Employment Law

Employers traditionally prioritized promoting from within and offering regular raises to those who stayed at any given company for years. Those practices have become far less common in recent decades. Workers often need to move to another company if they want a...

Pay transparency laws have been adopted in a number of states. Now Hawaii will be added to that list at the beginning of next year. In July, Gov. Josh Green signed a bill into law that will require private employers with at least 50 employees to include the pay range...

In today's competitive job market, employees in Hawaii, like anywhere else, deserve fair treatment and protection from wrongful termination. Wrongful termination encompasses any termination that violates employment laws or contractual agreements.  It's essential for...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with your supervisor or co-worker commenting about your impressive outfit. However, if those remarks take a sexually-suggestive turn and, thus, make you uncomfortable, then you could be a victim of sexual harassment at work.  The...

Workplace discrimination can take numerous forms and it may also happen to either new or existing employees. While workplace discrimination is often discussed, the one form of discrimination that is often overlooked is promotion discrimination. Discrimination may not...

Being fired from your job can be stressful, especially without an explanation. Hawaii is an at-will state, which means it's not a must for your employer to give you a reason for termination unless you have a contract that states they will notify you of the reason or...

Feeling uneasy or worse, unsafe, in the workplace as the result of the actions of another member of staff can be incredibly difficult to deal with. It can leave you in a position where you no longer want to go to work.  If someone is being inappropriate in the way...

Both state and Federal law says that individuals cannot be discriminated against at work because of protected characteristics. Examples of protected characteristics include religion, gender, sexual orientation and ethnicity.  One protected characteristic that is often...

Workers have protection from discrimination based on certain protected characteristics. Racial discrimination and sex discrimination receive a lot of media attention, and rightly so. However, these more dramatic forms of discrimination often overshadow other, equally...

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows workers across the United States, including in Hawaii, to take unpaid leave from work. Even if their company does not offer paid time off or medical leave, workers can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off in specific...