§103-54 Wages of certain laborers paid weekly; penalty. All contracts executed pursuant to this chapter involving the employment of laborers shall provide for weekly payment of wages to all laborers whose rate of compensation is $5 or less per day. Every laborer employed by the contractor or any subcontractor under any such contract whose rate of compensation is $5 or less per day shall be paid the laborer's wages weekly by the laborer's employer, whether or not the requirement is set forth in the contract. Every contractor or subcontractor who violates this section shall be fined not more than $500. [L 1933, c 15, §1; RL 1935, §116; RL 1945, §357; RL 1955, §9-47; HRS §103-54; gen ch 1985]