In 2018, Governor Ige approved new administrative rules for the State of Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Occupational Safety and Health Division (HIOSH). HIOSH generally adopts Federal Occupational
Most Hawaii employers know that they cannot discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity or expression), age, national origin, ancestry, marital status, arrest and court record, reproductive
On August 9, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued its decision in Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board, No. 21-1191 (D.C. 2022), which affirmed the
In preparation for the statewide minimum wage increase to $12.00/hour on October 1, 2022, employers should also check tipped employees' pay to ensure they are appropriately applying the tip credit and/or otherwise complying
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the IRS sets limits each year to determine the “affordability” of employee contributions for employer-sponsored health coverage for Applicable Large Employers (ALEs; employers
Recent news reports paint a grim picture of the country’s economic outlook. A perfect storm may be brewing for a potential recession with record inflation, declines in the stock market, increases in interest rates, and
On August 4, 2022, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency in recognition of the continued rapid transmission of the disease. The
Union election petitions by employees of well-known companies, such as Amazon, Apple, and Starbucks, have recently been increasingly making headlines in the news. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) noted the rise of