Bill Text: HI SB2435 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Employer-union Trust Fund; Collective Bargaining; Public Employees; Arbitration
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-19 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB2435 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-SB2435-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 89-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
"(g) The
decision of the arbitration panel shall be final and binding upon the parties
on all provisions submitted to the arbitration panel. [If the parties have
reached agreement with respect to the amounts of contributions by the State and
counties to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund by the tenth
working day after the arbitration panel issues its decision, the final and
binding agreement of the parties on all provisions shall consist of the panel's
decision and the amounts of contributions agreed to by the parties. If the
parties have not reached agreement with respect to the amounts of contributions
by the State and counties to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust
fund by the close of business on the tenth working day after the arbitration
panel issues its decision, the parties shall have five days to submit their
respective recommendations for such contributions to the legislature, if it is
in session, and if the legislature is not in session, the parties shall submit
their respective recommendations for such contributions to the legislature
during the next session of the legislature. In such event, the final and
binding agreement of the parties on all provisions shall consist of the panel's
decision and the amounts of contributions established by the legislature by
enactment, after the legislature has considered the recommendations for such
contributions by the parties.] It is strictly understood that no member of
a bargaining unit subject to this subsection shall be allowed to participate in
a strike on the issue of the amounts of contributions by the State and counties
to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund. The parties shall
take whatever action is necessary to carry out and effectuate the final and
binding agreement. The parties may, at any time and by mutual agreement, amend
or modify the panel's decision.
Agreements reached pursuant to the decision of an arbitration panel and the amounts of contributions by the State and counties to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund, as provided herein, shall not be subject to ratification by the employees concerned. All items requiring any moneys for implementation shall be subject to appropriations by the appropriate legislative bodies and the employer shall submit all such items within ten days after the date on which the agreement is entered into as provided herein, to the appropriate legislative bodies."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on January 7, 2059.
Report Title:
Employer-union Trust Fund; Collective Bargaining; Public Employees; Arbitration
Description:
Clarifies that a decision of an arbitration panel shall be final and repeals the Legislature's role in recommending employer contributions to the EUTF if the negotiating parties are unable to agree on contribution amounts. Effective January 7, 2059. (SD1)
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