Hawaii
What Hawaii law says about deposits, firings, overtime, collectors and accidents — and where each claim gets filed.
5 guides written for this state
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| claim | free route | statute |
|---|---|---|
| Landlord & tenant a landlord keeping my deposit | — | Haw. Rev. Stat. § 521-44 |
| Employment unpaid overtime | The Wage Standards Division takes a complaint for unpaid wages, and it invites you to call the office first to go through your situation. Hawaii has a rule worth knowing before you do: where the employer disputes how much is owed, it must pay the part it admits to, on time and with no strings, and accepting that partial payment does not settle or release the rest.↗ | — |
| Consumer a debt collector harassing me | The Office of Consumer Protection, in the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, takes the complaint at no charge and mediates it. Hawaii licenses collection agencies separately under its own chapter, so a collector working the islands is a licensee and the licence is something it can be asked about.↗ | — |
| Employment being fired for complaining | Your EEOC deadline here is 300 days rather than the 180 most national articles print, and the reason is the Hawai'i Civil Rights Commission: the extension in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) turns on whether a state agency has authority over the same conduct, and here one does. That office takes the charge and it costs nothing. It also sets a filing deadline of its own, and in a dozen states that one is shorter than the federal window — ask the office for its date rather than counting on the 300.↗ | — |
| Injury a car accident | — | HRS § 657-7 |
free route · 3 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
statute · 2 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
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