PUCHERT v. AGSALUD

No. 8908.

677 P.2d 449 (1984)

George K. PUCHERT, Appellant, v. Joshua C. AGSALUD, in his capacity as Director of the State of Hawaii, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Pan American World Airways, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

January 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert R. Takahashi, Honolulu, for appellant.

Arthur Muraoka and Jared H. Jossem, Honolulu (Jared H. Jossem and John L. Knorek, Honolulu, on the brief; Torkildson, Katz, Jossem & Loden, Honolulu, of counsel) for appellee Pan American World Airways.

Juliette T. Sarmiento, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, on brief, for appellee Joshua C. Agsalud, Director, Dept. of Labor & Industrial Relations.

Before LUM, C.J., PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ., and TANAKA, Associate Judge, in place of NAKAMURA, J., disqualified.


WAKATSUKI, Justice.

This is an appeal of the first circuit court's affirmance of the director of labor and industrial relations' dismissal of Appellant's complaint of unlawful discharge from employment pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 378-32(2). The complaint was dismissed for untimely filing under HRS § 378-33(b).

The primary issue involves the construction of a statute, HRS § 378-33. As construed by the director and the lower court...

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