Hawaii Employer Compliance Kit 2027: State Checklist, Deadline Calendar and Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Owners, office managers and bookkeepers who run payroll for employees working in Hawaii, from the first hire to the year-end forms.

Not the right fit if

Your employees work outside Hawaii: get that state's kit, or the 2027 Employer Compliance Bundle for several states. Not a payroll service, and not a legal review of your policies.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Hawaii data files, checked November 2026 against 11 official pages, among them Hawaii DLIR: New for Employer Registration; Hawaii DLIR: Tax Rate Schedule and Weekly Benefit Amount; Hawaii Revised Statutes 576D-16: Duty of employers to report new hires; Hawaii DLIR: Minimum Wage and Overtime; U.S. Department of Labor: Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees (revised July 1, 2026); Vacation and Sick Leave (Hawaii Wage Standards Division); Hawaii DLIR Wage Standards: Breaks, meal and rest; About Workers' Compensation (WC) - Disability Compensation Division.
• 3 items the official pages didn't state are marked "not confirmed" with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and dates the Hawaii new-hire steps for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 16 confirmed Hawaii rules at a glance and the 3 items to confirm, each with the official page to check: taxable wage base for 2027 (Hawaii DLIR: Tax Rate Schedule and Weekly Benefit Amount); state income tax withholding (Hawaii DOTAX: Employer's Tax Guide, Booklet A (Rev. 2025)); E-Verify for private employers (Employer Information, USCIS).
• Hawaii 2027 checklist. Eight steps from unemployment tax registration to year-end filing, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date, from Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Unemployment Insurance Division, Hawaii Revised Statutes 576D-16, Hawaii Disability Compensation Division (DLIR). What it confirms: open a state unemployment tax account: DLIR's employer registration page: register online (future hire dates aren't accepted); taxable wage base for 2026 (the latest published): $64,500 per employee in 2026; new employer tax rate: 2.4% for a new employer; quarterly wage reports and payments: DLIR: form UC-B6 and all contributions and assessments are due by the end of the month after the quarter; liable employers file every quarter even with no payroll; report each new hire to the state: Within 20 days of hire; minimum wage now (2026): $16.00 an hour; minimum wage change in 2027: $16.00 an hour; no scheduled change in our data; tipped employees: Cash wage of at least $14.75 an hour in 2027, with tips making up the rest; paid sick leave: No statewide paid sick leave law for private employers; meal breaks for adults: no state rule; No meal break requirement for adults; rest breaks for adults: no state rule; No rest break requirement for adults; breaks for workers under 18: 14- and 15-year-olds get a 30-minute rest or meal period after 5 consecutive hours of work; workers' compensation insurance: Any employer with one or more employees, other than those excluded by section 386-1; final pay when you let someone go: In full at the time of discharge, or not later than the next working day; final pay when an employee quits: In full no later than the next regular payday; state copies of W-2s and 1099s: File Form N-196 with the state copies of federal Forms 1099 (the form lists 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC among them) by February 28.
• 2027 deadline calendar. 11 dates our Hawaii files state: 4 quarterly due dates from Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Unemployment Insurance Division; 2 state W-2 and 1099 filing dates from Hawaii Department of Taxation, with weekend dates flagged and a month-by-month planner for your own.
• New hire and pay change checklist. One page per hire, with the report to Hawaii Revised Statutes 576D-16 (new hires reported in 20 days) and the I-9 steps, and one per pay change against the $16.00 minimum wage.
• Hawaii compliance workbook (Excel). The Hawaii dates in a deadline tracker with days left and status, a new-hire sheet that dates each step from the start date (new hires reported in 20 days), and a pay-change sheet that flags any rate below the 2027 floor.