HI HB347

Amends Hawaii's employment security law (§383-6) to establish twenty specific factors the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations must consider when determining if an individual qualifies as an independent contractor rather than an employee.

The twenty factors include: employer control over work performance, required training, integration into regular business operations, continuing relationship, set hours, full-time requirements, work location, payment methods, equipment provision, profit/loss opportunity, multiple employers, and right to discharge.

Requires the Department to submit a report to the legislature no later than twenty days before the 2018 regular session regarding guidelines developed by the unemployment insurance coverage committee for applying the new independent contractor criteria.

Mandates annual reporting to the legislature on the number of determinations made by the Department's unemployment insurance division and appeals referee's office regarding independent contractor and covered employment status.

Effective date January 7, 2059.