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Hawaii Maternity and Pregnancy: What you need to know

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The Hawaii Fair Employment Practice (FEP) Law prohibits employment practices that discriminate on the basis of sex, including discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions. The Law covers all public and private employers regardless of size (HI Rev. Stat. Sec. 378-1et seq.).
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Employers are required to treat women affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions the same for all employment-related purposes, including benefits, as other employees in the workplace are treated with a temporary disability.
Employers are prohibited from refusing to hire or employ, barring or discharging, withholding pay from, demoting, or penalizing a lactating employee because she breastfeeds or expresses milk at the workplace. (HI Rev. Stat. Sec. 378-2(7) ). Employers may not prohibit an employee from expressing breast milk during any meal period or other break period required to be provided by law or required by a collective bargaining agreement (HI Rev. Stat. Sec. 378-10.2 ).
The Hawaii Family Leave Act applies to private and public employers with 100 or more employees. Employers must grant eligible employees four weeks of unpaid leave during any calendar year for the birth or adoption of a child or for the serious illness of a family member. In addition, employers with 50 or more employees may have obligations under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). There is additional information and details.
Smaller employers may choose to grant such leave or not. However, according to guidelines issued by the state Civil Rights Commission, an employer covered by the FEP Law that voluntarily offers paid or ...

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