§383-95 Disclosure of information. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, information obtained from any employing unit or individual pursuant to the administration of this chapter and determinations as to the benefit rights of any individual shall be held confidential and shall not be disclosed or be open to public inspection in any manner revealing the individual's or employing unit's identity. Any claimant (or the claimant's legal representative) shall be supplied with information from the records of the department to the extent necessary for the proper presentation of the claimant's claim in any proceeding under this chapter. Subject to restrictions as the director may by rule prescribe, reimbursement of costs to the department incurred in furnishing the information, and the establishment of all safeguards as are necessary to ensure that information furnished by the department is used only for authorized purposes, the information and determinations may be made available to:
(1) Any federal or state agency charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation law or the maintenance of a system of public employment offices;
(2) The Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the Treasury;
(3) Any federal, state, or municipal agency charged with the administration of a fair employment practice or anti-discrimination law;
(4) Any other federal, state, or municipal agency if the director deems that the disclosure to the agency serves the public interest; and
(5) Any federal, state, or municipal agency if the disclosure is authorized under section 303 of the Social Security Act and section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(b) Information obtained in connection with the administration of the employment service may be made available to persons or agencies for purposes appropriate to the operation of a public employment service.
(c) Upon requests therefor the department shall furnish to any agency of the United States charged with the administration of public works or assistance through public employment, and may furnish to any state agency similarly charged, the name, address, ordinary occupation and employment status of each recipient of benefits and the recipient's rights to further benefits under this chapter.
(d) The department may request the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States to cause an examination of the correctness of any return or report of any national banking association rendered pursuant to this chapter, and may in connection with the request transmit any of the report or return to the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States as provided in section 3305(c) of the federal Internal Revenue Code. [L 1939, c 219, §10(g); am L 1941, c 304, §1, pt of subs 32; RL 1945, §4274; RL 1955, §93-94; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §27; HRS §383-95; am L 1969, c 16, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1997, c 172, §3; am L 2015, c 35, §14]
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.