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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 381-11

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Director: means the director of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 381-1
  • Employee: means any person, whether or not a member of a labor organization, in the employ of a public utility and whose duties pertain or relate to the public utility service in which the public utility is engaged. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 381-1
  • Lockout: means the refusal of a public utility to furnish work to employees as a result of a labor dispute. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 381-1
  • Public utility: has the meaning given that term in § 269-1, excluding, however, the State or any county or any commission or board of the State or of any county, and any person subject to the Federal Railway Labor Act, as amended from time to time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 381-1
  • Strike: means the temporary stoppage of work, slowdown, or retarding of production or operations by the concerted action of two or more employees as a result of a labor dispute. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 381-1

Any public utility calling or causing a lockout in violation of section 381-9, or otherwise contrary to this chapter, or without giving the notice required by sections 381-3 and 381-8, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or, in the case of an individual, fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than six months.

Any employee calling a strike or going out on strike in violation of section 381-9, or otherwise contrary to this chapter, or without giving the notice required by sections 381-3 and 381-8, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than six months.

Any person instigating, inducing, or encouraging any strike or lockout in violation of section 381-9, or otherwise contrary to this chapter, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than six months.

The penalties provided by this section shall apply to any individual, person, corporation, or association, whether acting as principal, agent, officer, director, for oneself, or itself, or for another person.