Bill Text: HI HB2560 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating To Wages.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-27 - Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 5 [HB2560 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-HB2560-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2560
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO WAGES.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 388-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "wages" to read as follows:

     ""Wages" means 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.  [It shall include the] "Wages" includes:

     (1)  Any paid time off or personal time off, or holiday, sick, or vacation pay earned and payable in accordance with the terms of an employer's policy or a written agreement with the employer; and

     (2)  The reasonable cost, as determined by the director under chapter 387, to the employer of furnishing an employee with board, lodging, or other facilities if [such] the board, lodging, or other facilities are customarily furnished by the employer to the employer's employees but [shall] does not include tips or gratuities of any kind[,]; provided that for the purposes of section 388-6, "wages" [shall include] includes tips or gratuities of any kind."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Wages; Employment; Vacation Leave; Sick Leave; Paid Time Off

 

Description:

Amends the definition of "wages" in state law regarding wages and other compensation to include any paid time off or personal time off, or holiday, sick, or vacation pay earned and payable in accordance with the terms of an employer's policy or a written agreement with the employer.

 

 

 

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