Governor Signs Female Firefighter Cancer Presumption Bill

Female Hawaii firefighters diagnosed with certain types of cancers are presumed to have contracted the diseases on the job under a newly signed revision to the state’s workers’ compensation law. Gov. Josh Green on June 27 signed House Bill 1889, now known as Act 101. The law creates a workers’ comp presumption for female firefighters diagnosed with breast, cervical and uterine cancers. When they introduced the legislation, Hawaii lawmakers cited a National Library of Medicine study that showed female firefighters may develop various types of cancer at an earlier age than wo...