This January, Hawaii will join a growing number of states that prohibit employers from using a job applicant’s current or prior salary history information to determine what compensation to offer the applicant. Hawaii’s law will prohibit employers from asking job applicants directly about their salary history, searching publicly available records for an applicant’s salary history, Read more
On January 1, 2018, the minimum wage increased in 18 states, an even greater number of municipalities, and on the federal level for employees of federal contractors. Employers were required to pay employees at the updated hourly wage rate and, in many cases, update their outdated workplace posters with a 2018 minimum wage poster. While Read more
In 2014, Hawaii’s legislature sanctioned the use of two widely used methods for the payment of employee wages – direct deposit and pay cards. Approximately eighty-five per cent of all employees in Hawaii are paid by direct deposit and approximately fourteen thousand employees in Hawaii receive their wages by pay cards. Given their widespread use, Read more
The Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) has updated the state Unemployment Insurance labor law posting. The update includes new claims process and benefits payment information. The notice explains: additional online and in-person claim filing options creating an online account with a valid email address benefits payments must received by direct deposit. For Read more
Hawaii is the latest state to enact legislation increasing the state minimum wage rate. Eventually Hawaii’s minimum wage rate will reach $10.10 per hour. Right now, Hawaii’s minimum wage rate is $7.25 per hour. Hawaii’s new minimum wage rates will be phased in as follows: $7.75 an hour on Jan. 1, 2015 $8.50 per hour Read more
Effective July 1, 2013, Hawaii Employment Practices Law was amended to require an employer allow an employee reasonable break time to express breast milk for one year after her child’s birth each time the employee has a need. Under the law, employers must also provide the employee with a location, other than a restroom, shielded Read more
