Haw. Rev. Stat. § 233-1
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Certain relationship deemed as that of employer-employee.
Official statutory text
Whenever a person, firm, corporation, or the like, shall engage or continue in this State in the business of selling tangible personal property, and shall cause such property to be distributed to, by, or through representatives, distributors, dealers, salespersons, peddlers, canvassers, carriers, truckers, or the like, the department of taxation may adopt, in the manner provided by law, one or more rules or regulations providing that for the purposes of the tax laws administered by the department the group, class, or category of persons or business described therein (to be determined by the department as may be appropriate for the purposes of the particular rule or regulation) shall, irrespective of whether the relationship or class of business otherwise would be deemed that of seller and buyer, principal and agent, or master and servant, be deemed to be that of employer and employee; provided that no rule or regulation adopted under this section shall apply to any group, class, or category of persons or business as to which the department shall determine, or it shall be shown:
(1) That the potential employee has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of the business or services undertaken by the potential employee, and also
(2) That the business or services are performed outside of all the places of business of the potential employer, and also
(3) That the potential employee is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature as that involved in the business or services in which the potential employee is engaged or which the potential employee has undertaken for, with, or at the behest of the potential employer.
As used in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) "potential employee" means the person who by such rule or regulation would be classed as an employee, and "potential employer" means the person, firm, corporation, or the like, who by such rule or regulation would be classed as the employer. [L 1955, c 195, §1; ree L 1959, c 277, §5(a); am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §16; Supp, §117A-1; HRS §233-1; gen ch 1985, 1993]
(1) That the potential employee has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of the business or services undertaken by the potential employee, and also
(2) That the business or services are performed outside of all the places of business of the potential employer, and also
(3) That the potential employee is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature as that involved in the business or services in which the potential employee is engaged or which the potential employee has undertaken for, with, or at the behest of the potential employer.
As used in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) "potential employee" means the person who by such rule or regulation would be classed as an employee, and "potential employer" means the person, firm, corporation, or the like, who by such rule or regulation would be classed as the employer. [L 1955, c 195, §1; ree L 1959, c 277, §5(a); am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §16; Supp, §117A-1; HRS §233-1; gen ch 1985, 1993]
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