Labor

...no details until after the June 2 deadline to file for election....

...City Council to hear union preference 'fixer bill' next Wednesday, June 3....

... They need better protections such as higher wages and safer working conditions....  Keith understands this deeply ....

...The roughly half of the population who cannot work from home are getting screwed over by those who can....

...claims are clustered in zip codes where the tourism industry is a particularly important source of employment....

...as of Sunday, May 17, Hawaii became Scattered Canary’s latest unemployment fraud victim....

...One way policymakers can help expedite their state’s economic recovery is by protecting employers from facing higher UI tax rates at a time when they can least afford to pay them....

...According to the United States Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey, released on May 20....

...only Nevada and Michigan are higher....

...Jobs declined by 121,800 over-the-month....

...Double Nat'l Unemployment at Height of Great Depression....

...32.2% of Hawaii's workforce has filed an unemployment claim....

...it isn’t the kind its leaders were counting on....

"...Thousands of people in Hawaii are calling upon the governor to 'Let Hawaii Work' again...."

...A Visual Guide to Unemployment Benefit Claims....

...Refers to the increase in the number of unemployment insurance initial claims in the week of April 27, 2020 compared to the week of April 29, 2019....

...total job reductions between January and April in Honolulu county were 34% of full-time jobs and 41% of part-time. These numbers were much higher on Hawaii (50% and 67%), Maui (69% and 68%), and Kauai (56% and 62%)....

...2020’s Best & Worst States for Nurses....

... States with the Biggest Increases in Unemployment Due to Coronavirus ....

"...abuse and misuse of union funds and the existence of questionable perks and benefits...."

... Major reforms could help the pension system honor its promises ....

...another 4,267,395 people filed initial unemployment benefit claims during the week ending April 18, the second week of a decline in the rate of new claims, but still among the highest levels in U.S. history....

...Hawaii -- 3009.22% -- Increase in Unemployment Claims (April vs Start of COVID-19 Crisis)....

...we have still not received a response to the question posed as to whether employees who are redeployed are still eligible to benefit entitlements provided by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act....

...After unions notified their members of the salary reduction idea Tuesday night, state officials informed union leaders the implementation date of the salary cuts has been delayed by at least one month, to June 1 instead of May 1.... 

"...We want to reassure you that the Governor has no legal authority, right, or privilege to unilaterally negate or disregard our current Unit 7 contract...."

...Hawaii pension plan only 55% funded ranks 43rd among states....

...Representative Case says money from the CARES Act should be used for covering revenue losses....

... Department of Labor and Industrial Relations seem to have dropped the ball ....

...Safe Hotels, Safe Hawaii Operational Guidelines for Safe Hotel Operations in Pandemic Conditions....

...The emergency proclamation suspends several laws, including chapters 89 and 89C, HRS, relating to collective bargaining....

...Hawaii Unemployment Comp funds will run out in 21 weeks....

...8.9% of Hawaii's workforce was receiving or filing for unemployment as of March 28, 2020....

...unemployment claim increases for the week of March 23....

...with the coronavirus recession underway, raising the minimum wage is a bad idea....

...HSTA revels in accountability-free utopia.  Hawaii college applicants will not be so lucky....

...Hawaii joins 39 states that have decided to close schools....

...Testimony on proposed minimum-wage increase....

...The Most Dangerous States to Work In....

...If government benefits were available, Nathan Lum made sure that he was going to receive some of them....

...An expert on Seattle's experience will address 2 Hawaii events....

...HB 2541 HD1 would make the state earned income tax credit refundable and permanent, and increase the refundable food/excise tax credit. In addition, the bill would increase the minimum wage....

...Hawaii reported an integrated employment rate of 2 percent, the lowest rate in the nation....

...The study was done by Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA), which (previously demonstrated its reliability by conducting) a salary study in 2014 for HIDOE and the Hawaii State Teachers Association....

...Nathan Lum was the former division director of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, Longshore Division (ILWU)....

...While people have focused on the city’s $2.6 billion pension debt, its debt related to retiree health care benefits is almost as high at $2.2 billion....

...Measures tackle housing, childcare, wage issues highlighted in ALICE report....

...Hawaii has the highest union membership rate at 23.5 percent....

"...legislative package of bills to reduce income inequality...."

...HSTA got $45M in a contract reopener April 1, 2019.  On December 5, 2019 HSTA and DoE announced a massive pay hike for teachers working in so-called 'hard to fill' positions.  Now in a January 10, 2020, anouncement, the HSTA and Kishimoto are proposing to bump thousands of union members up five steps....