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Payroll Hawaii, Unique Aspects of Hawaii Payroll Law and Practice
The Hawaii State Agency that oversees the collection and reporting of State income taxes deducted from payroll checks is:
This information must be reported within 20 days of the hiring or rehiring. The information can be sent as a W4 or equivalent by mail, fax or electronically. There is a .00 penalty for a late report in Hawaii. The Hawaii new hire reporting agency can be reached at 808-692-7029. Hawaii does allow compulsory direct deposit except for State employees hired after 7/1/1998. Hawaii requires the following information on an employee's pay stub:
Hawaii requires that employee be paid no less often than semimonthly; monthly if union contract or director of labor relations allows.. Hawaii requires that the lag time between the end of the pay period and the payment of wages to the employee not exceed seven days; up to 15 if the director of labor relations allows. Hawaii payroll law requires that involuntarily terminated employees must be paid their final pay immediately or the next working day if immediately is impossible. The next regular payday if suspended due to a labor dispute or temporarily laid off. Voluntarily terminated employees must be paid their final pay by the next regular payday or by mail if employee requests it; immediately if one pay period's notice is given. Deceased employee's wages up to 00.00 must be paid to the surviving spouse or adult children (in that order) within 30 days. Conditions require an affidavit of relationship and a receipt. Escheat laws in Hawaii require that unclaimed wages be paid over to the state after one year. The employer is further required in Hawaii to keep a record of the wages abandoned and turned over to the state for a period of five years. Hawaii payroll law provides for a maximum tip credit against minimum wage of .25. In Hawaii the payroll laws covering mandatory rest or meal breaks are only that minors under 16 must have a 30-minute meal period after five hours of work. There is no provision in Hawaii law concerning record retention of wage and hour records therefor it is probably wise to follow FLSA guidelines. The Hawaii agency charged with enforcing Child Support Orders and laws is: Child Support Enforcement Agency Department of the Attorney General 601 Kamokila Blvd., Ste 251 Kapolei, HI 96707 808-587-4250 http://hawaii.gov/ag/csea . Hawaii has the following provisions for child support deductions:
Please note that this article is not updated for changes that can and will happen from time to time.
About the Author: Charles J. Read, CPA has been in the payroll, accounting and tax business for 30 years,
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