Bill Text: HI SB3007 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Hiring.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-03-22 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Martinez, Nakashima, Quinlan excused (3). [SB3007 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB3007-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HIRING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1.
The legislature finds that the State is facing unprecedented vacancies
in state positions. According to the
department of human resources development, the state vacancy rate is
twenty-three per cent, as reported by departments on November 1, 2022. One contributing factor to the number of
state job vacancies is the length of time between when a person applies for a
state job to when that person receives a response. The department of human resources development
may take up to three to six months to send a list of applicants to a department
to schedule an interview. By this time,
many qualified applicants have either found a different job or forgotten
entirely about continuing the application process for a state job.
The legislature further finds that the
large amount of vacancies in the state workforce is exacerbating the state
worker shortage, leaving fewer workers to carry the workload and leading to
burnout and further worker flight. To
support the currently employed state workforce, departments must be adequately
staffed with dedicated workers.
The legislature recognizes that departments
have requested the ability to review their own applicants as soon as a job
posting closes or on a rolling basis.
While this may not be practical for all job postings, the ability for
departments to select their own highest-need positions and review those job
applications directly deserves consideration.
A department also has the expertise to determine whether an applicant
meets minimum qualifications for a job within that department. This internal department review will not only
speed up the review process for key positions but will also relieve the
workload of the department of human resources development, allowing it to
review the remaining applications for other job openings faster.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Allow a state department, division, or agency, rather than the department of human resources development, to conduct a minimum qualification review of applicants for vacant positions within the department, division, or agency; and
(2) Require the department of human resources development to provide state departments, divisions, and agencies the applications received for vacancies under certain circumstances.
SECTION 2. Chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§76- Recruitment; minimum qualification review;
state departments, divisions, and agencies.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the
contrary, a state department, division, or agency, rather than the department
of human resources development, may conduct a minimum qualification review of
applicants for vacant positions within that department, division, or agency.
(b) A
state department, division, or agency that elects to conduct its own minimum
qualification review of applicants for a vacancy pursuant to subsection (a)
shall notify the department of human resources development, which shall provide
to the department, division, or agency:
(1) For positions
with a recruitment closing date, the applications received for the vacancy
received by the closing date for that vacancy; or
(2) For continuous
recruitment positions, the applications received for the vacancy
that have been received by a certain date, as determined by the state
department, division, or agency; provided that the department of human
resources development shall continue to transmit applications for that position
on a reasonable rolling basis until the particular vacancy is filled;
provided
that the department of human resources development shall submit the
applications received for a vacancy immediately to a state department,
division, or agency if requested by the applicable state department, division,
or agency.
(c) In
conducting the minimum qualification review of an applicant, a state
department, division, or agency may consider any alternative qualifications and
substitutions that may be used in place of the minimum qualifications. If a state department, division, or agency
considers any other alternative qualifications or substitutions, that department,
division, or agency shall send justification for using the alternative
qualification or substitution to the department of human resources development.
(d) Upon completing the minimum qualification review of applicants for a vacancy, the state department, division, or agency shall submit to the department of human resources development the applications for individuals who have met the minimum qualifications for the vacancy. The department of human resources development shall complete any other tasks necessary to facilitate the hiring of the applicants, including auditing and correcting any errors found in the minimum qualification review, as applicable."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.
Report Title:
State Departments; Department of Human Resources Development; Civil Service; Minimum Qualification Review
Description:
Authorizes a state department, division, or agency, rather than the Department of Human Resources Development, to conduct a minimum qualification review of applicants for vacant positions within the department, division, or agency. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to provide state departments, divisions, and agencies the applications received for vacancies under certain circumstances. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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