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Workplace Protections

Laws current as of November 15, 2024

Can my employer tell my clients or my co-workers about my situation?

Any information you give your employer under this law must be kept strictly confidential. It’s against the law for your employer to discuss or share with anyone:

  • any documents that you provided;
  • any verbal statements that you made to him/her;
  • the fact that either you or your child have been a victim; and
  • the fact that you asked for time off under this law.1 

Your employer can only discuss your domestic or sexual violence situation if:

  • you request it;
  • you agree to it;
  • s/he is ordered to do so by a court or administrative agency; or
  • s/he is required to do so by federal or state law.1

1 Haw. Rev. Stat. § 378-72(i)

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