Case: Wage & Hour/State Laws (Haw.)

June 9, 2026, 5:33 PM UTC

The Supreme Court of Hawaii reversed lower court decisions and granted unemployment benefits to a part-time airport tour guide with limited English proficiency under state law, ruling that Tachibana Enterprises, LLC failed to prove misconduct because it terminated her before its own corrective deadline and the alleged incidents didn’t show willful or wanton disregard of the employer’s interests.

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