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ROH §1-17.1

What counts as sexual harassment by city workers

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗

This section defines sexual harassment for city rules. It covers unwanted sexual behavior by city officers or employees toward other employees, job applicants, or people doing business with the city. The behavior is harassment if it affects jobs, hiring, or business dealings, or creates a hostile work or business environment.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — “Sexual harassment” - Definition

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

For the purposes of this article, sexual harassment means any of the following: (1) Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct or visual display of a sexual nature directed by an officer or employee to a second officer or employee when: (A) Submission to the advances, requests, or conduct is a term or condition of the second officer’s or employee’s employment; (B) Submission to or rejection of the advances, requests, or conduct is used as the basis for employment decisions relating to the second officer or employee; or (C) The advances, requests, conduct, or visual display has the purpose or effect of: (i) Substantially interfering with the second officer’s or employee’s work performance; or (ii) Creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment for the second officer or employee; (2) Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct or visual display of a sexual nature directed by an officer or employee to an individual under consideration for city employment when: (A) Submission to the advances, requests, or conduct is used as a term or condition for the employment of the individual; (B) Submission to or rejection of the advances, requests, or conduct is used as the basis for a decision to employ or reject the individual; or (C) The advances, requests, conduct, or visual display has the purpose or effect of: (i) Substantially interfering with the individual’s ability to display qualifications for city employment; or (ii) Creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment in which the individual seeks city employment; or (3) Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct or visual display of a sexual nature directed by an officer or employee to an individual engaged in business or other activity with the city when: (A) Submission to the advances, requests, or conduct is a term or condition of the individual’s engagement in business or other activity with the city; (B) Submission to or rejection of the advances, requests, or conduct is used as the basis for a decision on the individual’s engagement in business or other activity with the city; or (C) The advances, requests, conduct, or visual display has the purpose or effect of: (i) Substantially interfering with the individual’s engagement in business or other activity with the city; or (ii) Creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment in which the individual engages in business or other activity with the city.
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.