{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-78-17","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 78-17","heading":"Payment of salaries or wages upon discharge from service.","body":"Whenever in any case, and for whatever cause, the employment of any officer, agent, employee, or other person in the public service is discharged, the discharged person shall be paid immediately upon the approval of the head of the department in which the person was engaged whatever salary or wages that are due the person.","path":["HI Code","Division 1","Title 7","Chapter 78"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol02_Ch0046-0115/HRS0078/HRS_0078-0017.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"6d1f5d4b9f7d2c4b26d11836ae08d1375d664f1b539f2cc998a4aca5d4a6d5bc","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-78-16.6","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-78-18.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}