Bill Text: HI HB208 | 2017 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Labor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-07-11 - Act 135, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1236). [HB208 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2017-HB208-Amended.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO LABOR.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 386, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding three new sections to part IV to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§386- Stop-work order; failure to observe; penalties. An employer or employer representative who directs employees to work in violation of the stop-work order issued and served upon the employer pursuant to section 386-123 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment not exceeding one year or by a fine not exceeding $10,000, or both. Both the employer and employer representative who directed employees to work in violation of the stop-work order shall be held in violation of this section. The director may obtain injunctive and other relief from the circuit court to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
§386- Stop-work order; withdrawal; penalties remitted. The director has the discretion to withdraw a stop-work order or remit all or any part of the penalty in excess of $500 if good cause is shown; provided the employer in default complies with section 386-121.
§386- Enforcement; recovery of attorneys' fees and costs. The court may award reasonable attorneys' fees and costs to the department in an action brought by the department to enforce the provisions of this chapter, including injunctive and other relief to carry out the purposes of sections 386-121 and 386-123."
SECTION 2. Section 386-99, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§386-99[]] Posting
of information. (a) Each employer shall post and maintain,
in places readily accessible to [individuals in the employer's employ] employees,
printed statements concerning benefit rights, claims for benefits, and [such]
other matters relating to the administration of this chapter as the department
of labor and industrial relations may [by regulation] prescribe[.]
by rule. Each employer shall supply [to such individuals] employees
with copies of [such] the printed statements or other
materials relating to claims for benefits [when and as the] in
accordance with rules that the department may [by regulation prescribe.
Such printed statements and other materials shall be supplied by the department
to each employer without cost to the employer.] adopt.
(b) Employers who are subject to section 386-121:
(1) Shall post the name of the employer's insurer that secures compensation pursuant to section 386-121(a)(1); or
(2) Shall post the identity of the self-insured employer's claims adjuster for claims made pursuant to this chapter.
The employer shall post the notice in a conspicuous and accessible location where the employees can easily read the notice during the hours of the workday. Failure to keep the notice required by this section conspicuously posted in a place accessible to employees shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of section 386-121."
SECTION 3. Section 386-123, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§386-123 Failure to
give security for compensation; penalty; injunction[.]; stop-work
order; fines. (a) If an employer fails to comply with section
386-121, or fails to comply with section
386-99(b), the director or the director's designee shall provide the employer with
written notice requiring the employer to provide evidence, satisfactory to the
director or director's designee, of having secured any necessary insurance or
self-insurance in accordance with section 386-121 within three business days. If
an employer fails to provide evidence of insurance or self-insurance within
three business days, the director or the director's designee shall issue and
serve the employer a stop-work order that prohibits the use of employee labor
by the employer until the employer is in compliance with the provisions of
section 386-121. The stop-work order shall become effective immediately upon
service. Any employee who is affected by the work stoppage shall be paid by
the employer for the time lost, not to exceed ten days, pending compliance by
the employer.
(b) An employer may protest a stop-work order by making and filing with the director a written request for a hearing within days after service of the stop-work order. The hearing shall be held within days from the date of filing the request. The director shall notify the employer of the time and place of the hearing by mail. At the conclusion of the hearing, the stop-work order shall be affirmed or dismissed, and within hours after the hearing, the director shall issue a written decision to all parties by registered or certified mail. If any party is aggrieved by the decision of the director or the designated hearings officer, the party may appeal in the manner provided in chapter 91 to the circuit court; provided that the operation of a stop-work order shall not be stayed on appeal unless specifically ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with section 91-14(c).
(c)
At the time the stop-work order is issued and served pursuant to this section,
the director or the director's designee shall also issue and serve a penalty requiring
the employer [shall be liable for] who violates section
386-121 to pay a penalty of not less than $500 or of $100 for each employee
for every day [during which such failure continues,] the employer is
not in compliance, whichever sum is greater, to be recovered in an action
brought by the director or the director's designee in the name of the
State, and the amount [so] that is collected shall be paid into
the special compensation fund created by section 386-151. [The director
may, however, in the director's discretion, for good cause shown, remit all or
any part of the penalty in excess of $500; provided that the employer in
default complies with section 386-121. With respect to such actions, the
attorney general or any county attorney or public prosecutor shall prosecute
the same if so requested by the director.
In addition, if any employer is in default
under section 386-121 for a period of thirty days, the employer may be
enjoined, by the circuit court of the circuit in which the employer's principal
place of business is located, from carrying on the employer's business anywhere
in the State so long as the default continues, such action for injunction to be
prosecuted by the attorney general or any county attorney if so requested by
the director.]"
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Stop-Work Orders; Establishment; Enforcement; Penalties
Description:
Authorizes the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations or the Director's designee to issue and serve on an employer a stop-work order prohibiting the use of employee labor by the employer until the employer complies with certain provisions regarding security for payments of compensation to employees. Establishes penalties, enforcement, and protest procedures related to stop-work orders. (HB208 HD2)
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