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HRS §386-129

Employers cannot make workers pay for workers' compensation insurance

This section says that any agreement where a worker pays part of the employer's insurance premium or contributes to a benefit fund is not valid. An employer who takes money from a worker's pay for this purpose can be fined up to $5,000.

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The statute, as written — Employees not to pay for insurance; penalty

No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of the premium paid by the employee's employer, or to contribute to a benefit fund or department maintained by the employer, or to the cost of mutual or other insurance maintained for or carried for the purpose of securing compensation as herein required, shall be valid; and any employer who makes a deduction for that purpose from the wages or salary of any employee entitled to the benefits of this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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