HRS §467-1.5
No employer-employee relationship
This section says that real estate brokers and their salespeople are not automatically employer and employee under real estate law. However, the real estate commission still has full power to regulate their relationships, duties, and liabilities to protect the public.
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The statute, as written — Employer-employee relationship
Nothing in this chapter or in any of the rules adopted to implement this chapter shall be deemed to create an employer-employee relationship between a real estate broker and the broker's licensees; provided that the commission shall have all power necessary to regulate the relationships, duties and liabilities among real estate brokers and real estate salespersons in order to protect the public.
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