Labor & Employment (Labor Standards)

in committee · Hawaii · House Dec 8, 2025

HB 479: RELATING TO THE TIP CREDIT.

Beginning 1/1/2026, increases the tip credit to be twenty per cent of the minimum wage and requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to annually calculate an adjusted tip credit amount.

Topics ✗ Labor & EmploymentOpposes Labor & EmploymentIncreases tip credit percentage, reducing base wage requirement for tipped workers and weakening minimum wage protections.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards Minimum Wage

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signed · Hawaii · House Jul 7, 2026

HB 1960: RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

Requires the Department of the Attorney General to develop a Human Trafficking Awareness Training Program, or approve externally developed programs, to educate and train workers in the transient accommodations sector. Requires transient accommodations employers or transient accommodations third-party contractors to periodically provide the human trafficking awareness training to certain employees and contract workers, keep records of the training, post signage, and develop and implement a human trafficking prevention policy that includes procedures for the reporting of suspected human trafficking. Establishes penalties. Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to adopt rules. (CD1)

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeRequires trafficking awareness training, reporting procedures, and prevention policies to combat human trafficking crimes, strengthening criminal justice prevention efforts.85% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentMandates human trafficking training for workers in transient accommodations sector, directly enhancing workplace safety and protecting against exploitation per bill's requirements.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Human Trafficking Law Enforcement Labor Standards

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 461: RELATING TO WAGES.

Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to issue an order of wage payment violation to employers in violation of the State's Wages and Hour Law. Establishes penalties, enforcement, and appeal procedures related to orders of payment violations. Amends the definition of "wage" under the State's Wage and Hour Law to clarify that it means compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee regardless of how it is calculated.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentRequires enforcement of wage laws via violation orders, penalties, and clarifies 'wage' definition to protect all compensation, strengthening worker rights under Wage and Hour Law.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards

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passed · Hawaii · House Mar 16, 2026

HB 2367: RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS.

Requires hourly rate or salary ranges to be disclosed on job listings for full-time, part-time, temporary, or seasonal employees. Removes the exemption for employers having fewer than fifty employees. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentMandates salary transparency in job listings for all employers, advancing worker rights by providing pay information upfront and removing small business exemptions.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards Minimum Wage

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in committee · Hawaii · House Dec 8, 2025

HB 684: RELATING TO INCOME.

HB 684 would gradually eliminate the "tip credit," a practice allowing employers to count tips toward meeting the minimum wage requirement for tipped workers. This change would directly affect restaurant servers, bartenders, and other tipped employees, as well as the businesses that employ them. The bill's key mechanism is a phased approach over time, replacing the current system where employers could offset part of the minimum wage with reported tips, ensuring tipped workers receive the full minimum wage without relying on tip counts.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentEliminates tip credit, ensuring tipped workers receive full minimum wage, strengthening wage protections for laborers.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards Minimum Wage

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passed · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 997: RELATING TO ENERGY.

Requires an attestation or declaration regarding project labor standards, including adherence to state-approved apprenticeship programs and prevailing wage requirements, for covered large-scale renewable energy generation projects. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Topics ✓ EnergySupports EnergyRequires labor standards for renewable energy projects, facilitating development through apprenticeship/wage requirements, directly advancing renewable energy infrastructure.90% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentRequires prevailing wage and state-approved apprenticeship adherence for renewable energy projects, strengthening labor standards and worker protections.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Renewable Energy Apprenticeships Labor Standards

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in committee · Hawaii · House Feb 19, 2026

HB 2446: RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW.

Authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a Community Wage Theft Enforcement Partnership Program and enter into contracts or memoranda of agreements with community-based organizations to enhance outreach, referral, and recovery of stolen wages. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentAuthorizes wage theft enforcement program with funding to recover stolen wages, strengthening worker protections under wage law.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards Minimum Wage

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in committee · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 424: RELATING TO LABOR STANDARDS AT HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.

Establish certain minimum registered nurse-to-patient ratios for hospitals. Establishes a process to obtain a variance from the minimum registered nurse staffing standards. Requires hospitals to establish hospital registered nurse staffing committees by 9/1/2025 to develop and adopt registered nurse staffing plans. Requires the staffing committees to submit a charter to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Beginning 7/1/2026, requires hospitals to submit their registered nurse staffing plan on an annual basis, and implement the staffing plan. Establishes a complaint and appeals process and penalties. Appropriates funds.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEstablishes minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals to improve patient safety and care quality, directly advancing healthcare standards.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentEstablishes mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios and staffing committees to improve workplace safety and staffing standards for healthcare workers, directly strengthening labor protections in healthcare settings.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Healthcare Workforce Hospitals Labor Standards

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in committee · Hawaii · Senate Feb 2, 2026

SB 3292: RELATING TO LABOR.

Clarifies the employment status of certain delivery drivers under state laws related to workers' compensation, wage and hour, temporary disability insurance, family leave, tax classification of business relationships, and unemployment insurance by establishing conditions under which delivery drivers are deemed employees of the business operating the delivery program.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentClassifies delivery drivers as employees, extending wage/hour, benefits, and safety protections under state labor laws, directly strengthening worker rights in employment classification.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Child Labor Gig Economy Labor Standards

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in committee · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 214: RELATING TO INCOME.

SB 214 eliminates the "tip credit," a practice allowing employers to count tips toward meeting minimum wage requirements for tipped workers like restaurant staff. The bill phases out this credit over time, requiring employers to pay the full minimum wage without reducing it based on tips. This directly affects tipped workers who will receive the full minimum wage and their employers who must adjust wage calculations. The policy change removes a longstanding exception to minimum wage rules, ensuring tipped employees earn the standard minimum wage regardless of tip amounts.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentEliminates tip credit, requiring full minimum wage for tipped workers, strengthening wage protections and removing a longstanding exception to minimum wage rules.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Labor Standards Minimum Wage

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