Yesterday, the USDOL issued a press release about developments in the cooperation between certain state and federal agencies concerning the identification of employers who misclassify employees as independent contractors rather than employees. See PBN article http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/blog/morning_call/2011/09/hawaii-working-with-labor-department.html. Yes, Director Takamine signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the US DOL Regional Director of the Wage and Hour Division, George Friday, in August that formalized an ongoing relationship between the Hawaii District Office, Wage and Hour Division of the US DOL and the Hawaii Wage Standards Division of the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Our offices have collaborated on several projects in the recent past. Last year both offices joined the Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture and went to all neighbor islands discussing the special wage laws about agriculture. The two offices regularly work together on enforcing child labor laws and have made joint presentations on the Family Medical Leave Act and the Hawaii Family Leave Law, and Davis Bacon Act and Hawaii's prevailing wage law, Chapter 104, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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