Hawaii § 386-73.5 - Proceedings to determine employment and coverage.
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§ 386-73.5. Proceedings to determine employment and coverage.
The director of labor and industrial relations shall have original jurisdiction over all controversies and disputes over employment and coverage under this chapter. Except in cases where services are specifically and expressly excluded from "employment" under section 386-1, it shall be presumed that coverage applies unless the party seeking exclusion is able to establish under both the control test and the relative nature of the work test that coverage is not appropriate under this chapter. There shall be a right of appeal from decisions of the director to the appellate board and thence to the intermediate appellate court, subject to chapter 602. [L 1996, c 94, §1; am L 2004, c 202, §43; am L 2006, c 94, §1; am L 2010, c 109, §1] Previous Vol07_Ch0346-0398 Next
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Section 386-73.5 ("Proceedings to determine employment and coverage.") 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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