The Garden Island Staff 9/15/22 The Garden Island Staff 9/15/22

Minimum-wage increase coming Oct. 1

Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage will rise to $12 per hour on Oct. 1, and then will go up by $2 every other year until it reaches $18 per hour on Jan. 1, 2028.

Guthrie Scrimgeour 6/23/22 Guthrie Scrimgeour 6/23/22

Ige signs $18 minimum wage increase, tax refund

Hawai‘i’s minimum wage is currently $10.10 an hour. The new law raises the rate in increments over the next several years, starting with $12 on Oct. 1.

Rev. Sam Domingo 6/14/22 Rev. Sam Domingo 6/14/22

Sign minimum wage increase immediately

Don’t make our lowest-wage earners wait and wonder any longer. They need and deserve this modest raise.

Andrew Gomes and Dan Nakaso 5/8/22 Andrew Gomes and Dan Nakaso 5/8/22

Reflections on Hawaiʻi’s ‘historic’ legislative session shine bright

It’s only 60 days long, but Hawaiʻi’s legislative session this year was a monumental affair featuring some self-reform, historic spending and a return to in-person public participation, all largely in the wake of a bribery scandal, a budget deficit and peak coronavirus infections.

Sabrina Bodon 4/14/22 Sabrina Bodon 4/14/22

Supporters rally to raise minimum wage to $18 as bill advances back to House

At a Labor for Living Wages rally at the Hawai’i State Capitol on Wednesday, Kona Rep. Jeanne Kapela said current wages cannot begin to satisfy the state’s highest cost-of-living standards in the nation.

Tyler Dos Santos-Tam 12/28/21 Tyler Dos Santos-Tam 12/28/21

Hawaiʻi Democrats must raise minimum wage

All Hawaiʻi workers should be able to make ends meet with one job, and it’s our legislature’s responsibility to make that a reality.

Bill Dorman 12/15/21 Bill Dorman 12/15/21

Minimum wage has stayed at $10.10 for 4 years. With high inflation, will lawmakers make any changes?

The latest state data show a single adult would need to make about $17 to $18 an hour at a full-time job to afford to live in Hawaiʻi.

Kristina Danley 4/13/21 Kristina Danley 4/13/21

House must act on living wage: Our keiki deserve to thrive

Our representatives need to give us some hope that we can prosper here. That our keiki can prosper here. Raise the minimum wage.

Sophie Cocke 4/9/21 Sophie Cocke 4/9/21

Hawaiʻi House leaders shelve bills that would help workers

House leaders are resisting union pressure to revive bills this year that would raise the minimum wage and exempt jobless benefits from state income taxes.

Kevin Dayton 4/5/21 Kevin Dayton 4/5/21

Labor leaders urge lawmakers to move minimum wage increase

Teamsters, ILWU and Local 5 leaders ask House Speaker Scott Saiki to schedule a floor vote by Wednesday.

Tyler Dos Santos-Tam and Colleen Kelly 3/29/21 Tyler Dos Santos-Tam and Colleen Kelly 3/29/21

Raising minimum wage is imperative

Raising the minimum wage to a living wage has been a top priority for the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi for years.