The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-06-11
COMPENSA7|ONACT .
GOES INTOEFFECT
ON FIRST OF JULY
Employers Who Fail To Comply
|. With Provisions viii Face
Heavy Penalties -
DIGEST OF. LAW MADE.
by ATTORNEY HEMENWAY
Board OF Retail Trades Is Advised
OF Liability Features Of
Measure -.-...

All employers of labor in Hawaii
should awaken to the fact that the
workhen s Compensation Act becomes
operative on July and that, under
its provisions they are open to burden
some liabilities if they fail TO comply.
Charles r. lIcmCnway explained to
the Board of Retail Trades yesterday
the genesis and workings of the law,
which is far less generally understood
than its importance deserves, although
il was passed with the backing and
support Of the chamber of commerce
and the sugar planters association. Z
Employers Must Give Surety 81
Not to attempt legal digest Of the
statute, such as Mr. Hemenway made
at length, he emphasized in particular
that the law requires employers to give
surety for their compliance with its
mandates, and that failure to do so on
or, before July will lay them open to
fine of one dollar for each employee
for each day of failure. ...-"....
Thus O small manufacturer or con-
tractor employing thirty men would lay
/ himself open to a fine of 5000 by
neglecting for one month to give the
required sureties. -. ..
Three Ways to Guarantee L.
"There are three ways" said Mr..
Hemenway, "in which the law permits
the employer to guarantee the death
or disability payments required Of him
In ease Of accidents.
'tHe can take out an insurance policy
based on the size of his payroll; he can
give bonds, which must be passed on
as to sufficiency and quality by the in
dustrial accident boards; or he can sat
isfy the board that his financial stand
ing is such that no insurance or bono
il required of him and arrange to pay
direets.
Board for Each County
"There are four boards, each of fv'
members, one for each Of the counties
! of, the Territory. That of Mani ais,
takes in Molokai, These boards, whicl
:, are not paid. have an appropriation o
SIS, 900 to last them for two years
and it Is going to take some very abb
: executive work TO do justice to tn
demands on them and yet keep within
their appropriation.
"But to revert to the penalties o
the act, it also provides that all acci
dents must be reported promptly t
the various boards. Blanks for thes
: surety and accident reports ought t
Z be made out promptly and put int
. 1.-THE hands of all employers before tn
d law goes into effect. p.
9 Hardship at First
II "With our mixed population. thcr
}. are bound to be some individual har,
4 ships at first. MANY small employer
q such as carpenters, laundrymen, true
gardeners and the like, are ignoran
o even that the law exists.
"No doubt, in enforcing it, the con
missiOncrs will take individual cirrun
stances and honesty of intent into con
l. sideration before they, impose p"na
ties. - .F~~r,r
/. A printed digest of the law is | Elm
prepared Ivy Mr.. Hemenway for iii
, (ribution among the planters and prir
al emplovers. With the possible -
D. coption of Vermont, which also pas4r
an employers liability act this Ia'
s. spring, the new Hawaiian act is Il
first to 90 into effect based on II
n. recommendation of conference
commissioners from all the State
b. meeting yearly with view to drai
ing model statutes on subjects sue
I'd as divorce. ncgotiab BILE instruments a.
y others that ought to be governed !
he uniform legislation the length Al
or breadth of the Nation