Unless you are taking paid leave days that you already have (such as sick leave) in order to handle issues related to domestic or sexual violence, your employer does not have to pay you for the leave guaranteed to you under the law. The “victim leave,” as it is called, is unpaid leave.1
1 H.R.S. § 378-72(a)
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