HRS §412:2-420
Limits on pay claims after wrongful firing
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If a Hawaii financial institution goes into receivership and you were wrongly fired, your claim for unpaid wages is capped. You can only recover what you were owed up to the firing date, plus 90 more days of pay under your contract. No extra damages are allowed.
employees
The statute, as written — Claims for wrongful termination of employment
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.
Recovery on a claim against an insolvent Hawaii financial institution in receivership resulting from wrongful termination of an employment contract shall not exceed the unpaid compensation, without acceleration, pursuant to the contract when the employee was directed to terminate or when the employee actually terminated performance under the contract, whichever first occurred, plus compensation as provided under the contract, without acceleration, for ninety days thereafter.
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