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HRS §368-17

Remedies the commission or court can order

This section lists what a court or the commission can order when someone wins a discrimination or civil rights case. It covers money damages, job-related fixes, access to programs or housing, and other relief. A workers' comp claim does not stop these remedies.

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The statute, as written — Remedies

(a) The remedies ordered by the commission or the court under this chapter may include compensatory and punitive damages and legal and equitable relief, including, but not limited to: (1) Hiring, reinstatement, or upgrading of employees with or without back pay; (2) Admission or restoration of individuals to labor organization membership, admission to or participation in a guidance program, apprenticeship training program, on-the-job training program, or other occupational training or retraining program, with the utilization of objective criteria in the admission of persons to those programs; (3) Admission of persons to a public accommodation or an educational institution; (4) Sale, exchange, lease, rental, assignment, or sublease of real property to a person; (5) Extension to all persons of the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of the respondent; (6) Reporting as to the manner of compliance; (7) Requiring the posting of notices in a conspicuous place that the commission may publish or cause to be published setting forth requirements for compliance with civil rights law or other relevant information that the commission determines necessary to explain those laws; (8) Payment to the complainant of damages for an injury or loss caused by a violation of part I of chapter 489, chapter 515, part I of chapter 378, or this chapter, including a reasonable attorney's fee; (9) Payment to the complainant of all or a portion of the costs of maintaining the action before the commission, including reasonable attorney's fees and expert witness fees, when the commission determines that award to be appropriate; and (10) Other relief the commission or the court deems appropriate. (b) Section 386-5 notwithstanding, a workers' compensation claim or remedy does not bar relief on complaints filed with the commission.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§386-5 Work injury benefits are the only payment from employer

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