Title 12, Chapter 21 (Payment of Wages and Other Compensation)

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HAWAII ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
TITLE 12
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
CHAPTER 21
THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
OF THE PAYMENT OF WAGES AND
OTHER COMPENSATION LAW
§12-21-1 	Definitions
§12-21-2 	Monthly payday elections
§12-21-3 	Exception to the semimonthly payday
§12-21-4 	Withholding of wages
§12-21-5 	Notification
§12-21-6 	Individuals employed in bona fide executive, administrative, professional,
or outside salesman capacity
§12-21-7 	Accrued vacation; severance pay
§12-21-8 	Hearing
§12-21-9 	Wage claim fund
Historical Note: Chapter 21 of title 12 is based substantially upon "Regulation XXXVIII,
Relating to the Administration and Enforcement of the Payment of Wages and Other
Compensation Law" of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. [Eff. 12/3/71; am
8/26/73; R 7/30/81.
§12-21-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter:
"Department" means the department of labor and industrial relations.
"Director" shall be as defined in section 388-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Employ" shall be as defined in section 388-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Employee" shall be as defined in section 388-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Employer" shall be as defined in section 388-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Wages" shall be as defined in section 388-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes. [Eff. 7/30/81] (Auth: HRS §388-13) (Imp:
HRS §388-13)
§12-21-2 Monthly payday elections. (a) A petition for once-a-month pay election, or for an election to terminate
once-a-month pay, shall be made by:
(1) An official representative of a recognized collective bargaining unit with the concurrence of at least twenty-five
per cent of the total number of eligible voters in the collective bargaining unit as evidenced by their signatures
thereon; or

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(2) Any employee of an employer not in a collective bargaining unit with the concurrence of at least twenty-five per
cent of the eligible non-bargaining unit voters in the employ of that employer as evidenced by their signatures
thereon.
(b) The petition shall be filed on a form furnished by the enforcement division of the department at 830 Punchbowl
Street, Room 340, Honolulu, or its district offices on Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai.
(c) 	No formal secret ballot election need be conducted when a petition is received from an employer's sole employee.
(d) An employee must be on the employer's payroll on the date of election to be eligible to vote.
(1) In an election requested by an official representative of a collective bargaining unit, only members of that
collective bargaining unit who are eligible voters shall be entitled to vote.
(2) In an election requested by a non-bargaining unit employee, only non-bargaining unit employees of the employer
who are eligible voters shall be entitled to vote.
(3) If the eligibility of a particular employee to vote is challenged, the ballot of that employee shall be received by
the departmental representative under protest and placed in an individual envelope provided for that purpose.
If challenged ballots would determine the election, the department shall investigate the challenge and the
department's findings shall be binding on all parties.
(e) 	A certification of election issued by the department shall be valid until a new election and certification of results
of that election supersede the previous certification.
(f) 	A new petition for election shall not be accepted until two years have elapsed from the date of the previous
election. [Eff. 7/30/81] (Auth: HRS §388-13) (Imp: HRS §388-2)
§12-21-3 Exception to the semimonthly payday. (a) The director may grant an exception to the semimonthly
payday requirement when it is shown that:
(1) The employer will suffer undue hardship if the application is denied; or
(2) The employer will give a semimonthly advance equivalent to approximately one-half of the monthly "take home"
pay to each employee.
(b) Where the director grants an employer's request to establish regular paydays less frequently than semimonthly
on the grounds of undue hardship under subsection (a)(1), the exception shall expire two years from the date of grant. A
request for renewal of exception shall be submitted to the director at least thirty days prior to expiration of the exception then
in force. [Eff. 7/30/81] (Auth: HRS §388-13) (Imp: HRS §388-2)
§12-21-4 Withholding of wages. Adjustment in wages for advances or correction of computation errors from
previous payrolls shall not be considered as deductions under section 388-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes. [Eff. 7/30/81] (Auth:
HRS §388-13) (Imp: HRS §388-6)
§12-21-5 Notification. (a) Every employer shall, at the time of each payment of wages, furnish each employee an
itemized statement in writing showing:
(1) The name of the employer;
(2) The name of the employee;
(3) The inclusive dates of the period for which the employee is paid;
(4) Total gross compensation;
(5) The amount and purpose of each deduction, except that all deductions made on written orders of the employee
may be aggregated and shown as one item;
(6) Total net pay; and
(7) Date of payment.
(b) The pay statement shall be furnished in a form that the employee may retain as a personal record. It may be in
the form of a section detachable from the check or a separate form. [Eff. 7/30/81] (Auth: HRS §388-13) (Imp: HRS §388-7)
§12-21-6 	Individuals employed in bona fide executive, administrative, professional, or outside salesman
capacity. (a) An individual employed in a bona fide executive capacity is an employee whose:

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(1) Compensation is $1,500 or more per month (exclusive of board, lodging, or other facilities); and
(2) Primary duty consists of the management of the enterprise or recognized department thereof, which includes the
customary and regular direction of the work of two or more employees.
(b) An individual employed in a bona fide administrative capacity is an employee whose:
(1) Compensation is $1,500 or more per month (exclusive of board, lodging, or other facilities); and
(2) Primary duty consists of the performance of office or non-manual field work directly related to management
policies or general business operations of the employer or the employer's customers, which includes work
requiring the exercise of judgment or discretion.
(c) 	An individual employed in a bona fide professional capacity is an employee whose:
(1) Compensation is $1,500 or more per month (exclusive of board, lodging, or other facilities); and
(2) Primary duty consists of the performance of work requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science
or learning or requiring invention, imagination, or talent in a recognized field of artistic endeavor.
(d) An individual employed in an outside salesman capacity is an employee:
(1) Whose compensation is $1,500 or more per month (exclusive of board, lodging, or other facilities);
(2) Who is employed for the purpose of making sales or obtaining orders or contracts for services
or for the use of facilities for which a consideration will be paid by the client or customer;
(3) Who is customarily and regularly engaged away from the employer's place or places of business; and
(4) Whose hours of work of a nature other than that described above do not exceed forty per cent of the hours
worked in the workweek by other employees of the employer. [Eff. 7/30/81; am 9/27/84] (Auth: HRS §388-13)
(Imp: HRS §388-11)
§12-21-7 Accrued vacation; severance pay. A claim for accrued vacation or severance pay shall be considered
filed within one year from the date the vacation or severance pay is due and payable if filed with the director or authorized
departmental representative within one year from the date of termination from employment with the employer. [Eff. 7/30/81]
(Auth: HRS §388-13) (Imp: HRS §388-11)
§12-21-8 Hearing. In order to determine the validity of the wage claim and to bring about possible settlement,
an informal hearing may be conducted by the director or authorized departmental representative. 	If a hearing is to be
conducted, written notice of hearing specifying the time and place thereof and the claim in dispute shall be given or mailed
to the parties five or more days before the hearing. Oral or written evidence of any nature whether or not conforming to the
rules of evidence may be accepted. If either party fails to appear, the decision as to the validity of the claim shall be made
on the basis of available information. [Eff. 7/30/81] (Auth: HRS §388-13) (Imp: HRS §388-9)
§12-21-9 Wage claim fund. The director shall establish a wage claim fund for the purpose of depositing and
disbursing monies collected for employees as wage claims or back pay. [Eff. 7/30/81] (Auth: HRS §388-13) (Imp: HRS
§388-11)