PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Note

 

  Sections 104-1 to 104-4 designated as Part I by L 1995, c181, §1.

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(7)  "Wages", "rate of wages","wage rates", "minimum wages" and "prevailingwages" mean the basic hourly rate and the cost to an employer offurnishing a laborer or mechanic with fringe benefits, including but notlimited to health and welfare benefits, vacation benefits, and pensionbenefits, whether paid directly or indirectly to the laborer or mechanic. [L1955, c 133, pt of §2; RL 1955, §9A-1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §38; am L 1963, c44, §1; HRS §104-1; am L 1987, c 288, §2; am L 1988, c 141, §11; am L 1995, c181, §3]