Bill Text: HI SB2939 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Employee Benefits; Employment Practices; Sick Leave
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-12 - The committee on JDL deferred the measure. [SB2939 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2939-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to employment PRACTICES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 378-32, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) It shall be unlawful for an employer or a labor organization to bar or discharge from employment, withhold pay from, or demote an employee because the employee uses accrued and available sick leave; provided that:
(1) After an employee uses three or more consecutive days of sick leave, an employer or labor organization may require the employee to provide written verification from a physician indicating that the employee was ill when the sick leave was used;
(2) This subsection shall apply only to employers who[:
(A) Have a collective bargaining
agreement with their employees; and
(B) Employ] employ one
hundred or more employees; and
(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to supersede any provision of any collective bargaining agreement or employment benefits program or plan that provides greater employee benefits or rights."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Employee Benefits; Employment Practices; Sick Leave
Description:
Repeals the condition that employers have a collective bargaining agreement with their employees in order for section 378-32(b), HRS, to apply.
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