HI HCR61

Hawaii Labor Relations Board is requested to establish objective standards and criteria for determining whether a group of state workers should be split off into a new bargaining unit.

Current law in Hawaii Revised Statutes section 89-6 recognizes fifteen bargaining units, but the Legislature lacks objective criteria to evaluate requests for new units.

Standards should be based on community of interest principles, similar to the National Labor Relations Act framework, which groups employees with the same or substantially similar interests concerning wages, hours, and working conditions.

Hawaii Labor Relations Board must submit a report with findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the start of the 2024 Regular Session.

Certified copies of the resolution shall be transmitted to the Governor and Chief Negotiator of the Office of Collective Bargaining.