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• Different Types of Job Discrimination

  Learn about the various types of discrimination prohibited by the laws enforced by EEOC. Read More

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  U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

• Employment Discrimination Based on Criminal Records

  Learn about illegal discrimination in the workplace based on an employee's criminal record, and the law's that protect against such discrimination. Read More

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  Hawai'i Friends of Restorative Justice

• Hawaii Disability Rights Center

  The sole mission of the Hawaii Disability Rights Center is to protect and promote the human, civil and legal rights of individuals with disabilities. Read More

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  Hawaii Disability Rights Center

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  Chuukese / Chuuk

  Spanish / Español

  Ilocano / Ilokano

  Korean / 한국어

  Marshallese / Kajin M̧ajeļ

  Samoan / Gagana Samoa

  Tagalog / Pilipino

  Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt

• Hawaii Homeless Rights

  Answers and explanations to common homeless concerns in the City and County of Honolulu Read More

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  American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

• Hawaii Patients’ Bill of Rights

  Hawaii Patients’ Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Act: Understanding Your Health Care Rights Read More

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  Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

• HIV & Your Civil Rights in the Workplace

  Learn about your legal rights against discrimination if you have tested positive for HIV, or if you have AIDS. Read More

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  American Civil Liberties Union

• How to File a Charge of Job Discrimination

  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of certain protected classes. Learn how to file a charge of discrimination. Read More

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  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

• Learn about Domestic Workers' Rights

  If you work in a home, cleaning, cooking, caring for a child, doing laundry or other domestic service, you have the right to be free from discrimination on the job, payment of at least the state minimum wage, and overtime pay after 40 hours of work in a week Read More

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  Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

• Learn about Worker's Rights

  Wage theft is when an employer does not pay you what you are owed for your work. Review the following materials to know your rights and learn how to take action if you are a victim of wage theft. Read More

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  Legal Aid Society of Hawaii

• Mediation on Hawaii Island - Hilo

  Ku'ikahi Mediation Center provides a variety of dispute prevention and resolution services to our East Hawaii community. We help individuals, families, organizations, businesses, schools, and others to find creative solutions to challenging situations. Read More

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  Ku'ikahi Mediation Center

• Mediation on Hawaii Island - Kona

  West Hawaii Mediation Center strives to provide an array of high quality conflict resolution services to community members and organizations throughout West Hawaii. Read More

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  West Hawaii Mediation Center

• Mediation on Kauai

  Mediation Services from Kauai Economic Opportunity (KEO) can address a number of issues. Mediators from the agency facilitate dispute resolution in a confidential, informal and non-threatening manner, with the aim of avoiding court proceedings or preventing evictions. Read More

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  Kauai Economic Opportunity Mediation Program

• Mediation on Maui

  Maui Mediation Services, Inc. was established in 1982 to provide creative and appropriate ways of resolving disputes Read More

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  Maui Mediation Services

• Mediation on Oahu

  Mediation Center of the Pacific's mission is to provide high quality mediation and dispute resolution services that are affordable and accessible on the island of Oahu. Read More

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  Mediation Center of the Pacific

• Rights for People Diagnosed with Mental Illness

  The purpose of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI) law is to protect the human, civil, and legal rights of individuals who have a diagnosis of mental illness. Read More

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  Hawaii Disability Rights Center

• Wage Theft: The Hanahana Justice Project

  The Hanahana Justice Program combats wage theft in Hawaii. The program aims to empower low-wage workers, address wage theft, trafficking,and labor exploitation, and advance worker justice through education, outreach, advocacy, and community lawyering. Read More

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  Legal Aid Society of Hawaii