HRS §104-21
What the government agency must do about unpaid wages
This section tells the government agency in charge of a public construction contract what it must do when workers are not paid correctly. The agency must pay owed wages from money it is holding, order the contractor to pay, and report violations to the director.
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The statute, as written — Governmental contracting agency responsibilities
The governmental contracting agency shall: (1) Pay or cause to be paid, within sixty days of a determination made by the director, directly to laborers and mechanics or to the director, from any accrued payment withheld under the terms of the contract, any wages or overtime compensation found to be due to laborers or mechanics under the terms of the contract subject to this chapter, or any penalty assessed; (2) Order any contractor to pay, within sixty days of a determination made by the director, any wages or overtime compensation which the contractor, or any of the contractor's subcontractors, should have paid to any laborer or mechanic under any contract subject to this chapter, or any penalty assessed which the contractor, or any of the contractor's subcontractors, should have paid to the director; and (3) Report to the director any violation of this chapter, the rules adopted thereunder, or the terms of the contract subject to this chapter.
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