2011 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT
TITLE 9. PUBLIC PROPERTY, PURCHASING AND CONTRACTING
104. Wages and Hours of Employees on Public Works
104-1 to 104-4 designated as Part I by L 1995, c 181, §1. §104-1 Definitions.

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Note

Sections 104-1 to 104-4 designated as Part I by L 1995, c 181, §1.

§104-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Basic hourly rate" means the hourly wage paid to a laborer or mechanic for work performed during nonovertime hours, but shall not include the cost to an employer of furnishing fringe benefits whether paid directly or indirectly to the laborer or mechanic as provided in paragraph (7);

(2) "Construction" includes alteration, repair, painting and decorating;

(3) "Department" means the department of labor and industrial relations;

(4) "Director" means the director of labor and industrial relations of the State;

(5) "Governmental contracting agency" means the State, any county and any officer, bureau, board, commission, or other agency or instrumentality thereof;

(6) "Overtime compensation" means compensation based on one and one-half times the laborers or mechanics basic hourly rate of pay plus the cost to an employer of furnishing a laborer or mechanic with fringe benefits as described in paragraph (7);

(7) "Wages", "rate of wages", "wage rates", "minimum wages" and "prevailing wages" mean the basic hourly rate and the cost to an employer of furnishing a laborer or mechanic with fringe benefits, including but not limited to health and welfare benefits, vacation benefits, and pension benefits, whether paid directly or indirectly to the laborer or mechanic. [L 1955, c 133, pt of §2; RL 1955, §9A-1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §38; am L 1963, c 44, §1; HRS §104-1; am L 1987, c 288, §2; am L 1988, c 141, §11; am L 1995, c 181, §3]