PART I. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS



 



Note



 



  Sections 104-1 to 104-4 designated as Part I by L 1995, c
181, §1.



 



§104-1  Definitions.  As used in this
chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:



(1)  "Basic hourly rate" means the hourly
wage paid to a laborer or mechanic for work performed during nonovertime hours,
but shall not include the cost to an employer of furnishing fringe benefits
whether paid directly or indirectly to the laborer or mechanic as provided in
paragraph (7);



(2)  "Construction" includes alteration,
repair, painting and decorating;



(3)  "Department" means the department of
labor and industrial relations;



(4)  "Director" means the director of labor
and industrial relations of the State;



(5)  "Governmental contracting agency" means
the State, any county and any officer, bureau, board, commission, or other
agency or instrumentality thereof;



(6)  "Overtime compensation" means
compensation based on one and one-half times the laborers or mechanics basic
hourly rate of pay plus the cost to an employer of furnishing a laborer or
mechanic with fringe benefits as described in paragraph (7);



(7)  "Wages", "rate of wages",
"wage rates", "minimum wages" and "prevailing
wages" mean the basic hourly rate and the cost to an employer of
furnishing a laborer or mechanic with fringe benefits, including but not
limited to health and welfare benefits, vacation benefits, and pension
benefits, whether paid directly or indirectly to the laborer or mechanic. [L
1955, c 133, pt of §2; RL 1955, §9A-1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §38; am L 1963, c
44, §1; HRS §104-1; am L 1987, c 288, §2; am L 1988, c 141, §11; am L 1995, c
181, §3]