HRS §386-9
Employers cannot avoid workers' compensation duties
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that employers cannot use contracts, rules, or other tricks to escape any responsibility they have under this workers' compensation law. The only exception is a specific situation mentioned in another part of the law. So, employers must still follow all their legal duties.
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The statute, as written — Contracting out forbidden
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
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.
Sections this one refers to
§386-78 Compromise of workers' compensation claims
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