Hawaii Revised Statutes 394b. Dislocated Workers

  • 394b-1 Findings and Purpose.
    The legislature finds that there is a need for employment and training assistance for dislocated workers in Hawaii and that there is a need...
  • 394b-2 Definitions.
    As used in this chapter: "Closing" means the permanent shutting down of all operations within a covered establishment due to the sale, transfer, merger,...
  • 394b-3 Employment Opportunities.
    The director shall identify job opportunities that exist within or outside the labor market area for which dislocated workers could be retrained and assisted...
  • 394b-4 Dislocated Workers Program.
    The director shall establish a program to assist dislocated workers to obtain employment through assistance, training, and related employment services which may include but...
  • 394b-5 Relocation Assistance.
    The director may provide relocation assistance if: (1) The dislocated worker cannot obtain employment within commuting distance; and (2) The individual has secured suitable...
  • 394b-6 Training Costs to Employers.
    Added costs to employers shall be restricted to increased costs incurred by employers when they assume the responsibility for assisting or training dislocated workers....
  • 394b-7 Labor Organization Consultation.
    Any activity under this chapter which provides service to a substantial number of members of a labor organization shall be conducted only after full...
  • 394b-8 Coordination With Federal Programs.
    The director shall develop plans for the implementation of this program which shall include appropriate provisions for the coordination of program activities with related...
  • 394b-9 Notification; Penalty.
    (a) An employer in a covered establishment shall provide to each employee and the director written notification of a closing, divestiture, partial closing, or...
  • 394b-10 Dislocated Worker Allowance.
    (a) Whenever a closing, partial closing, or relocation occurs, the employer shall provide each affected employee who applies for and is found eligible for...
  • 394b-11 Prompt Payment of Wages and Benefits.
    An employer in a covered establishment shall pay on the effective date of a closing, partial closing, or relocation to each employee all wages,...
  • 394b-12 Civil Penalties.
    Except as provided in section 394B-9(b), any employer who fails to conform to the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to each of...
  • 394b-13 Employees Remedies.
    (a) An action by an employee to enforce the provisions of this chapter may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction by any...

Law Journals and Reviews

Employee Rights Under Judicial Scrutiny: Prevalent Policy Discourse and the Hawai i Supreme Court. 14 UH L. Rev. 189 (1992).

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