Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 371 · 22 active provisions
When used in this chapter: "Appeal board" means the labor and industrial relations [appeals] board. "Department" means the department of labor and industrial relations. "Director" means the director of labor and industrial relations. "Employer" includes every person having control or custody of any employment, place of…
Whenever in this chapter reference is made to "this chapter", the term, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, includes also any other chapter or section of the Revised Statutes amended by Act 237 of the Session Laws of Hawaii 1939, and any other provisions of the Act.
The attorney general shall be the legal advisor to the department of labor and industrial relations, and all legal duties involved in the work of the department shall be performed by the department of the attorney general.
(a) There is created a labor and industrial relations appeals board composed of three members nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor for terms of ten years each, except that the terms of members first appointed shall be for six, eight, and ten years respectively as de…
In all hearings or investigations conducted by the director of labor and industrial relations, or any of the director's duly authorized subordinates, including a hearings officer appointed by the appeal board under section 371-4, or the appeal board, with respect to any matters cognizable by any of them, each of the of…
In addition to any other duties and powers as may be conferred upon the department of labor and industrial relations by law, the department shall: (1) File with the governor a written report or reports at times, at least once in each year, and in a form as shall be requested by the governor covering the condition and a…
In addition to any other duties and powers as may be conferred upon the director by law, the director of labor and industrial relations shall: (1) Supervise and direct the operations and functions of the department of labor and industrial relations; (2) Cause the enforcement of rules; and (3) Propose rules or changes i…
. (a) Any employer, employee, or other person who wilfully violates any lawful rule of the department for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be fined no more than $500, or imprisoned no more than six months, or both, for each offense. (b) Any person who, after twenty-one days written notice and the opportunit…
The governor or the governor's designated agent shall promote the voluntary mediation of disputes between employers and employees, and avoid the necessity of resorting to lockouts, boycotts, blacklists, strikes, discriminations, and legal proceedings in the matters of employment. In pursuance of this duty, the governor…
The department of labor and industrial relations: (1) Shall investigate and gather data regarding the wages, hours, and other conditions and practices of employment in the State, and may enter and inspect places and records, and make transcriptions thereof, and investigate facts, conditions, practices, or matters as ar…
The department of labor and industrial relations shall: (1) Enforce the child labor provisions of this chapter; (2) Enforce this chapter relative to the regulation of commercial employment agencies; (3) Enforce any other labor laws enacted by the legislature of the State; (4) Enforce the provisions of section 394B-9 re…
(a) There is established in the state treasury the labor law enforcement special fund into which shall be deposited: (1) All penalties collected pursuant to section 387-18; (2) All penalties collected pursuant to section 387-12(a)(2); (3) All penalties collected pursuant to section 388-9.7; (4) All penalties collected…
The department of labor and industrial relations may assist and cooperate with the wage and hour division, United States Department of Labor, in the enforcement within this State of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and, subject to regulations of the administrator of the wage and hour division and the laws of the S…
The position of manpower planning administrator which shall be exempt from chapter 76 is established within the department of labor and industrial relations. The manpower planning administrator shall be appointed by the director with the concurrence of the state manpower services council. The manpower planning administ…
(a) No later than July 1, 2000, every employer, labor organization, retiree organization, or other entity specified under the definition of "group long-term care insurance" under section 431:10H-104, may apply the guidelines set out in title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, section 2510.3-1(j), as amended, if the emplo…
(a) There is established a millennium workforce development training program, hereinafter referred to as the program, that shall be placed with the department of business, economic development, and tourism for administrative purposes. The program shall provide education and training at the post-high school to graduate…
Positions established by the department to implement federally funded employment or training programs, or both, including but not limited to those established under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, Job Training Partnership Act, Workforce Investment Act, and the welfare to work program, may be exempt from…
(a) In addition to any workforce advisory board established pursuant to this chapter, the director may establish workforce advisory boards to be placed in the department for administrative purposes only. Section 26-34 shall not apply to the workforce advisory boards established pursuant to this section. (b) The directo…
(a) There is created within the department, for administrative purposes only, the Hawaii agriculture workforce advisory board, which shall include the following members or their designees: (1) The director; (2) The chairperson of the board of agriculture and biosecurity; (3) The superintendent of education; (4) The dea…
(a) There is established within the department, for administrative purposes, the Hawaii healthcare workforce advisory board, which shall include the following members or their designees: (1) The director, who shall serve as the chair; (2) The director of health; (3) The director of the Hawaii/Pacific basin area health…
(a) Every employer specified in subsection (b) shall post and keep posted in a place readily accessible to individuals in the employer's employ a poster no smaller than eight and one-half inches by eleven inches in size that states the following: "If you or someone you know is being forced to engage in any activity and…
(a) There shall be created in the department a k-12 agriculture workforce development pipeline initiative to conduct training sessions for teachers and school administrators on the islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and Kauai, regarding agricultural self-sufficiency. (b) The k-12 agriculture workforce devel…