Employment Law Journal

By Bruce Voss An employee plaintiff needs to produce relatively little evidence to enable an age discrimination claim to proceed

By Bruce Voss Hawaii’s Legislature has passed a “Domestic Workers Bill of Rights,” granting most domestic workers protection under Hawaii’s

By Bruce Voss Hawaii employees now have an enforceable right to express breast milk in a private space at their

By Bruce D. Voss Hawaii employees can sue their managers and other co-employees individually under Hawaii state discrimination law, the

By Bruce D. Voss Showing up for work on a regular, predictable basis is important, the Ninth Circuit has ruled

By Bruce D. Voss A company handbook or manual promising that an employer will treat employees “fairly” does not by

By Bruce Voss An employee’s claimed mental stress from threatened disciplinary action was not compensable under Hawaii’s workers compensation laws,

By Bruce Voss An employer is not required to make accommodations to help an employee become “qualified” to perform essential

By Bruce D. Voss Large Hawaii employers who have collective bargaining agreements are now prohibited from firing employees because they

By Bruce D. Voss All Hawaii employers must now make “reasonable accommodations in the workplace” for employees who claim to