HAR §12-20-53. Issuance of certificate

(a) upon receipt of an application for the employment of a student-learner, the director may issue a special certificate under the following terms and conditions: (1) Any training program under which the student-learner will be employed shall be a bona fide vocational training program; (2) The special minimum wage shall not be less than seventy-five per cent of the minimum wage under section 387-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended; (3) The special certificate shall be valid for a period not to exceed one school year; (4) The special certificate shall have no retroactive effect, but shall operate as an exception subsequent to the date of issue only; (5) The student-learner shall be at least sixteen years of age; (6) The work hours at the subminimum rate combined with the school hours of the student- learner shall not exceed forty hours per week. When school is not in session the number of hours worked at the subminimum rate by the student-learner shall not exceed forty hours per week; and (7) There have been no violations of chapter 387, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by the employer which may provide reasonable grounds for the director to conclude that the employer would not comply with the terms of the special certificate. (b) The special certificate or a notice of the denial thereof shall be mailed to the employer. (c) The special certificate shall be preserved by the employer and be available for inspection for at least six years after date of issue. [Eff. Oct. 2, 1981] (Auth: HRS §§387-9, 387-11) (Imp: HRS §387-9)