Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB1614 Compare Versions

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1	1	THE SENATE S.B. NO. 1614 THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 S.D. 1 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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31	31	A BILL FOR AN ACT
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37	37	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
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43	43	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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47	47	SECTION 1. Section 89-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows: 1. By amending subsections (a) and (b) to read: "(a) All employees throughout the State within any of the following categories shall constitute an appropriate bargaining unit: (1) Nonsupervisory employees in blue collar positions; (2) Supervisory employees in blue collar positions; (3) Nonsupervisory employees in white collar positions; (4) Supervisory employees in white collar positions; (5) Teachers and other personnel of the department of education under the same pay schedule, including part‑time employees working less than twenty hours a week who are equal to one-half of a full-time equivalent; (6) Educational officers and other personnel of the department of education under the same pay schedule; (7) Faculty of the University of Hawaii and the community college system; (8) Personnel of the University of Hawaii and the community college system, other than faculty; (9) Registered professional nurses; (10) Institutional, health, and correctional workers[;], excluding adult corrections officers of the department of public safety's corrections division or a successor agency to which the officers and duties have been transferred; (11) Firefighters; (12) Police officers; (13) Professional and scientific employees, who cannot be included in any of the other bargaining units; (14) State law enforcement officers; [and] (15) State and county ocean safety and water safety officers[.]; and (16) Adult corrections officers of the department of public safety's corrections division or a successor agency to which the officers and duties have been transferred. (b) Because of the nature of work involved and the essentiality of certain occupations that require specialized training, supervisory employees who are eligible for inclusion in units (9) through [(15)] (16) shall be included in units (9) through [(15),] (16), respectively, instead of unit (2) or (4)." 2. By amending subsection (d) to read: "(d) For the purpose of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement, the public employer of an appropriate bargaining unit shall mean the governor together with the following employers: (1) For bargaining units (1), (2), (3), (4), (9), (10), (13), (14), [and] (15), and (16), the governor shall have six votes and the mayors, the chief justice, and the Hawaii health systems corporation board shall each have one vote if they have employees in the particular bargaining unit; (2) For bargaining units (11) and (12), the governor shall have four votes and the mayors shall each have one vote; (3) For bargaining units (5) and (6), the governor shall have three votes, the board of education shall have two votes, and the superintendent of education shall have one vote; and (4) For bargaining units (7) and (8), the governor shall have three votes, the board of regents of the University of Hawaii shall have two votes, and the president of the University of Hawaii shall have one vote. Any decision to be reached by the applicable employer group shall be on the basis of simple majority, except when a bargaining unit includes county employees from more than one county. In that case, the simple majority shall include at least one county." SECTION 2. Section 89-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows: "(e) If an impasse exists between a public employer and the exclusive representative of bargaining unit (2), supervisory employees in blue collar positions; bargaining unit (3), nonsupervisory employees in white collar positions; bargaining unit (4), supervisory employees in white collar positions; bargaining unit (6), educational officers and other personnel of the department of education under the same salary schedule; bargaining unit (8), personnel of the University of Hawaii and the community college system, other than faculty; bargaining unit (9), registered professional nurses; bargaining unit (10), institutional, health, and correctional workers[;], excluding adult corrections officers of the department of public safety's corrections division or a successor agency to which the officers and duties have been transferred; bargaining unit (11), firefighters; bargaining unit (12), police officers; bargaining unit (13), professional and scientific employees; bargaining unit (14), state law enforcement officers; [or] bargaining unit (15), state and county ocean safety and water safety officers[,]; or bargaining unit (16), adult corrections officers of the department of public safety's corrections division or a successor agency to which the officers and duties have been transferred, the board shall assist in the resolution of the impasse as follows: (1) Mediation. During the first twenty days after the date of impasse, the board shall immediately appoint a mediator, representative of the public from a list of qualified persons maintained by the board, to assist the parties in a voluntary resolution of the impasse. (2) Arbitration. If the impasse continues twenty days after the date of impasse, the board shall immediately notify the employer and the exclusive representative that the impasse shall be submitted to a three-member arbitration panel who shall follow the arbitration procedure provided herein. (A) Arbitration panel. Two members of the arbitration panel shall be selected by the parties; one shall be selected by the employer and one shall be selected by the exclusive representative. The neutral third member of the arbitration panel, who shall chair the arbitration panel, shall be selected by mutual agreement of the parties. In the event that the parties fail to select the neutral third member of the arbitration panel within thirty days from the date of impasse, the board shall request the American Arbitration Association, or its successor in function, to furnish a list of five qualified and experienced interest arbitrators from which the neutral arbitrator shall be selected. Within five days after receipt of the list, the parties shall alternately strike names from the list until a single name is left, who shall be immediately appointed by the board as the neutral arbitrator and chairperson of the arbitration panel. (B) Final positions. Upon the selection and appointment of the arbitration panel, each party shall submit to the panel, in writing, with copy to the other party, a final position that shall include all provisions in any existing collective bargaining agreement not being modified, all provisions already agreed to in negotiations, and all further provisions that each party is proposing for inclusion in the final agreement; provided that such further provisions shall be limited to those specific proposals that were submitted in writing to the other party and were the subject of collective bargaining between the parties up to the time of the impasse, including those specific proposals that the parties have decided to include through a written mutual agreement. The arbitration panel shall decide whether final positions are compliant with this provision and which proposals may be considered for inclusion in the final agreement. (C) Arbitration hearing. Within one hundred twenty days of its appointment, the arbitration panel shall commence a hearing at which time the parties may submit, either in writing or through oral testimony, all information or data supporting their respective final positions. The arbitrator, or the chairperson of the arbitration panel together with the other two members, are encouraged to assist the parties in a voluntary resolution of the impasse through mediation, to the extent practicable throughout the entire arbitration period until the date the panel is required to issue its arbitration decision. (D) Arbitration decision. Within thirty days after the conclusion of the hearing, a majority of the arbitration panel shall reach a decision pursuant to subsection (f) on all provisions that each party proposed in its respective final position for inclusion in the final agreement and transmit a preliminary draft of its decision to the parties. The parties shall review the preliminary draft for completeness, technical correctness, and clarity and may mutually submit to the panel any desired changes or adjustments that shall be incorporated in the final draft of its decision. Within fifteen days after the transmittal of the preliminary draft, a majority of the arbitration panel shall issue the arbitration decision." SECTION 3. The rights, benefits, and privileges currently enjoyed by adult corrections officers of the department of public safety's correction division or a successor agency to which the officers and duties have been transferred, including those rights, benefits, and privileges under chapters 76, 78, 87A, and 88, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall not be impaired or diminished as a result of these employees being transitioned to the newly created bargaining unit (16). The transition to the new bargaining unit (16) shall not result in any break in service for the affected employees. The rights, benefits, and privileges currently enjoyed by state adult corrections officers shall be maintained under their existing collective bargaining agreement and any successor agreement until a collective bargaining agreement is negotiated for the new bargaining unit (16). SECTION 4. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date. SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
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49	49	SECTION 1. Section 89-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
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51	51	1. By amending subsections (a) and (b) to read:
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53	53	"(a) All employees throughout the State within any of the following categories shall constitute an appropriate bargaining unit:
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55	55	(1) Nonsupervisory employees in blue collar positions;
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57	57	(2) Supervisory employees in blue collar positions;
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59	59	(3) Nonsupervisory employees in white collar positions;
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61	61	(4) Supervisory employees in white collar positions;
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63	63	(5) Teachers and other personnel of the department of education under the same pay schedule, including part‑time employees working less than twenty hours a week who are equal to one-half of a full-time equivalent;
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65	65	(6) Educational officers and other personnel of the department of education under the same pay schedule;
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67	67	(7) Faculty of the University of Hawaii and the community college system;
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69	69	(8) Personnel of the University of Hawaii and the community college system, other than faculty;
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71	71	(9) Registered professional nurses;
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73	73	(10) Institutional, health, and correctional workers[;], excluding adult corrections officers of the department of public safety's corrections division or a successor agency to which the officers and duties have been transferred;
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75	75	(11) Firefighters;
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77	77	(12) Police officers;
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79	79	(13) Professional and scientific employees, who cannot be included in any of the other bargaining units;
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81	81	(14) State law enforcement officers; [and]
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83	83	(15) State and county ocean safety and water safety officers[.]; and
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85	85	(16) Adult corrections officers of the department of public safety's corrections division or a successor agency to which the officers and duties have been transferred.
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87	87	(b) Because of the nature of work involved and the essentiality of certain occupations that require specialized training, supervisory employees who are eligible for inclusion in units (9) through [(15)] (16) shall be included in units (9) through [(15),] (16), respectively, instead of unit (2) or (4)."
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89	89	2. By amending subsection (d) to read:
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91	91	"(d) For the purpose of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement, the public employer of an appropriate bargaining unit shall mean the governor together with the following employers:
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93	93	(1) For bargaining units (1), (2), (3), (4), (9), (10), (13), (14), [and] (15), and (16), the governor shall have six votes and the mayors, the chief justice, and the Hawaii health systems corporation board shall each have one vote if they have employees in the particular bargaining unit;
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95	95	(2) For bargaining units (11) and (12), the governor shall have four votes and the mayors shall each have one vote;
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97	97	(3) For bargaining units (5) and (6), the governor shall have three votes, the board of education shall have two votes, and the superintendent of education shall have one vote; and
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99	99	(4) For bargaining units (7) and (8), the governor shall have three votes, the board of regents of the University of Hawaii shall have two votes, and the president of the University of Hawaii shall have one vote.
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101	101	Any decision to be reached by the applicable employer group shall be on the basis of simple majority, except when a bargaining unit includes county employees from more than one county. In that case, the simple majority shall include at least one county."
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103	103	SECTION 2. Section 89-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
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105	105	"(e) If an impasse exists between a public employer and the exclusive representative of bargaining unit (2), supervisory employees in blue collar positions; bargaining unit (3), nonsupervisory employees in white collar positions; bargaining unit (4), supervisory employees in white collar positions; bargaining unit (6), educational officers and other personnel of the department of education under the same salary schedule; bargaining unit (8), personnel of the University of Hawaii and the community college system, other than faculty; bargaining unit (9), registered professional nurses; bargaining unit (10), institutional, health, and correctional workers[;], excluding adult corrections officers of the department of public safety's corrections division or a successor agency to which the officers and duties have been transferred; bargaining unit (11), firefighters; bargaining unit (12), police officers; bargaining unit (13), professional and scientific employees; bargaining unit (14), state law enforcement officers; [or] bargaining unit (15), state and county ocean safety and water safety officers[,]; or bargaining unit (16), adult corrections officers of the department of public safety's corrections division or a successor agency to which the officers and duties have been transferred, the board shall assist in the resolution of the impasse as follows:
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107	107	(1) Mediation. During the first twenty days after the date of impasse, the board shall immediately appoint a mediator, representative of the public from a list of qualified persons maintained by the board, to assist the parties in a voluntary resolution of the impasse.
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109	109	(2) Arbitration. If the impasse continues twenty days after the date of impasse, the board shall immediately notify the employer and the exclusive representative that the impasse shall be submitted to a three-member arbitration panel who shall follow the arbitration procedure provided herein.
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111	111	(A) Arbitration panel. Two members of the arbitration panel shall be selected by the parties; one shall be selected by the employer and one shall be selected by the exclusive representative. The neutral third member of the arbitration panel, who shall chair the arbitration panel, shall be selected by mutual agreement of the parties. In the event that the parties fail to select the neutral third member of the arbitration panel within thirty days from the date of impasse, the board shall request the American Arbitration Association, or its successor in function, to furnish a list of five qualified and experienced interest arbitrators from which the neutral arbitrator shall be selected. Within five days after receipt of the list, the parties shall alternately strike names from the list until a single name is left, who shall be immediately appointed by the board as the neutral arbitrator and chairperson of the arbitration panel.
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113	113	(B) Final positions. Upon the selection and appointment of the arbitration panel, each party shall submit to the panel, in writing, with copy to the other party, a final position that shall include all provisions in any existing collective bargaining agreement not being modified, all provisions already agreed to in negotiations, and all further provisions that each party is proposing for inclusion in the final agreement; provided that such further provisions shall be limited to those specific proposals that were submitted in writing to the other party and were the subject of collective bargaining between the parties up to the time of the impasse, including those specific proposals that the parties have decided to include through a written mutual agreement. The arbitration panel shall decide whether final positions are compliant with this provision and which proposals may be considered for inclusion in the final agreement.
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115	115	(C) Arbitration hearing. Within one hundred twenty days of its appointment, the arbitration panel shall commence a hearing at which time the parties may submit, either in writing or through oral testimony, all information or data supporting their respective final positions. The arbitrator, or the chairperson of the arbitration panel together with the other two members, are encouraged to assist the parties in a voluntary resolution of the impasse through mediation, to the extent practicable throughout the entire arbitration period until the date the panel is required to issue its arbitration decision.
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117	117	(D) Arbitration decision. Within thirty days after the conclusion of the hearing, a majority of the arbitration panel shall reach a decision pursuant to subsection (f) on all provisions that each party proposed in its respective final position for inclusion in the final agreement and transmit a preliminary draft of its decision to the parties. The parties shall review the preliminary draft for completeness, technical correctness, and clarity and may mutually submit to the panel any desired changes or adjustments that shall be incorporated in the final draft of its decision. Within fifteen days after the transmittal of the preliminary draft, a majority of the arbitration panel shall issue the arbitration decision."
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119	119	SECTION 3. The rights, benefits, and privileges currently enjoyed by adult corrections officers of the department of public safety's correction division or a successor agency to which the officers and duties have been transferred, including those rights, benefits, and privileges under chapters 76, 78, 87A, and 88, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall not be impaired or diminished as a result of these employees being transitioned to the newly created bargaining unit (16). The transition to the new bargaining unit (16) shall not result in any break in service for the affected employees. The rights, benefits, and privileges currently enjoyed by state adult corrections officers shall be maintained under their existing collective bargaining agreement and any successor agreement until a collective bargaining agreement is negotiated for the new bargaining unit (16).
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121	121	SECTION 4. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
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123	123	SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
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125	125	SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
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127	127	Report Title: Collective Bargaining; Institutional, Health, and Correctional Workers; Adult Corrections Officers; PSD; Corrections Division; DCR Description: Retains institutional, health, and correctional workers except for adult corrections officers of the Department of Public Safety's Corrections Division or its successor agency of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation under bargaining unit (10). Creates a separate bargaining unit (16) for adult corrections officers of the Department of Public Safety's Corrections Division or its successor agency. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1) The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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149	149	The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.