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Some federal laws also require that benefits be offered to part-time employees: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires employers to offer health insurance to employees working at least 30 hours per week (or 130 hours per month) to avoid paying penalties. See Identifying Full-time Employees.

The 2023 Form HC-5 (Employee Notification to Employer) is available online at the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) website. Use this form if the employee works at least 20 hours per week and: Works for 2 or more employers, or. Claims an exemption or waiver for health care coverage, or.

Who is required to provide health care insurance coverage? All employers with one or more employees, whether full-time or part-time, permanent or temporary, are required to provide Prepaid Health Care Act coverage to their eligible employees in Hawaii unless the employees fall into an excluded category.

Under the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act, employees get employer-sponsored health insurance as long as they work at least 20 hours per week.

Employers must provide health care coverage to employees who work at least twenty (20) hours per week and earn 86.67 times the current Hawaii minimum wage a month (see the Maximum Weekly Wage Base and Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount).

Waiting period: the waiting period cannot be longer than 4 weeks for Hawaii residents. If an employee works 20+ hours per week for at least 4 weeks, with specific exceptions, then the employee is eligible and must be offered insurance within the 4 week waiting period.

Who is required to provide health care insurance coverage? All employers with one or more employees, whether full-time or part-time, permanent or temporary, are required to provide Prepaid Health Care Act coverage to their eligible employees in Hawaii unless the employees fall into an excluded category.

Employers Pay Most of the Cost Under Hawaii's law, the employer must pay at least 50% of the premium for employee-only coverage. But more importantly, the employee's share of the monthly premium for employee-only coverage can't be more than 1.5% of the employee's gross monthly earnings.