§392-44 Payment of disability benefits. Benefits provided under this chapter shall be paid periodically and promptly and, except as to a contested period of disability, without any decision by the director. The first payment of benefits shall be paid within ten days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after the filing of required proof of claim. Thereafter, benefits shall be due and payable every two weeks. The director may determine that benefits may be paid monthly or semi-monthly if wages were so paid, and may authorize deviation from the foregoing requirements to facilitate prompt payment of benefits. If an employer or insurer fails to make the first payment of benefits within ten days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after the filing of required proof of claim, the director shall, unless good cause can be shown, require the employer or insurer to pay such benefits plus an additional ten per cent of the benefits due and payable to the employee. [L 1969, c 148, pt of §1; am L 1971, c 109, §1(g)]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 21. Labor and Industrial Relations
392. Temporary Disability Insurance
392-6 Individual in current employment.
392-21 Establishment of temporary disability benefits.
392-21.5 Proceedings to determine employment and coverage.
392-23 Duration of benefit payments.
392-25 Eligibility for benefits.
392-26 Care by physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or equivalent required.
392-27 Ineligibility in certain cases.
392-28 Duplication of benefits not permitted.
392-29 No assignment of benefits; exemptions from attachment, etc.
392-41 Provision for payment of benefits.
392-42.5 Insurer's requirements; failure to maintain a claims service office; penalty; injunction.
392-43 Authority to withhold contributions, rate of contribution, maximum weekly wage base.
392-43.5 Payments of premium for ineligible employees not permitted.
392-44 Payment of disability benefits.
392-46 Subrogation rights against third parties.
392-47 Failure to give security for payment of benefits; penalty; injunction.
392-48 The insurance contract.
392-49 Insolvency of employer not to release insurer.
392-50 Cancellation of insurance contracts.
392-51 Failure to submit timely wage and employment information.
392-52 Disposition of accrued benefits where insurer is unable to locate employee.
392-61 Establishment of trust fund for disability benefits.
392-62 Management of the fund.
392-63 Disbursements from the fund.
392-66 Disability while unemployed.
392-67 Assessments for the trust fund for disability benefits.
392-68 Failure to pay assessments.
392-69 Request for wage and employment information
392-72 Appeals, filing, and hearing.
392-74 Conclusiveness of determinations and decisions.
392-78 Recovery of benefits paid; individual's liability to repay benefits; insurer's appeal rights.
392-80 Appeal pending when reconsideration issued.
392-81 Notice of reconsideration.
392-86 Disputes between employers and employees relating to withholding of wages.