Hawaii HB1649 amends workers' compensation laws to adjust the order of beneficiaries for unpaid benefits and allows the Department of Labor and.

Hawaii HB1649 modifies the order of beneficiaries for unpaid workers' compensation benefits. If no widow, widower, or reciprocal beneficiary exists, benefits go to dependent children, then parents, and then grandparents. If no eligible family members are found, benefits go to dependent grandchildren, brothers, or sisters. If no dependents are found, the balance is paid in a lump sum. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations can inform employees about nonstatutory benefits from nonprofits but cannot share employee contact information without consent.

Hawaii HB1649 amends workers' compensation laws to adjust the order of beneficiaries for unpaid benefits and allows the Department of Labor and.

Hawaii HB1649 modifies the order of beneficiaries for unpaid workers' compensation benefits. If no widow, widower, or reciprocal beneficiary exists, benefits go to dependent children, then parents, and then grandparents. If no eligible family members are found, benefits go to dependent grandchildren, brothers, or sisters. If no dependents are found, the balance is paid in a lump sum. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations can inform employees about nonstatutory benefits from nonprofits but cannot share employee contact information without consent.