HI HR48

Requests the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to convene a working group to design a paid family leave program for Hawaii.

Working group composition includes the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations (chair), Director of Human Resources Development, Executive Director of the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, and representatives from nonprofits, business groups, and multiple labor unions, plus one House member and one Senate member.

Working group must analyze paid family leave programs in other states, develop a budget for program establishment, and create a timeline for implementation with specific benchmarks.

Report with findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation must be submitted to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the Regular Session of 2024.

Resolution notes that 44 percent of Hawaii households fell below the ALICE (asset limited, income constrained, employed) threshold in 2022, and only 25 percent of U.S. civilian workers have access to employer-provided paid family leave.