THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	618
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO STREAMLINING UNION CERTIFICATION.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 377-4.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§377-4.6[]]  Streamlining union certification.  (a)  When an employee, group of employees, or any individual or labor organization acting on their behalf, files a petition alleging that a majority of employees in a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining wish to be represented by an individual or labor organization for those purposes, the board shall investigate the petition.  If the board finds that a majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for bargaining have signed valid authorizations designating the individual or labor organization specified in the petition as their bargaining representative, and that no other individual or labor organization is currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit, the board shall certify the individual or labor organization as the representative without directing an election similar to that under section 377-1(11).

     (b)  The board shall adopt rules governing the certification of an exclusive representative under this section and shall have the final determination on any controversy concerning the eligibility of an employee to sign an authorization card and the validity of an employee's signature on an authorization card.

     [(c)  For the purposes of this section, the term "employee" means an employee as defined in section 377-1; provided that the employee is employed by an employer with an annual gross revenue of more than $5,000,000.]"

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Employment; Union Certification

 

Description:

Repeals the limited application of the card check union certification law for only those employees of employers with an annual gross revenue of more than $5,000,000.

 

 

 

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