Bill Text: HI HB2559 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Wages.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-27 - Referred to LAB, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 5 [HB2559 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB2559-Introduced.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to wages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 387, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding three new sections to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§387— Order
of wage payment violation; appeal. (a) When the department, as a result of the
department's own investigation, finds that a violation of this chapter, chapter
388, or any administrative rule adopted under those chapters, has been
committed and not corrected, the department shall issue an order of wage
payment violation to the violating employer. The order shall include any amount
assessed pursuant to section 387‑12(a).
(b) The order of wage payment violation shall be
final and conclusive unless the employer files a written notice of appeal with
the director within twenty days after a copy of the order of wage payment
violation has been sent to the employer.
(c) Within
thirty days of the filing of the notice of appeal, a hearing on the written
notice of appeal shall be held pursuant to chapter 91 by a hearings officer
appointed by the director. A decision
stating the findings of fact and conclusions of law shall be rendered by the
hearings officer within thirty days after the conclusion of the hearing.
(d) Any party to an appeal under this
chapter may obtain judicial review of the decision issued by the hearings
officer in the manner provided under chapter 91.
§387—
Remittance
of penalties. Until the order of wage payment violation
becomes final, the director may withdraw or modify the order of wage payment
violation or remit all or any part of a penalty assessed if good cause is
shown; provided that the employer in default complies with this chapter and the
administrative rules adopted under this chapter.
§387— Enforcement
of the order of wage payment violation. The director may file a
certified copy of the final order of wage payment violation in the circuit
court in the jurisdiction in which the employer does business. The court shall render a judgment in
accordance with the final order of wage payment violation and notify the parties
of the judgment. The judgment shall have
the same effect, and all proceedings in relation to the judgment shall be the
same, as though the judgment had been determined by the court; provided that
there shall be no appeal from the judgment."
SECTION 2. Section 387-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "wage" to read as follows:
""Wage" means (except as the department may provide under section 387-11) legal tender of the United States or checks on banks convertible into cash on demand at full face value thereof as compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee, whether the amount is determined on a time, task, piece, commission, or other basis of calculation, and in addition thereto the reasonable cost as determined by the department, to the employer of furnishing an employee with board, lodging, or other facilities if such board, lodging, or other facilities are customarily furnished by such employer to the employer's employees. Except for the purposes of the last sentence of section 387-2, "wage" shall not include tips or gratuities of any kind."
SECTION 3. Section 387-12, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) [Liability to employee. Any employer who violates any provision of
sections 387-2 and 387-3 shall be liable to the employee or employees affected
in the amount of their unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime compensation,
and in case of wilful violation in an additional equal amount as liquidated
damages.] Civil. Any employer who
fails to pay wages in accordance with this chapter or chapter 388 without equitable
justification or violates this chapter, chapter 388, or any administrative
rules adopted under these chapters shall be liable:
(1) To the
employee, in addition to the wages legally proven to be due, for a sum equal to
the amount of unpaid wages and interest at a rate of six per cent per year from
the date that the wages were due; and
(2) For a penalty
of not less than $500 or $100 for each violation, whichever is greater. The penalty shall be deposited into the
labor law enforcement special fund."
SECTION 4. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
DLIR; Order of Wage Payment Violation; Wage and Hour; Enforcement; Penalties
Description:
Authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to issue an order of wage payment violation to an employer in violation of provisions regarding wage and hour. Establishes penalties, enforcement, and appeal procedures related to orders of wage payment violations. Amends the "wage" definition under Chapter 387, Hawaii Revised Statutes, wage and hour law, to include compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee, whether the amount is determined on a time, task, piece, commission, or other basis of calculation.
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
