(a) Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute the individual’s rights to benefits or any other rights under this chapter shall be void, except agreements to withhold and deduct benefits for the following purposes:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 383-161

  • Benefits: means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this chapter, with respect to the individual's unemployment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 383-1
  • Contributions: means the money payments required by this chapter to be made into the state unemployment compensation fund by any employing unit on account of having individuals in its employ. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 383-1
  • Employer: means :

    (1) Any employing unit which for some portion of a day within the current calendar year has or had in employment one or more individuals; and

    (2) For the effective period of its election pursuant to section 383-77, any other employing unit which has elected to become subject to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 383-1

  • State: includes the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 383-1
(1) The payment of child support obligations as provided in section 383-163.5;
(2) The voluntary deduction and withholding of federal and state income tax from unemployment compensation as provided in section 383-163.6; and
(3) The repayment of uncollected overissuances of food stamp coupons as provided in section 383-163.7.
(b) Any agreement by an individual in the employ of a person or concern to pay all or any portion of an employer‘s contributions required under this chapter from the employer, shall be void. No employer, directly or indirectly, shall make, require, or accept any deduction from wages to finance the employer’s contributions required from the employer, require or accept any waiver of any right hereunder by any individual in the employer’s employ, discriminate in regard to the hiring or tenure of work or any term or condition of work of any individual on account of the individual’s claiming benefits under this chapter, or in any manner obstruct or impede the filing of claims for benefits. Any employer, officer, or agent of any employer who violates this section, for each offense, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

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