Bill Text: HI SB876 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Employment Practices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB876 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB876-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to employment practices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
"§378- Seats
for employees; violation. (a) Employers
shall provide suitable seats for the use of their employees and shall permit
their employees to use the seats whenever they are not necessarily engaged in
the active duties of their employment, and shall also provide for their use and
permit them to use suitable seats while at work, except when the work cannot properly
be performed in a sitting position or when the seats may reasonably be expected
to result in an unsafe or hazardous working condition.
(b)
An employer who violates this section shall be fined not less than $50
nor more than $200 for each violation.
The fine that is ordered pursuant to this section shall be deposited
with the director of finance to the credit of the general fund of the State."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Employment Practices; Seats for Employees; Violation; Fines
Description:
Requires employers to provide employees the right to sit at work when standing is not necessary. Establishes fines.
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