HI SR57

Convenes a paid family leave task force to examine benefits and costs of establishing a paid family leave program in Hawaii.

Task force directed to examine private sector and state paid family leave programs, gather implementation costs, develop actuarial analysis, and review previous legislative reports on caregiving.

Task force membership includes chairs of relevant Senate and House committees, Director of Labor and Industrial Relations, Director of Executive Office on Aging, and Executive Director of Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women.

Task force co-chairs invited to include representatives from labor unions, businesses of varying sizes, insurers, and caregiver/health advocacy organizations.

Task force must report findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2017 Regular Session and ceases to exist on December 31, 2017.