--- title: "Hawaii Employer Compliance Kit 2027 | MCC Solutions" description: "Hawaii employer kit for 2027: SUTA wage base, 2.4% new employer rate, new hires reported in 20 days. Checklist, deadline calendar and Excel tracker." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/toolkits/hawaii-employer-compliance-kit-2027" --- Document pack # Hawaii Employer Compliance Kit 2027: State Checklist, Deadline Calendar and Excel Tracker The 2027 employer rules for Hawaii in one package: SUTA wage base; 2.4% new employer rate; new hires reported in 20 days; $16.00 minimum wage. **$19** one time · 14-day full refund · Word and PDF · download link by email Buy now, $19 Free sample 🌙 The desk is asleep. The store never is. Every kit and ebook downloads the moment you pay, day or night. Questions get answered after we open in the morning. [Browse the store](/toolkits) 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 15 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: Handbook for Employers, Unemployment Insurance; Hawaii Department of Taxation: Booklet A, Employer's Tax Guide (Rev. 2025); Hawaii DLIR: Minimum Wage and Overtime; U.S. Department of Labor: State Minimum Wage Laws (updated November 5, 2026); U.S. Department of Labor: Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees (revised July 1, 2026), plus NCSL (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read. - Every checklist item is confirmed and linked to its source: an official page, or where none could be read, a vetted secondary source marked as such. - 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 19 confirmed Hawaii rules at a glance and the 0 items to confirm. - **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 2027: Not announced yet when we checked in November 2026; 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; state income tax withholding: State income tax applies; report each new hire to the state: Within 20 days of hire; e-Verify for private employers: No state law requires private employers in Hawaii to use E-Verify: NCSL's State E-Verify Action summary (secondary source, checked November 2026) doesn't list Hawaii among the 22 states that require E-Verify of any employer; 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. A look inside ## The first pages, as you will get them [![Page 1 of the Start Here (Hawaii Employer Compliance Kit 2027)](/img/toolkits/hawaii-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-1.webp)](/img/toolkits/hawaii-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-1.webp) First page of Start Here [![Page 1 of the Hawaii 2027 Checklist (Hawaii Employer Compliance Kit 2027)](/img/toolkits/hawaii-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-2.webp)](/img/toolkits/hawaii-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-2.webp) First page of Hawaii 2027 Checklist Get it ## Hawaii Employer Compliance Kit 2027 Or pay with PayPal Uses the email and terms box above. You get the same download link by email. ZIP code (for sales tax) Want every toolkit? The [toolkit membership](/membership) includes all of them, with a lower rate if you pay yearly. Get every update for a year, $29: the [Yearly Updates Pass](/updates-pass?kit=hawaii-employer-compliance-kit-2027) gives you each refreshed edition we release of the kits you own. One payment, no automatic renewal. Delivered as a zip of editable Word files and printable PDFs. For one business, your own use. General information and templates, not legal, tax or accounting advice. General information, not legal, tax or payroll advice; we are not lawyers, and nothing here guarantees compliance. Rules change and cities can add their own; check Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Unemployment Insurance Division and the other official pages linked in the kit. Payment is handled by Stripe. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. Ways to get it ## Just this kit, or more This kit **$19 one time** Hawaii Employer Kit 2027. Buy this kit The set **$149 one time** 27 kits including this one, $364 less than buying them separately. [See the set](/toolkits/all-states-employer-compliance-pack) Membership **$29 a month** Every kit and document pack in the store, including new ones. Cancel any time. [See the membership](/membership) Questions ## Common questions **What do I get and how is it delivered?** The Hawaii Employer Kit 2027 comes as a zip with four documents, each as an editable Word file and a printable PDF: Start Here, Hawaii 2027 Checklist, 2027 Deadline Calendar, and New Hire And Pay Change Checklist, plus an Excel workbook (Hawaii Employer Compliance Workbook 2027). The download link arrives by email after payment. **Will it open on a Mac, Google Sheets or my phone?** The PDFs open in any PDF reader, and the Word files edit in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice. The workbook is built for Excel and tested in LibreOffice; it should open in Google Sheets, but not every feature is tested there. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. If it is not right for you, email us within 14 days of buying for a full refund. **Is this legal or tax advice?** General information, not legal, tax or payroll advice; we are not lawyers, and nothing here guarantees compliance. Rules change and cities can add their own; check Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Unemployment Insurance Division and the other official pages linked in the kit. **Is it the right fit for me?** It is made for owners, office managers and bookkeepers who run payroll for employees working in Hawaii, from the first hire to the year-end forms. Skip it if your employees work outside Hawaii: get that state's kit, or the 2027 Employer Compliance Bundle for several states. Free sample ### Try one page first Get a real page or file from this product by email. We send one confirmation email, and no series follows. 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