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Read More Press Release: STATE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AND DISABILITY COMMUNICATION ACCESS BOARD CAUTION: New Service Animal Law Does Not Diminish Rights of Persons with Disabilities Under State and Federal Fair Housing LawEight Schools Win 2018 E Ola Pono Awards April 30, 2018 HONOLULU – Organizers of the 11th Annual E Ola Pono Campaign are pleased to announce the winners in this year’s competition aimed at promoting peace, pono and respect at...
Read More 2018 E Ola Pono AwardsOn 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 More Intermediate Court of Appeals Issues a Decision Affirming that Businesses Cannot Discriminate Based on Religious BeliefsA 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 More Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission Finds that Employment Posting seeking “UH Students” is Age DiscriminationThis 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....
Read More Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Limits Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission Jurisdiction under H.R.S. § 368-1.5The Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission (HCRC) and the County of Maui today announced the settlement of a complaint alleging the denial of a reasonable accommodation for an employee with a disability. For more information click here
Read More STATE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMMISSION SETTLES DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION CASE WITH THE COUNTY OF MAUI2017 Annual Public Training
Read More Annual Public Training 2017: Women & Immigrants in the Workplace and EEOHAWAIʻI CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION LINDA HAMILTON KRIEGER CHAIR WILLIAM D. HOSHIJO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2017 STATE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION DECRIES THREAT AGAINST HAWAIʻI JEWISH PRESCHOOL And Anti-Semitic and Anti-Immigrant Attacks...
Read More State Civil Rights Commission Decries Threats Against Hawaii Jewish PreschoolPRESS RELEASE - November 29, 2016 State Civil Rights Commission Calls on Hawai`i to Oppose National Trend of Discriminatory Harassment
Read More PRESS RELEASE – November 29, 2016 State Civil Rights Commission Calls on Hawai`i to Oppose National Trend of Discriminatory HarassmentHONOLULU — The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission (HCRC) issued a final decision and order holding the Research Institute for Hawaii USA (RIH), and its CEO Christopher Damon Haig, liable for religious and sexual harassment and discrimination against their former executive...
Read More State Civil Rights Commission Issues Decision in Religious Harassment Case