Bill Text: HI SB1005 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Employment Discrimination; Usage of Tobacco Products
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-28 - Referred to JDL. [SB1005 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-SB1005-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to labor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the people of Hawaii have a basic right to enjoy legal activities on their free time without facing intimidation and coercive acts by their employer.
The legislature further finds that since 1987, thirty states and the District of Columbia have passed labor laws forbidding persons who happen to use tobacco to be denied employment or fired simply because they were unable to quit smoking on demand. The legislature also finds that this form of intolerance toward employees that use tobacco not only economically harms the dependent loved ones of the discriminated individual who is denied employment, but also violates a person's right to privacy outside of working hours.
SECTION 2. Chapter 378, part I, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§378- Discriminatory practices; tobacco usage outside of the workplace. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any employer to refuse to hire or employ, or to bar or discharge from employment any individual for the smoking or usage of tobacco products outside the course of employment, or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment for the smoking or usage of tobacco products outside the course of employment; provided that this section shall not apply to any nonprofit organization or corporation having the primary purpose of discouraging the use of tobacco products by the general public."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Employment Discrimination; Usage of Tobacco Products
Description:
Prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee or prospective employee for smoking or using tobacco products outside the course of employment. Exempts nonprofits whose primary purpose is to discourage the public's use of tobacco products.
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