PART III. 
UNLAWFUL SUSPENSION OR DISCHARGE



 



§378-31  Definitions.  As used in this
part:



"Appeal board" means the labor and
industrial relations appeal board.



"Department" means the department of
labor and industrial relations.



"Director" means the director of
labor and industrial relations.



"Employee" includes any person
suffered or permitted to work.



"Employer" includes any individual,
partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, corporation, the personal
representative of the estate of a deceased individual, or the receiver,
trustee, or successor of any of the same, employing any persons, but shall not
include the State or any political subdivision thereof or the United States.



"Wages" means compensation for labor
or services rendered by an employee, whether the amount is determined on a
time, task, piece, commission, or other basis of calculation.  It shall include
the reasonable cost, as determined by the director under chapter 387, to the
employer of furnishing an employee with board, lodging, or other facilities if
the board, lodging, or other facilities are customarily furnished by the
employer to the employer's employees but shall not include tips or gratuities
of any kind. [L 1967, c 22, pt of §1; HRS §378-31; am L 1976, c 200, pt of §1;
gen ch 1985]



 



Revision Note



 



  Numeric designations deleted and definitions rearranged.