§383-142  Employing units.  Any
employing unit or any officer or agent of an employing unit or any other person
who makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false, or who
knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to prevent or reduce the payment
of benefits to any individual entitled thereto, or to avoid becoming or
remaining a subject employer or to avoid or reduce any contribution or other
payment required from an employing unit under this chapter or under the
unemployment compensation law of any state or of the federal government, or who
wilfully fails or refuses to make any such contributions or other payment or to
furnish any reports required hereunder or to produce or permit the inspection
or copying of records as required hereunder, or who wilfully fails to
establish, maintain, or preserve records of all individuals in the employer's
employ that show the total amount of wages paid for each pay-period to each
individual while in the employer's employ, or who wilfully fails to establish,
maintain, or preserve any other record, as required by this chapter or any rule
or regulation adopted hereunder, shall be charged with a misdemeanor, and
subject to a fine of not more than $10,000; and each false statement or
representation or failure to disclose a material fact, or failure to establish,
maintain, or preserve records, and each day of such a failure or refusal shall
constitute a separate offense. [L 1939, c 219, §14(b)(3), (4); am L 1941, c
304, §1, pt of subs 36; RL 1945, §4289; RL 1955, §93-141; HRS §383-142; am L
2005, c 114, §2]



 



Cross References



 



  Perjury and related offenses, see §§710-1060 to 710-1068.



  Tampering with government records, see §710-1017.