December 2024
Author: ADP Admin/Tuesday, August 1, 2023/Categories: Compliance Corner , State Compliance Update, Hawaii
Hawaii has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 1057), which requires employers with 50 or more employees to disclose in job listings the hourly rate or salary range for the position. Senate Bill 1057 also broadens the state’s equal pay law. The changes take effect Jan. 1, 2024.
The details
Effective Jan. 1, 2024, employers with 50 or more employees must disclose in job listings an hourly rate or salary range that reasonably reflects the actual expected compensation for the position.
The pay disclosure requirement doesn’t apply to job listings for:
Senate Bill 1057 also broadens the state’s equal pay law, which applies to all Hawaii employers, as follows.
Current Law
Effective Jan. 1, 2024
Employers are prohibited from discriminating against employees because of sex by paying wages to employees in an establishment at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to employees of the opposite sex in the establishment for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort and responsibility, and that are performed under similar working conditions.
Employers are prohibited from discriminating against employees because of any characteristic that is protected under state law by paying wages to employees in an establishment at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to other employees in the establishment for substantially similar work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort and responsibility, and that are performed under similar working conditions.
Pay differentials don’t violate the law if they result from:
Next steps
Covered Hawaii employers should review policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the applicable provisions of Senate Bill 1057.
Please contact your HR Business Partner with any questions.
Thank you,
ADP
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