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2019 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 21. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
386. Workers' Compensation Law
386-9 Contracting out forbidden.
Universal Citation: HI Rev Stat § 386-9 (2019)
§386-9 Contracting out forbidden. Except as provided in section 386-78, no contract, rule, regulation or device whatsoever shall operate to relieve the employer in whole or in part from any liability created by this chapter. [L 1963, c 116, pt of §1; Supp, §97-9; HRS §386-9; am L 1969, c 17, §1]
Case Notes
Section preempted by ERISA to the extent it prohibits offsetting workers' compensation payments intended to provide income replacement against pension benefits. 679 F.2d 1319 (1982).
Cited: 23 H. 291, 294 (1916); 31 H. 672, 673 (1930).
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