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...

Last modified: October 27, 2016