Legislature(2007 - 2008)BELTZ 211
03/04/2008 09:00 AM Senate STATE AFFAIRS
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SB265 | |
SB276 | |
HB259 | |
SB296 | |
Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+= | SB 276 | TELECONFERENCED | |
+ | SB 265 | TELECONFERENCED | |
*+ | SB 296 | TELECONFERENCED | |
+ | HB 259 | TELECONFERENCED | |
+ | TELECONFERENCED |
SB 276-STATE CONSTRUCT'N PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT CHAIR MCGUIRE announced the consideration of SB 276. 9:28:25 AM SENATOR BUNDE noted an amendment to SB 276 to address the concerns by Senator French the last time the committee discussed the bill to make sure people have accurate information. 9:29:16 AM SENATOR BUNDE moved Amendment 1, labeled 25-LS1247\M.1, Wayne, as follows: Page 2, following line 9: Insert a new subsection to read: "(c) An employer or labor representative who participates in or administers a fringe benefits program that is available for selection by an employee under (b) of this section shall provide to the employee a written description of the fringe benefits program within seven days after a request by the employee." Reletter the following subsection accordingly. Page 2, line 28, following "agreement;": Insert "an employer or labor representative who administers a fringe benefits program that is available for selection by an employee under this paragraph shall provide the employee with a written description of the fringe benefits program within seven days after a request by the employee;" SENATOR FRENCH objected. SENATOR BUNDE said Amendment 1 requires that an employee under a project work agreement is informed within the first seven days of employment detailing union and non-union benefit plans. SENATOR FRENCH removed his objection, and Amendment 1 passed. SENATOR BUNDE said the bill gives people who work under a project labor agreement an opportunity to be vested in the union benefit plan if it is the most beneficial or to continue with the benefit plan of their employer. During the Trans Alaska Pipeline project, people went to work and they were not employed long enough to vest. There has been a change. In those days it was a ten-year vesting period and now it is five. But five years is quite a long time, so it may be in a person's best interest to continue with their non-union program. 9:32:04 AM SENATOR BUNDE moved to report SB 276, as amended, from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There being no objection, CSSB 276(STA) passed out of committee.
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