PART III. UNLAWFUL SUSPENSION OR DISCHARGE

 

§378-31  Definitions.  As used in thispart:

"Appeal board" means the labor andindustrial relations appeal board.

"Department" means the department oflabor and industrial relations.

"Director" means the director oflabor and industrial relations.

"Employee" includes any personsuffered or permitted to work.

"Employer" includes any individual,partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, corporation, the personalrepresentative of the estate of a deceased individual, or the receiver,trustee, or successor of any of the same, employing any persons, but shall notinclude the State or any political subdivision thereof or the United States.

"Wages" means compensation for laboror services rendered by an employee, whether the amount is determined on atime, task, piece, commission, or other basis of calculation.  It shall includethe reasonable cost, as determined by the director under chapter 387, to theemployer of furnishing an employee with board, lodging, or other facilities ifthe board, lodging, or other facilities are customarily furnished by theemployer to the employer's employees but shall not include tips or gratuitiesof 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

 

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