Bill > HB1791

This bill, titled the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, aims to establish new regulations for warehouse distribution centers in Hawaii. It mandates that employers provide employees with written descriptions of their work quotas, which are performance standards requiring a specific number of tasks or amount of material to be completed within a set timeframe, often measured in minutes or seconds. Employers must also maintain records of these quotas and data related to employee work speed, which refers to information collected about an individual's performance, including task completion rates and time spent working. Crucially, the bill protects workers by prohibiting quotas that prevent them from taking legally mandated meal or rest breaks or using bathroom facilities, and employers cannot penalize employees for failing to meet such unreasonable quotas or quotas that haven't been disclosed. Employees have the right to request a written description of their quota and their personal work speed data, as well as aggregated data for similar employees, which employers must provide within specific timeframes and at no cost. The bill also prohibits employers from retaliating against workers who exercise these rights or make complaints. The Director of Labor and Industrial Relations is tasked with creating rules to implement and enforce these provisions, with the Attorney General also empowered to prosecute violations.

Labor and Employment

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1791&year=2026