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Paid Sick and Safe Leave
State: Hawaii
Subject: Paid Sick Days, Domestic Violence and the Workplace, Job-Protected Leave
Bill: H.B. 6/S.B. 108
Sponsor: Takayama (D)/Chun Oakland (D)
Senate bill introduced and referred to Committees on Human Services, Judiciary & Labor and Ways & Means: 01/17/2013
House bill introduced: 01/17/2013
Referred to House Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Finance: 01/18/2013
Re-referred to House Committees on Labor & Public Employment, Judiciary and Finance: 01/28/2013
House Labor & Public Employment Committee hearing scheduled for: 02/05/2013
Measure deferred in House Committee: 02/05/2013
Summary:
Guarantees a minimum of one hour of paid sick and safe leave for every 30 hours worked, up to 40 hours annually for workers in small businesses (defined as having fewer than 10 employees) and 72 hours annually for all other workers.
Workers may use the leave to care for themselves or a family member who is ill, needs preventive or medical care or is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.
"Family member" is defined as a spouse or reciprocal beneficiary, child (or child of a reciprocal beneficiary), parent, grandparent, sibling (or those family members' spouses or reciprocal beneficiaries), grandchild or "any other individual related by blood or affinity."
This database provides short summaries of bills and statutes. The summaries are not intended to constitute legal advice. To find out how laws relate to your particular situation, you must contact a lawyer who specializes in employees’ rights, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division (1-866-4USWAGE), your state labor department and/or your union.
