Bill Text: HI HB161 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Collective Bargaining.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-21 - Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 1 [HB161 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2025-HB161-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 |
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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 89-10.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending its title and subsection (a) to read as follows:
"[[]§89-10.8[]] Resolution of disputes; grievances. (a) A
public employer shall enter into written agreement with the exclusive
representative setting forth a grievance procedure culminating in a final and
binding decision, to be invoked in the event of any dispute concerning the
interpretation or application of a written agreement. The grievance procedure shall be valid and
enforceable and shall be consistent with the following:
(1) A dispute over the terms of an initial or renewed agreement shall not constitute a grievance;
(2) [No employee in a position exempted
from chapter 76, who serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority, shall
be allowed to grieve a suspension or discharge unless the collective bargaining
agreement specifically provides otherwise;] Any employee who is a member
of an appropriate bargaining unit shall be allowed to grieve a suspension or
discharge; and
(3) With respect to any adverse action resulting from an employee's failure to meet performance requirements of the employee's position, the grievance procedure shall provide that the final and binding decision shall be made by a performance judge as provided in this section."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:
Collective Bargaining; Grievance; Suspension; Discharge; Exempt Employees
Description:
Repeals the prohibition placed on certain employees exempt from civil service law from grieving a suspension or discharge. Allows any employee who is a member of an appropriate bargaining unit to grieve a suspension or discharge.
The summary description
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
