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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 387-9 (2026)

  Special minimum wages for learners; apprentices; full-time students; paroled wards of Hawaii youth correctional facility

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     §387-9  Special minimum wages for learners; apprentices; full-time students; paroled wards of Hawaii youth correctional facility.  (a)  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 387-2, the director, by rule, may provide for the employment of learners; apprentices; part-time employees who are full-time students attending public or private schools other than colleges, universities, business schools, or technical schools; and wards paroled from the Hawaii youth correctional facility, under special certificates issued by the director, at wages lower than the applicable minimum wage and subject to limitations as to time, number, proportion, and length of service as the director shall prescribe.

     (b)  The director may by rule prescribe standards and requirements to ensure that this section will not create a substantial probability of reducing the full-time employment opportunities of persons other than those to whom the special minimum wage rate authorized by this section is applicable. [L Sp 1941, c 66, §6; RL 1945, §4359; RL 1955, §94-9; am L 1962, c 16, pt of §2; am L 1963, c 49, §3; HRS §387-9; am L 1974, c 14, §2; am L 2005, c 191, §2; am L 2021, c 55, §3]

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1995–2025 · leading case: Heatherly v. Hilton Hawaiian Vill. Jt. Venture, 893 P.2d 779 (Haw. 1995).
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Heatherly v. Hilton Hawaiian Vill. Jt. Venture, 893 P.2d 779 (Haw. 1995). · cites it 3× “HRS § 387-9 (1985) concerns special minimum wage requirements for people such as students, apprentices, and those with handicaps and, therefore, is not applicable in this appeal.”
Heatherly v. Hilton Haw. Vil. Jt. Vent., 893 P.2d 779 (Haw. 1995). · cites it 3× “HRS § 387-9 (1985) concerns special minimum wage requirements for people such as students, apprentices, and those with handicaps and, therefore, is not applicable in this appeal.”
Bolos (D. Haw. 2025). “3 HRS § 387-2 (“Minimum wages”) provides in pertinent part: (a) Except as provided in section 387-9 and this section, every employer shall pay to each employee employed by the employer, wages at the rate of not less than: .”
Bolos (D. Haw. 2025). “3 HRS § 387-2 (“Minimum wages”) provides in pertinent part: (a) Except as provided in section 387-9 and this section, every employer shall pay to each employee employed by the employer, wages at the rate of not less than: .”
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