Hawaii § 388-5.5 - Payment of wages by check or electronic transfer.
Full text of Hawaii Hawaii Revised Statutes § 388-5.5 — Payment of wages by check or electronic transfer., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 388-5.5. Payment of wages by check or electronic transfer.
Whenever an employee receives the employee's wages from the employee's employer in the form of a check or electronic transfer for which insufficient amounts are available in the bank account of the employer, the employer shall be liable for any bank's special handling fee which the employee may incur by reason of negotiating the check or the electronic transfer. [L 1977, c 35, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 2014, c 208, §5] Previous Vol07_Ch0346-0398 Next
Source: official Hawaii text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 388-5.5 ("Payment of wages by check or electronic transfer.") is part of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Hawaii. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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