S.B. 2369 Summary

• Amends Hawaii's public sector collective bargaining law (Chapter 89) to require payroll deductions of dues equivalents from both member and nonmember employees in bargaining units represented by exclusive representatives.

• Allows nonmember employees to request refunds of portions of deductions representing the exclusive representative's expenditures on political and ideological activities unrelated to employment terms and conditions.

• Permits exclusive representatives to establish separate dues rates, fees, and service charges for members, nonmembers paying pro-rata representation costs, and nonmembers not paying such costs.

• Modifies the exclusive representative's duty to represent all employees in grievance-arbitration procedures to exclude employees who do not pay reasonable representation costs.

• Intended to ensure exclusive bargaining representatives maintain financial resources to effectively represent public employees following anticipated federal court rulings that could ban traditional agency fees.