Bill Text: HI SB2723 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Wages and Hours Enforcement; Penalties; Public Works; Government Contracts
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-01 - Act 192, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294). [SB2723 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-SB2723-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT OF WAGE LAWS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 104-24, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:
"(a) Where the department finds that a
first violation of this chapter has been committed, the department shall assess
a penalty equal to ten per cent of the amount of back wages found due or [$25]
$1,000 per offense, whichever is greater.
(b) Where the department finds that a second
violation of this chapter has been committed, whether on the same contract or
another, within two years of the first notification of violation, the
department, after proper notice and opportunity for hearing, shall order the
person or firm in violation to pay a penalty equal to the amount of back wages
found due or [$100] $10,000 for each offense, whichever is
greater."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on January 7, 2059.
Report Title:
Wages and Hours Enforcement; Penalties; Public Works; Government Contracts
Description:
Requires government contractors who violate wages and hours laws to pay a penalty that is equal to ten per cent of the amount of back wages due or $1,000 per offense, whichever is greater, for the first offense; and a penalty equal to the amount of back wages found due or $10,000 for each offense, whichever is greater, for the second offense. Effective January 7, 2059. (SD1)
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