Bill Text: HI SCR154 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of The Attorney General To Convene A Workplace Safety Working Group.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-16 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kobayashi, Lowen, McKelvey, Mizuno, Nakamura, Quinlan, Tokioka excused (7). [SCR154 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-SCR154-Amended.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	154
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONVENE A WORKPLACE SAFETY WORKING GROUP.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, in 2000, a total of 1,687 people were killed by intimate partners, including 1,247 women and four hundred forty men; and

 

     WHEREAS, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence reports that victims of intimate partner violence lose a total of eight million days of paid work each year at a cost exceeding $5,800,000,000 per year; and

 

     WHEREAS, twenty-one to sixty percent of victims of intimate partner violence lose their jobs due to reasons stemming from abuse; and

 

     WHEREAS, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, in 2003, one hundred nineteen women were killed by a former boyfriend or husband in their place of work, accounting for fifteen percent of all homicides of women in the workplace that year; and

 

     WHEREAS, intimate partner violence in the workplace includes intimidation, stalking, physical assault, sexual assault, and harassment; and

 

     WHEREAS, incidents of intimate partner violence at an employee's workplace may also create safety issues for other employees, customers, and individuals; and

 

     WHEREAS, workplace safety is a matter of great concern in the interest of the State and the welfare of Hawaii's workers; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2018, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of the Attorney General is requested to convene a workplace safety working group; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group is requested to include:

 

     (1)  The Attorney General, or the Attorney General's designee;

 

     (2)  The Director of Labor and Industrial Relations, or the Director's designee;

 

     (3)  The Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, or the Prosecuting Attorney's designee;

 

     (4)  A representative of the Judiciary, to be appointed by the Chief Justice;

 

     (5)  A member of the Hawaii State Senate, to be appointed by the Senate President;

 

     (6)  A member of the Hawaii State House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

 

     (7)  A representative from a business or business network, to be appointed by the President of the Senate;

 

     (8)  A representative from a business or business network, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

 

     (9)  A representative from a business or business network, to be appointed by the Governor;

 

    (10)  A representative of labor, to be appointed by the President of the Senate;

    (11)  A representative of labor, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

 

    (12)  A representative of labor, to be appointed by the Governor;

 

    (13)  A representative of a domestic partner violence prevention organization, to be appointed by the President of the Senate; and

 

    (14)  A representative from a human resource management association, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group 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

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report shall include but not be limited to comprehensive and compassionate human resource policy recommendations that address harassment and violence in the workplace and identify ways in which all stakeholders can work together to create additional layers of protection for employers to ensure the safety for employees and invitees; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Chief Justice, Attorney General, Director of Labor and Industrial Relations, and Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu.

Report Title: 

Workplace Safety Working Group