#hawaii unemployment
Report predicts low 2024 economic growth rate due to fires’ recovery, projected global slowdown
The State of Hawaiʻi revised its 2023 growth projections upward to 1.9%, but lowered its 2024 projections to 1.3% due to the projected global slowdown and recovery from the Maui wildfires.
Hawaii Expands Telephone Assistance for Unemployment Claimants
Appointments must be scheduled with the appropriate section that can service the individual’s claims.
Want Unemployment Benefits in Hawaii? You’ll Have to Look For Work
Based on the available data, the state projects that roughly 106,000 claimants throughout the Hawaiian Islands will need to begin searching for work by the end of the month if they want to remain eligible for their benefits.
DLIR Issues ‘Urgent’ Message on New Unemployment Scam
If you have clicked on these links and provided personal information, your UI account may have been compromised.
Unemployment Tax Breaks For Businesses Sent to Governor’s Desk
If signed by the Governor, HB 1278 would help to contain the economic fallout from COVID-19 by temporarily reducing the unemployment insurance contribution rates.
PEUC Program to Roll Out Next Week
The DLIR will begin processing approximately 68,000 potential eligible claims beginning on Feb. 15 until all potential eligible claims are available and processed.
PUA Payments Coming, DLIR Says
Any benefits delayed will be paid retroactively if necessary and claimants will be made whole.
UI Benefits to Increase by $300 For Eligible Claimants Over Six-Week Period
The program will pay $300 a week to all eligible claimants that have a weekly benefit amount of $100 or more in unemployment insurance benefits.
FEMA to Send $200 Million to Bolster Hawai‘i Unemployment Funding
The Lost Wages Assistance Program is funded by FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund, which received $45 billion from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
DLIR Says 90% of Valid Unemployment Claims Now Paid
A total of 1,438,314 weeks of unemployment have been claimed by the state’s unemployed workforce since the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic on March 1, 2020.
ChildcareChildcare Operations Reopened Statewide, Contact-Tracing to be Expanded
Lieutenant Governor Josh Green said the state will need more contact-tracers to have an adequate tracing program, one of the metrics necessary for a full reopening of the state’s economy. Hawai‘i will use federal funding to do this.
Manpower Shortage, Hacking Compound Problems With Unemployment Claims Processing
Officials Wednesday continued to blame an antiquated computer system for the plodding process of filing for and receiving unemployment insurance in Hawai‘i.
DLIR Launches New Unemployment Applications
Employers are now able to electronically file wage and tax data, make tax payments, update and make changes to their accounts, as well as view real time data.
STUDY: Hawai‘i Ranks as 9th Most Independent State
Hawaiʻi is the nation’s ninth most independent state, according to a new study by Wallethub.
STUDY: Hawai‘i Ranks 48th for Economic Growth
In WalletHub’s June 3, 2019, report on the Best & Worst State Economies, Hawai‘i the fourth worst in the nation, ranking 48th in terms of economic growth.
Hawai‘i Ranks Among Bottom 6 States for Economic Outlook
Hawai‘i ranks No. 23 for economic performance (1=best 50=worst) and No. 45 for economic outlook in the 12th Edition of Rich States, Poor States.
Big Island Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly
Hawai‘i County’s unemployment rate for January 2019 (not seasonally adjusted) was 3.6.%, up .7% from the previous month.
Hawai‘i’s Economy ‘Positive But Slowing’
Hawai‘i’s economic growth rate will be lower than that of the nation, as well as lower than the average Hawai‘i economic growth rate of past 30 years at 1.8%.
Hawai‘i County Oct Unemployment Rate 3.5%
Hawai‘i County’s unemployment rate for October was 3.5%; .5% more than September’s rate of 3% and 1% higher than the same time period last year.
REPORT: Top 20 Jobs Employing the Most Workers in Hawai‘i
The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) released a report revealing the top 20 occupations in Hawai‘i.
