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Senate committee approves working group to study paid family and medical leave
Summary
The Senate Committee on Labor and Technology on March 28 adopted recommendations to pass SCR 145 and SR 117 as amended, asking the Department of Labor to convene a legislative working group and allowing DLIR to contract independent consultants and include an OOPA representative.
The Senate Committee on Labor and Technology voted March 28, 2025, in Conference Room 224 at the Hawaii State Capitol to pass SCR 145 and SR 117 as amended, directing the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to convene a legislative working group to develop recommendations for a state paid family and medical leave program.
The move, adopted by recorded voice votes from chair and committee members, instructs the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) to assemble stakeholders, commission an actuarial analysis of Hawaii’s workforce and potential beneficiaries, and permits DLIR to retain independent third‑party consultants for facilitation, legal and regulatory review, comparative analysis, compliance and eligibility review, staffing and operating requirements, legislative language drafting,…
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