The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission (HCRC) has released its analysis of the 598 discrimination complaints that were filed during the 2015 Fiscal Year (FY), 523 of which involved employment cases.  Of these complaints, the most common allegations raised involved disability discrimination (27.2%), retaliation (18.5%), age discrimination (14.7%), and sex discrimination (14.2%).  Of the sex discrimination cases, 29.7% alleged sexual harassment and 24.3% were based on pregnancy discrimination.

 

Other claims that were not raised as frequently included ancestry/national origin discrimination (8.6%), race (8.0%), arrest and court record (3.1%), color (2.3%), religion (1.7%), sexual orientation (1.5%) and marital status (0.2%).  No cases were filed based on credit history or credit report, child support obligations, National Guard participation, breastfeeding, or domestic violence or sexual violence victim status.

 

The HCRC also reported that as of October 2015, its investigation caseload was 367 cases, 17% of which were over 2 years old, from date of filing.  The case closure period averaged 525 days for the 271 cases that the agency closed last year.  Any closures that resulted in non-confidential settlements resulted in $440,370 in recovery by the agency during FY 2015.