§394-3  Contracts; public and private
sectors.  (a)  The department of labor and industrial relations may enter
into contracts for manpower development and training with the department of
education, the University of Hawaii system, or other public agencies.



(b)  The department of labor and industrial
relations also may enter into contracts with private industry for manpower
training and job placement of unemployed persons within such private
organizations.  The private employer shall be responsible for compensating such
persons the minimum wage and the State may assume the differences in wages, if
any, by determining the prevailing wage of persons employed in similar
positions in private industry during the contract period for such manpower
training.



(c)  The department of labor and industrial
relations shall formulate standards and adopt rules to carry out the purposes
of this section. [L 1969, c 251, §3; am L 1971, c 188, §3; am L 1974, c 126,
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