HI SB1287

Requires food, beverage, and service establishments that accept tips to post visible signs explaining how tips are allocated among employees, including which positions receive tips and the percentages or proportions each position receives

Mandates a second sign in employee areas stating that federal and state laws require all tips to be distributed directly to employees, along with contact information for reporting violations to the U.S. Department of Labor (1-866-487-9243) and Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations offices

Employers who fail to post required tip allocation notices become liable to employees for back wages and penalties equal to the amount employees would have earned if all tips had been paid directly to them

Addresses documented tip theft in Hawaii, citing a 2022 U.S. Department of Labor investigation that resulted in $117,710 in back wages and damages for 70 workers, and another case where 14 workers recovered $158,000 combined

Takes effect July 1, 2050