide data on workplace violence, report to the legislature, and recommend statewide workplace violence policies.

WHEREAS, abusive work environments can have serious health effects on targeted employees, including stress, anxiety, loss of sleep, depression, hypertension, and other stress-related illnesses and disorders; and

WHEREAS, such environments also have adverse consequences for employers, in the form of reduced employee productivity, low morale, and higher turnover and absentee rates; and

WHEREAS, other states have already codified policies to both prevent and properly address incidents of workplace violence; and

WHEREAS, state agencies in Hawaii have varying policies for handling workplace violence incidents; and

WHEREAS, creating a uniform statewide policy will provide improved protection to state employees from abusive work environments and ensure consistency when addressing and remedying workplace violence incidents; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2017, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Human Resources Development is requested to:

(1) Collect the following information:

(A) All state department and agency policies related to workplace violence complaints and investigations; and

(B) Statewide data and reports of workplace violence incidents; and

(2) Develop procedures to:

(A) Enable state agencies and employees to report incidents of workplace violence to the Department of Human Resources Development; and

(B) Ensure the confidentiality of information obtained about an incident or complaint of workplace violence, including identifying information about any individuals involved; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Human Resources Development is requested to 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 2018; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, in its report to the Legislature, the Department of Human Resources Development is requested to:

(1) Summarize the workplace violence incidents occurring during the previous fiscal year and recommend corrective actions to deter the reoccurrence of such incidents; and

(2) Recommend language for a statewide workplace violence policy or amendments, as necessary, to the existing statewide workplace violence policy; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor and the Director of Human Resources Development.