HRS §387-7
Willful violations; penalty
This section punishes employers who deliberately block labor law enforcement or hide or fake required records. It sets a fine, jail time, or both for those actions.
employers
The statute, as written — Wilful violations; penalty
Any employer who wilfully hinders or delays the director or the director's authorized representative in the performance of the director's duties in the enforcement of this chapter; or who wilfully refuses to admit the director or the director's authorized representative to any place of employment; or who fails to keep or who falsifies any record required under section 387-6 or who refuses to make the records accessible or to give information required for the proper enforcement of this chapter, upon demand, to the director or the director's authorized representative shall be fined no more than $10,000, or imprisoned no more than ninety days, or both. [L Sp 1941, c 66, pt of §5; RL 1945, §4357; RL 1955, §94-7; HRS §387-7; gen ch 1985; am L 2020, c 44, §10]
Sections this one refers to
§387-6 Employer records, notices, and pay statements
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