ROH §1-17.10
No False Sexual Harassment Complaints
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This rule says no one can make a false sexual harassment complaint on purpose. City workers who do this can be punished under city rules. Other people who do this can lose their ability to work with the city.
employees
The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Malicious false complaint
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.
(a) An officer, employee, or individual shall not make a malicious false complaint of sexual harassment.
(b) An officer or employee who has made a malicious false complaint shall be appropriately disciplined or sanctioned in accordance with law, ordinance, or rule. The disciplinary action may consist of:
(1) Any of the disciplinary actions listed under § 1-17.7 ; or
(2) Any other disciplinary action authorized by law, ordinance, or rule.
(c) An individual, other than an officer or employee, who has made a malicious false complaint shall be subject to appropriate sanctions authorized by law, ordinance, or rule. The sanctions may include the termination of the individual’s business or other activity with the city or disqualification of the individual from participating in any business or other activity with the city.
Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.
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