Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Hawaii
- Session
- 2026
- Chamber
- upper
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Death Benefits, Disability Benefits, Knowledge of Injury, Medical Benefits, Notice by Employer, Workers' Compensation
- Introduced / first action
- 2025-01-14 00:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
Establishes notice requirements for employers under Hawaii's Workers' Compensation Law. Requires employers who deny the compensability of an employee's injury to submit a written report supporting the denial to the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations within a specified period. Requires employers to furnish to the injured employee up to $10,000 for medical care, services, and supplies for the period immediately following the injury and so long as reasonably needed or until the employer files a written report with the Director denying the compensability of the injury, whichever is earlier. Clarifies that failure to give an employer notice of an employee's injury does not bar a claim for compensation if any person having authority in the interest of the employer had knowledge of the injury.
Sponsors
- RHOADS (primary), primary