Disability discrimination in Hawaii is a serious violation of workers' rights. It carries extensive penalties for employers who violate the state law, which protects employees from this type of illegal activity. What Hawaii law says about disability discrimination...
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Employment Discrimination
Have you experienced age discrimination at the hiring level?
If you've faced discrimination at the hiring level because of your age in Hawaii, don't get discouraged. Unfortunately, many people don't even realize they are discriminating against others until someone points it out to them. This article contains some information...
Is workplace pregnancy discrimination increasing?
Workplace discrimination comes in many forms, and many employees seek legal remedies in Hawaii to address harassment and bias. Pregnancy discrimination lawsuits represent a noticeable percentage of such litigation. While laws exist to protect women from employer...
How to understand and negotiate a severance package
Severance packages have multiple benefits. For employees who are being let go, they provide an extension of benefits and an ability to protect a worker's reputation after they are no longer with a company. For employers, severance packages can help reduce the risk of...
Overview of sexual harassment in a retail setting
Sexual harassment and workplace discrimination are recurring issues in the 21st century in Hawaii and across the country. There are some occupations in which workers face matters like sexual harassment with more frequency than others. For example, the retail workplace...
LGBTQ work discrimination
Emerging research examining the discrimination that young people encounter in the workplace reveals that there is a significant divide between LGBTQ youth and their cisgender and straight counterparts. The gap suggests that there is an overwhelming need for more...
What types of workplace discrimination are illegal in Hawaii?
Before Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, employers in Hawaii and the rest of the U.S. had the power to discriminate against job applicants and employees for virtually any reason. That meant, for example, that a company could reject all job applicants who...