(a) In addition to any other protections under this part, a public employer shall not discharge, threaten, or otherwise discriminate against a public employee regarding the public employee‘s compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because the public employee, or a person acting on behalf of the public employee, reports or is about to report to the public employer or a public body, verbally or in writing:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 378-70

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Employee: means a person who performs a service for wages or other remuneration under a contract for hire, written or oral, express or implied. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 378-61
  • Employer: means a person who has one or more employees. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 378-61
  • Person: means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 378-61
  • Public body: means :

    (1) A state officer, employee, agency, department, division, bureau, board, commission, committee, council, authority, or other body in the executive branch of state government;

    (2) An agency, board, commission, committee, council, member, or employee of the legislative branch of the state government;

    (3) A county, city, intercounty, intercity, or regional governing body, a council, special district, or municipal corporation, or a board, department, commission, committee, council, agency, or any member or employee thereof;

    (4) Any other body which is created by state or local authority or which is primarily funded by or through state or local authority, or any member or employee of that body;

    (5) A law enforcement agency or any member or employee of a law enforcement agency; or

    (6) The judiciary and any member or employee of the judiciary. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 378-61

  • Public employee: means any employee of the State or any county, or the political subdivision and agencies of the State or any county, any employee under contract with the State or any county, any civil service employee, any probationary or provisional employee of the State or county, and any employee of any general contractor or subcontractor undertaking the execution of a contract with a governmental contracting agency, as defined in § 104-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 378-61
  • Public employer: means the State and any county, the political subdivisions and agencies of the State and any county, and any general contractor or subcontractor undertaking the execution of a contract with a governmental contracting agency, as defined in § 104-1, and includes any agent thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 378-61
(1) Any violation or suspected violation of a federal, state, or county law, rule, ordinance, or regulation; or
(2) Any violation or suspected violation of a contract executed by the State, a political subdivision of the State, or the United States,

unless the employee knows that the report is false.

(b) Every public employer shall post notices pertaining to the application of sections 378-70 and 396-8(e), as shall be prescribed by the department of labor and industrial relations, in conspicuous places in every workplace.

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