Workplace Protections

In Hawai‘i, domestic or sexual violence can be any of the following things:

• domestic abuse;
• sexual assault; or
• stalking.¹

Sexual assault includes:

• sexual assault in the 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th degrees;
• continuous sexual assault of a minor under the age of fourteen;
• indecent exposure; and
• incest.²

Stalking is defined as a pattern of behavior which includes an abuser repeatedly doing any of the following things:

• watching you;
• coming close to you;
• following you; or
• threatening you.²

The threats can be written, spoken, or hinted at (implied.) The behavior must be specifically directed at you, and significant enough that a “reasonable person” would:

• suffer substantial emotional distress; or
• fear bodily injury, sexual assault, or death to themselves or someone close to them.²

The behavior must actually frighten you, or cause you substantial emotional distress.²

¹ Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 378-71; 586-1
² Haw. Rev. Stat. § 378-71