Bill Text: HI SB2707 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Collective Bargaining.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2022-06-27 - Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1216) [SB2707 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2707-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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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 89-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
"(f) The repricing of
classes within an appropriate bargaining unit [may] shall be
negotiated and determined as follows[:]; provided that the
parties may mutually agree on repricing procedures in conformance to this
section:
(1) [At the request of] Within thirty days of receipt of a written request from
the exclusive representative to negotiate and at times allowed under the
collective bargaining agreement, the employer shall negotiate the repricing of
classes within the bargaining unit. The negotiated repricing actions that
constitute cost items shall be subject to the requirements in section 89-10;
and
(2) [If repricing has not been negotiated
under the employer of each jurisdiction shall ensure establishment of
procedures to periodically review, at least once in five years, unless
otherwise agreed to by the parties, the repricing of classes within the
bargaining unit. The repricing of classes based on the results of the periodic
review shall be at the discretion of the employer. Any appropriations required
to implement the repricing actions that are made at the employer's discretion
shall not be construed as cost items.] If the
employer fails to timely initiate a negotiation in compliance with paragraph
(1) or the parties cannot reach an agreement within ninety days after the
exclusive representative's written request to negotiate or by January 31 of a
year in which the agreement is due to expire, whichever is earlier, an impasse
exists and the impasse procedures in section 89-11 shall apply."
SECTION 2. Section 89-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) An impasse during the term of a
collective bargaining agreement on reopened items or items regarding a
supplemental agreement shall not be subject to the impasse procedures in this
section[.]; provided that an employer's failure to timely initiate a negotiation on repricing of classes within a
bargaining unit pursuant to section 89-9(f)(1) or the parties' failure to reach
an agreement on repricing within the timeframe set forth in section 89-9(f)(2)
shall constitute an impasse, to which the impasse procedures in this section
shall apply. The parties
may mutually agree on an impasse procedure, but if the procedure culminates in
an arbitration decision, the decision shall be pursuant to subsection (f)."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Collective Bargaining in Public Employment; Repricing of Classes; Negotiations; Impasse Procedures
Description:
Requires the employer to initiate negotiations on repricing of classes within a bargaining unit within thirty days of its receipt of the exclusive representative's written request to negotiate. Establishes that the employer's failure to initiate the negotiation within such time frame and the parties' failure to reach an agreement within ninety day of the exclusive representative's written request to negotiate or by January 31 of a year in which the collective bargaining agreement is due to expire, whichever is earlier, constitute an impasse to which the impasse procedures in section 89-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall apply. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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