HRS §392-6
Who counts as currently employed
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section defines who is considered "currently employed" for disability benefits. You qualify if you worked regularly right before your disability or within the two weeks before it, and you would have kept working if not for the disability. It covers both sickness or accident disabilities and pregnancy-related disabilities.
employees
The statute, as written — Individual in current employment. "Individual in current employment" means: (1) An individual who performed regular service in employment immediately or not longer than two weeks prior to the onset of
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
the sickness or to the accident causing disability and who would have continued in or resumed employment except for such disability. (2) An individual who performed regular service in employment immediately or not longer than two weeks prior to becoming totally disabled from performing the duties of her employment because of pregnancy or termination of pregnancy and who would have continued in or resumed such employment except for such disability.
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