Hawaii employment agency bonds.
$100 flat.
Hawaii requires every commercial employment agency that collects fees from applicants to keep a $5,000 bond on file under HRS 373-4. Our price is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Hawaii employment agency bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Director
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations alongside your employment agency license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A Hawaii employment agency bond is an applicant-protection guarantee. If you run an agency that charges job-seekers a fee, the state wants a financial backstop that you'll follow the employment agency law and return any fees you took illegally or by mistake.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Hawaii (the obligee), with fee-paying applicants as the protected parties. If an agency violates HRS chapter 373 or fails to refund fees it shouldn't have collected, the harmed applicant can recover against the bond.
The bond must stay in force the whole time you're licensed. Let it lapse and your license is at risk — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $5,000 filing continuous.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $5,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Director. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations alongside your employment agency license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.