HCRC Meeting Agenda 4-4-2018 is cancelled
March 27, 2018
HCRC Meeting Agenda (April 4th,2018 meeting has been canceled)
Read MoreIntermediate Court of Appeals Issues a Decision Affirming that Businesses Cannot Discriminate Based on Religious Beliefs
March 14, 2018
On February 23, 2018, the Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) affirmed a lower court’s summary judgment decision against Aloha Bed and Breakfast, which denied a room to a vacationing lesbian couple because of their sexual orientation. The bed and...
Read MoreHawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission Finds that Employment Posting seeking “UH Students” is Age Discrimination
March 14, 2018
A job applicant looking for work was chilled from applying when she saw a job posting and a Craigslist advertisement seeking “UH students.” The Hearings Examiner granted the Executive Director’s motion for summary judgment against Morning Hill Foods, doing business...
Read MoreHawaiʻi Supreme Court Limits Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission Jurisdiction under H.R.S. § 368-1.5
March 14, 2018
This case arose from a declaratory relief action brought by a parent to determine whether a failure to provide an accommodation for a child regarding a grade level placement exam for Hawaiʻi Technology Academy was disability discrimination pursuant to Haw....
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