§383-39 Procedure. The representatives of the department of labor and industrial relations authorized to make determinations upon claims and the referee shall not be bound by common law or statutory rules of evidence or by technical rules of procedure, but any hearing or appeal before the same shall be conducted in such manner as to ascertain the substantial rights of the parties. The director of labor and industrial relations shall adopt reasonable regulations governing the manner of filing appeals and the conduct of hearings and appeals, consistent with this chapter and chapter 91. When the same or substantially similar evidence is relevant and material to the matters in issue in claims by more than one individual or in claims by a single individual with respect to two or more weeks of unemployment, the same time and place for considering each such claim may be fixed, hearings thereon jointly conducted, a single record of the proceedings made, and evidence introduced with respect to one proceeding considered as introduced in the others; provided that in the judgment of the representative or referee having jurisdiction of the proceeding, such consolidation would not be prejudicial to any party. No person shall participate on behalf of the department in any case in which the person has a direct or indirect interest. A record shall be kept of all testimony and proceedings in connection with an appeal, but the testimony need not be transcribed unless further review is initiated. Witnesses subpoenaed pursuant to this section shall be allowed fees at a rate fixed by the department and fees of witnesses subpoenaed on behalf of the department or any claimant shall be deemed part of the expense of administering the chapter. [L 1939, c 219, §6(d), (f); am L 1941, c 304, §1, pt of subs 18; RL 1945, §4240; RL 1955, §93-38; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §27; am L 1965, c 96, §70; HRS §383-39; gen ch 1985]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 21. Labor and Industrial Relations
383. Hawaii Employment Security Law
383-2 Definition of employment.
383-4 Election of employing unit.
383-5 Service localized where.
383-6 Master and servant relationship, not required when.
383-7.5 Part-time work; benefits available.
383-7.6 Separation for compelling family reason.
383-8 Included and excluded service.
383-12 Requirement to post work availability online.
383-22 Weekly benefit amount; computation, minimum and maximum.
383-23 Weekly benefit for unemployment.
383-24 Maximum potential benefits.
383-29 Eligibility for benefits.
383-29.5 Benefits during training.
383-29.6 Partial unemployment; eligibility.
383-29.7 Partial unemployment; claim filing requirements, determinations.
383-29.8 Partial unemployment; waivers.
383-29.9 Partial unemployment; reporting requirements.
383-30 Disqualification for benefits.
383-30.5 Good cause for separation from part-time employment.
383-31 Posting of information.
383-33 Determinations, in general.
383-34 Reconsideration of determination.
383-35 Appeal pending when redetermination issued.
383-36 Notice of determinations.
383-38 Appeals, filing, and hearing.
383-40 Conclusiveness of determinations and decisions.
383-44 Recovery of benefits paid.
383-61 Payment of contributions; wages not included.
383-61.5 Special assessments on employers to pay interest on loans from Secretary of Labor.
383-62.5 Treatment of Indian tribes.
383-63 Definitions for experience rating provisions.
383-64 Credits for contributions; destruction of employer accounts and records.
383-65 Charges and noncharges for benefits.
383-66 Contribution rates, how determined.
383-68 Contribution rate schedules; fund solvency rate schedule; rates based on experience.
383-69 Procedure for rate determination.
383-70 Contributions; levy; returns; assessments.
383-71 Collection of delinquent contributions.
383-72 Priorities under legal dissolutions or distributions.
383-73 Penalty for delinquency; remission
383-74 Appeal; correction of assessment or contributions.
383-76 Refunds and adjustments.
383-77 Employers' coverage, election.
383-79 Combining services performed for predecessor and successor employing units.
383-80 Income tax refund offsets.
383-91 Duties and powers of department, director.
383-93 Investigation of unemployment hazard.
383-95 Disclosure of information.
383-100 Protection against self-incrimination.
383-101 Relation to chapter 371.
383-102 Preservation and destruction of records.
383-103 Representation in civil and criminal actions.
383-104 State employment service.
383-105 Federal-state cooperation.
383-106 What reciprocal arrangements authorized.
383-107 Reimbursement payments deemed benefits, when.
383-108 Cooperation with states, etc.
383-109 Cooperation with foreign governments.
383-110 Personnel security program; criminal history record checks.
383-121 Unemployment compensation trust fund; establishment and control.
383-121.5 Renumbered as §383-127.
383-123 Withdrawals; administrative use.
383-124 Relation to unemployment trust fund.
383-125 Financing employment security administration.
383-126 Reimbursement of fund.
383-126.5 Evaluation of fund balance adequacy.
383-127 Special unemployment insurance administration fund.
383-128 Employment and training fund established.
383-129 Employment and training assessment.
383-141 Falsely obtaining benefits, etc.
383-161 Waiver of rights void.
383-163 No assignment of benefits; waiver.
383-163.5 Child support intercept of unemployment benefits.
383-163.7 Deduction and withholding of uncollected food stamp overissuances.
383-164 Nonliability of State.
383-165 Saving clause, amendment, or repeal.
383-166 Conformity with federal law.
383-167 Amendment or repeal of federal law, effect of; nonconformity, effect of.
383-170 Eligibility requirements for extended benefits.
383-171 Weekly extended benefit amount.
383-172 Total extended benefit amount.
383-173 Beginning and termination of extended benefit period.
383-176 Limitation of extended benefits by trade readjustment allowance.