Haw. Code R. § 12-47-2
As used in this chapter, except as otherwise required by context:
"Board" means the labor and industrial relations appeals board.
"Chairperson" means the chair of the board.
"Chief clerk" means the individual designated to receive, record, and preserve the records of the board.
"Claimant" means a person who files a claim for benefits under chapter 386, HRS.
"Complainant" means a person filing a complaint under any statute granting jurisdiction to the board.
"Contested case" shall be as defined in section 91-1(5), HRS.
"Director" means the director of labor and industrial relations.
"HRS" means the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Intervenor" means a person who moves to intervene in a contested case and is admitted as a party.
"Member" means a member of the board.
"Movant" means a party that applies for a ruling or an order from the board.
"Party" shall be as defined in section 91-1(3), HRS, and any other person whose name appears in the title of the case.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or any other legal entity.
"Petitioner" means a person who files an application seeking permission or authorization which the board may grant under statutory or other authority delegated to it.
"Presiding member" means any member who presides at a board hearing in the chairperson's absence. Unless otherwise designated, the chairperson is the presiding member.
"Proceeding" means any matter brought before the board or initiated by the board which it has jurisdiction to entertain and dispose of.
"Respondent" means a person against whom a complaint is filed, under any statute granting jurisdiction to the board, or to whom an order or notice is issued by the board instituting a proceeding.
"Trial" shall have the same meaning as the term agency hearing, which term is defined in section 91-1(6), HRS.
Words importing the singular may extend and be applied to several persons or things, and words importing the plural may include the singular.
Haw. Code R. § 12-47-2