Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 382 - Labor Disputes; Stevedoring Industry

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Applicant: means :

  (1) In the case of an individual long-term care insurance policy, the person who seeks to contract for benefits; and

  (2) In the case of a group long-term care insurance policy, the proposed certificate holder. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Certificate: means , for the purposes of this article, any certificate issued under a group long-term care insurance policy, which policy has been delivered or issued for delivery in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Employee: means any person employed by an employer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 382-1
• Employer: means any person who employs the services of employees in the stevedoring industry, but shall not include the State or any agency thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 382-1
• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• Group long-term care insurance: means a long-term care insurance policy which is delivered or issued for delivery in this State and issued to:

  (1) One or more employers or labor organizations, or a trust or to the trustees of a fund established by one or more employers or labor organizations, or a combination thereof, for employees or former employees or a combination thereof or for members or former members or a combination thereof, of the labor organizations; or

  (2) Any professional, trade, or occupational association for its members or former or retired members, or combination thereof, if the association:

  (A) Is composed of individuals all of whom are or were actively engaged in the same profession, trade, or occupation; and

  (B) Has been maintained in good faith for purposes other than obtaining insurance; or

  (3) An association or a trust or the trustees of a fund established, created, or maintained for the benefit of members of one or more associations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104

• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Labor organization: means any organization of employees which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 382-1
• Lockout: means the refusal of an employer to furnish work to employees as the result of a labor dispute between the employer and its employees. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 382-1
• Long-term care insurance: means any insurance policy or rider advertised, marketed, offered, or designed to provide coverage for not less than twelve consecutive months for each covered person on an expense incurred, indemnity, prepaid, or other basis, for one or more necessary or medically necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or personal care services, provided in a setting other than an acute care unit of a hospital. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104
• Person: includes one or more individuals, labor organizations, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, or receivers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 382-1
• Policy: means , for the purposes of this article, any policy, contract, subscriber agreement, rider, or endorsement delivered or issued for delivery in this State by an insurer; fraternal benefit society; nonprofit health, hospital, or medical service corporation; prepaid health plan; health maintenance organization; or any similar organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104
• Related services: means and includes all services, other than stevedoring services, ordinarily or necessarily performed in regard to cargo, goods, wares, and merchandise of every kind arriving at a terminal facility for shipment by or discharge from vessels and other craft; and "related facilities" means and includes all facilities in connection therewith. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 382-1
• Stevedoring industry: means the business of furnishing services for the loading and unloading of cargo transported or to be transported on vessels and other craft, at any ports within the State, and also means the business of furnishing related services, as herein defined. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 382-1
• Stevedoring services: means services for the loading and unloading of cargo transported or to be transported on vessels and other craft and the handling of lines of vessels and other craft, at any ports within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 382-1
• Strike: means the temporary stoppage of work, slowdown, or retarding of production or operations by the concerted action of employees. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 382-1
• Terminal facility: means any dock, wharf, pier, quay, bulkhead, or landing, with the appurtenances thereto, and any warehouse used in connection therewith. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 382-1