# Hawaii — Captive-audience meeting bans by US state — whether an employer can require attendance at a meeting on political or religious matters, quoted from the state's own statute

For Hawaii, what the law prohibits is (14) Discharge, discipline, or otherwise penalize or threaten any adverse employment action against an employee because the employee declines to: (A) Attend or participate in an employer-sponsored meeting, or any portion of a meeting, that communicates the opinion of the employer about political matters; or (B) Receive or listen to a communication from the employer that communicates the opinion of the employer about political matters;; exceptions is provided that this paragraph shall not limit the rights of an employer to conduct meetings or to engage in communications involving political matters as long as attendance by the employees is wholly voluntary; statute is §377-6, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Hawaii _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What the law prohibits:** (14) Discharge, discipline, or otherwise penalize or threaten any adverse employment action against an employee because the employee declines to: (A) Attend or participate in an employer-sponsored meeting, or any portion of a meeting, that communicates the opinion of the employer about political matters; or (B) Receive or listen to a communication from the employer that communicates the opinion of the employer about political matters; _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Exceptions:** provided that this paragraph shall not limit the rights of an employer to conduct meetings or to engage in communications involving political matters as long as attendance by the employees is wholly voluntary. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** §377-6 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (14) Discharge, discipline, or otherwise penalize or threaten any adverse employment action against an employee because the employee declines to: (A) Attend or participate in an employer-sponsored meeting, or any portion of a meeting, that communicates the opinion of the employer about political matters; or (B) Receive or listen to a communication from the employer that communicates the opinion of the employer about political matters;

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### What the law prohibits

> (14) Discharge, discipline, or otherwise penalize or threaten any adverse employment action against an employee because the employee declines to: (A) Attend or participate in an employer-sponsored meeting, or any portion of a meeting, that communicates the opinion of the employer about political matters; or (B) Receive or listen to a communication from the employer that communicates the opinion of the employer about political matters;

### Exceptions

> provided that this paragraph shall not limit the rights of an employer to conduct meetings or to engage in communications involving political matters as long as attendance by the employees is wholly voluntary.

### Statute

> §377-6 Unfair labor practices of employers.

## Source

- https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0377/HRS_0377-0006.htm

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-03-01.
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