Bill Text: HI HB917 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Wages; Payment of Compensation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [HB917 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB917-Introduced.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
917 |
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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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. The purpose of this Act is to protect employees in this State by requiring employers to provide employees with specific wage information on pay statements.
SECTION 2. Section 387-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
(1) By amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Every employer shall keep in or
about the premises wherein any employee is employed a contemporaneous, true,
and accurate record of [the]:
(1) The name, address, and occupation
of each [such] employee[, of the];
(2) The amount paid each pay period to
each [such] employee[, of the];
(3) The hours worked each day and each
workweek by each [such] employee[, and of such];
(4) The rate or rates of pay of each employee and basis thereof, whether paid by the hour, shift, day, week, salary, piece, commission, or other basis; gross wages; deductions; allowances, if any, claimed as part of the minimum wage; and net wages; and
(5) Any other information and for [such]
the periods of time as the director [of labor and industrial
relations] may by [regulation] rule prescribe.
The director or the director's authorized
representative shall for the purpose of examination have access to and the
right to copy [from such] the records. Every employer shall
furnish to the director or the director's authorized representative [such]
any information relating to the employment of workers and in [such]
any manner as the director may prescribe."
(2) By amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) Every employer shall furnish each
employee at every pay period a legible printed, typewritten, or handwritten [notice]
record showing the [employee's:] following:
(1) The name of the employee;
(2) The name of the employer;
(3) The address and telephone number of the employer;
[(1) Total] (4) The employee's total
hours worked;
[(2) Overtime] (5) The employee's
regular and overtime hours;
[(3) Straight-time] (6) The
employee's straight-time compensation;
[(4) Overtime] (7) The employee's
overtime compensation;
[(5) Other] (8) Any other
compensation[;], including allowances, if any, claimed as part of the
minimum wage;
[(6) Total] (9) The employee's total
gross compensation;
[(7) Amount] (10) The amount and
purpose of each deduction;
[(8) Total] (11) The employee's
total net compensation;
[(9) Date] (12) The date of
payment; [and
(10) Pay] (13) The pay period
covered; and
(14) The rate or rates of pay and basis thereof, whether paid by the hour, shift, day, week, salary, piece, commission, or other basis, including overtime rate or rates of pay. For employees paid a piece rate, the record shall indicate the applicable piece rate or rates of pay and the number of pieces completed at each piece rate;
provided that in lieu of the printed, typewritten,
or handwritten [notice] record required by this subsection and
upon receipt of written authorization from the employee, the employer may
provide an electronic [notice] record that may be electronically
accessed by the employee."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act, upon its approval, shall take effect on January 1, 2014.
INTRODUCED BY: |
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Wages; Payment of Compensation
Description:
Requires employers to provide employees with specific wage and employer information in employees' pay records; requires employers to maintain accurate and timely wage recordkeeping. Effective January 1, 2014.
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