(a) The director shall maintain a separate account for each employer and shall credit the employer’s account with all the contributions paid by the employer as of the date of payment. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to grant any employer or individual in the employer’s service prior claims or rights to the amounts paid by the employer into the fund.

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 383-64

  • 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
  • Director: means the director of labor and industrial relations of the State. 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

  • employment: includes services constituting employment under any employment security law of another state or of the federal government. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 383-61
  • Fund: means the unemployment compensation fund established by this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 383-1
(b) If an employer’s account becomes inactive because services constituting employment are no longer performed for the employer and the account remains inactive for five consecutive calendar years, the account shall become void and may be destroyed, and, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the employer shall have no claim or right to the contributions credited to the account.