Hawaii Revised Statutes 398A-5 – Employee rights

(a) An employer shall not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or an attempt to exercise, a right established by this chapter.

Employee: means a person who may be permitted, required, or directed by an employer for wages or pay to engage in any employment and who has been employed by that employer for at least one year immediately preceding the commencement of leave provided under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 398A-1
Employer: means any private:
(1) Person;
(2) Partnership;
(3) Corporation;
(4) Association; or
(5) Other business entity,
that employs fifty or more employees. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 398A-1

(b) An employer shall not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or in any other manner discriminate against an employee who:

(1) Exercises a right provided under this chapter; or

(2) Opposes a practice made unlawful by this chapter.

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