Hawaii Expands Unpaid Leave Law to Military Families

Hawaii employees may be eligible for unpaid leave if their child, spouse, partner, sibling, grandchild, or parent is called to active duty service in the US Armed Forces, under a bill effective July 1.

Hawaii’s family leave law provides up to four weeks of unpaid leave each year to employees for certain circumstances, such as caring for someone with a serious health condition or child adoption or birth. Act 13 expands coverage of the law to provide leave for qualifying military exigencies, which are responsibilities that arise when a family member is deployed or called to active duty.

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