Hawaii

Key facts

EEOC filing deadline

300 days (FEPA work-sharing state)

State agency deadline

180 days to HCRC

Employer coverage

1 or more employees

State law

Hawaii Employment Practices Law (HRS Chapter 378)

State court statute of limitations

2 years

Additional protections beyond federal law

• •Sexual orientation
• •Gender identity and expression
• •Marital status
• •Arrest and court record (with limitations)
• •Credit history (with limitations)
• •Domestic or sexual violence victim status

How it works

Hawaii has a work-sharing agreement with the EEOC. A charge filed with Hawaii Civil Rights Commission is generally also considered filed with the EEOC ("dual-filed"), and vice versa. You usually only need to file once.

Key notes

Hawaii's one-employee threshold gives nearly universal coverage. The arrest and court record protection is notable — employers generally cannot use arrest records that did not result in conviction, or convictions with no rational relationship to the job.