The legislative session opened on January 18 and is in full swing at the Capitol. The deadline for legislators to introduce bills was January 26, and HEC is closely monitoring those that are of interest to members. Read
Employers face litigation if they include liability waiver language in the Fair Credit Report Act (FCRA) disclosure forms they issue to job applicants prior to third-party background checks. According to the United States
Wasting no time following his inauguration on January 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at unraveling his predecessor's signature act, the Patient Protection and A?ordable Care Act (ACA). The move
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released its analysis of the 91,503 charges of workplace discrimination that were filed during the 2016 fiscal year (running from October 1, 2015 to September
The 2017 unemployment insurance tax rate was published by the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, and Hawaii employers will be on contribution rate schedule C for the second year in a row. The taxable wage
Hawaii Employers Council is pleased to welcome Derek Kanehira as Vice President and Director of HR Services. Derek joins HEC with more than 27 years of experience in Human Resources in various industries including
The 2017 legislative session began on January 18, and Hawaii Employers Council has already begun to review and analyze employment bills being introduced at the Capitol. While the publication of this session's first
In one of the federal Department of Labor's final acts under the Obama administration, the agency filed a Notice of Appeal of a November ruling by a federal court in Texas that permanently enjoined the implementation of the