Oct. 21—Hawaii's unemployment rate plunged in September to 3.5 %, its lowest level since before the pandemic, as the state grew its nonagricultural payroll ranks by 2, 700 from the previous month.

Mar. 5—A proposal to exempt unemployment compensation from state income taxes won a key approval on Thursday with the Senate Ways and Means Committee unanimously approving the measure. The exemption ...

The Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has temporarily suspended its unemployment insurance call center operations at the Hawai‘i Convention Center until Monday as the workspace ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaii ranked last in a new study on states whose unemployment rates are bouncing back. WalletHub said they compared 50 states and the District of Columbia on five key metrics to ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Hawaii's unemployment rate stands at 3.3% or 23,000 people without a job. As the rate has dropped this year, the need for workers has gone up. Many island stores, shops and ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Hawaii has one of the worst unemployment rate changes in the country, according to a new study released by WalletHub. In the study, WalletHub found Hawaii ranked #4 in the US for ...

Though the Islands' June 2021 unemployment rate of 7.7% is not the worst in the country, the rate of recovery from pre-pandemic times was by far the worst. Hawaii and its tourism economy are still ...

HONOLULU (AP) — An outdated computer system used by the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has caused delays in processing jobless benefit claims. Congress extended benefits in late ...

The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii's president and CEO told PBN that the allocation of federal funds to pay back a $700 million loan won't be a permanent solution to the state's unemployment insurance ...