Coalitions applaud signing of historic minimum wage and tax fairness legislation
HB2510 will boost annual incomes for low-wage workers by thousands of dollars over the next 6 years, strengthening the economy while alleviating poverty.
Community urges Gov. Ige to sign nation’s first $18 minimum wage law
With his signature, House Bill 2510 would increase minimum wage, improve major tax credit.
Workers and living wage supporters to hold rally for $18 by 2026
The path to a living wage needs to start now.
Joint legislative package a good start that needs to go further
The legislative package proposed by leadership in the State House and Senate calls for a $13 an hour minimum wage by 2024—Hawaiʻi workers already need at least $17 an hour to afford basic needs in 2020.
What is a living wage in Hawaiʻi in 2020?
Hawaiʻi's Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism released new self-sufficiency standards that put the minimum survival wage above $17 an hour for 2020.
Who are Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage workers?
Research shows that, of the 88,000 minimum wage workers in Hawaiʻi, the majority are female, over 25 years old, and not trainees.