HB555

Hawaii HB555 mandates employers to provide paid rest periods for employees.

Hawaii HB555 amends Chapter 378 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to require employers to allow employees a paid rest period of at least ten consecutive minutes for every four hours of work. These rest periods must be provided in the middle of each work period and count as time worked, with no deduction from wages. Employers failing to provide these rest periods must compensate employees with an additional hour of pay at their regular rate for each workday without a rest period and face fines imposed by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.