Bill Text: HI SB2940 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Bill 2940

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating To Labor.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-24 - Referred to LBT, CPN. [SB2940 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2940-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2940
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to labor.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 387, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§387- Canceled shifts. (a) Each work day an employee is required to report for work and reports, but is not assigned work or is furnished less than half of the employee's usual or scheduled day's work, the employee shall be paid for half the usual or scheduled day's work; provided that the employee shall receive not less than two hours and not more than four hours of pay at the employee's regular rate; provided further that the rate of pay shall be not less than the applicable minimum wage pursuant to section 387-2.

(b) If an employee is required to report for work for a second time in any one workday and is furnished less than two hours of work on the second reporting, the employee shall be paid for two hours at the employee's regular rate of pay; provided that the rate of pay shall not be less than the applicable minimum wage pursuant to section 387-2.

(1) An operation that cannot commence or continue due to threats to employees or property, or recommendation by civil authorities;

(2) A cancellation of work or reduction of work hours due to failure by public utilities to supply electricity, water, or gas, or a failure in public utility services, including the sewer system, servicing the operation;

(3) An interruption of work that is caused by an act of God or other cause not within the employer's control; or

(4) An employee on paid standby status who is called to perform assigned work at a time other than the employee's scheduled reporting time.

(d) For the purposes of this section, "employer" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative, or any organized group of persons, who directly or indirectly or through an agent or any other person, including through the services of a third-party employer, temporary services, or staffing agency, independent contractor, or any similar entity, at any time in the prior twelve months, employs or exercises control over the wages, hours, or working conditions of fifty or more employees at a single business establishment."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

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

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Canceled Shift; Minimum Pay; Employees; Employers

Description:

Establishes provisions for minimum pay for employees who have canceled shifts or reduced work hours at a business establishment with fifty or more employees.

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