Labor

“...Evidence of the Unintended Labor Scheduling Implications of the Minimum Wage....”

... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May was 4.2 percent, compared to the revised rate of 4.1 percent in April ....

... Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the highest unemployment rate in Hawaii using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ....

... Hawaii per-capita pension liability $39,939.43 ....

... Nearly 30 years ago, in our 1992 report, we had raised concerns about the quality of the data used by the department (and nothing has changed since) ....

... Seventy-three percent of surveyed firms report they are currently bidding on federal construction projects valued at $35 million or more. Yet the same percentage, 73 percent, report they would not bid on those projects if a project labor agreement were required....

... Recovery from Unemployment (2022 April vs 2020 January) -- Hawaii 51st ....

... relief, disappointment on four bills ....

... A popular 2010 study claiming minimum-wage hikes do not cause ‘economic shocks’ has just been reanalyzed and overturned ....

... in comparison with March 2020 (last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 50,000, or -7.6% ....

... Clinicians schedule statewide strike starting May 18 to force changes at HMO that serves 260,000 Hawaii residents ....

... employee base permanently reduced by COVID? ....

... Workers with a bachelor’s or graduate degree also tended to work remotely (72.2%) versus those without a bachelor’s degree (48.2%)....

... $7,000 pay hike and more fake 'professional development' time to escape actual teaching ....

... In order to identify the states whose unemployment rates are bouncing back most, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia ....

... total nonagricultural jobs decreased by 300 over-the-month ....

...Increases salaries by 14.35% compounded over the three years, not including the one-time 1% bonus--99.1% vote to approve....

... HB2510 HD2 SD1 that proposes increasing Hawaii’s mandatory minimum wage to $18 an hour by 2026 while reducing the tip credit to zero over the same period ....

... HSTA priority bills clear House Finance Committee to full House, Senate votes ....

... When the demand far outweighs the available properties in a given area, costs get artificially driven up ....

... Hawaii’s contributions have fallen below minimum actuarial standards since 2011, which has caused the state’s funding level to decline from 94% in 2000 to 55% as of 2019 ....

... evidence on the effect of minimum wages on employment, skills, wage and income distributions, and longer-term labor market outcomes ....

... Only Hawaii, North Dakota and Louisiana have not reached at least a 70 percent recovery of jobs lost as of the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. ....

... The Hawaii State Teachers Association Human and Civil Rights (HCR) Committee is proud to present its 2022 Social Justice Summit on Sunday, April 3, on Zoom. This event is free and open to the public ....

... increasing the state’s legal minimum wage can result in unemployment ....

... In the House, Speaker Saiki gave SB2422 SD2 a triple referral to kill it off ....

...  the size of the labor force, which remains down by 12,000 workers compared with January 2019 in part because some people have moved out of the state, while others have given up looking ....

... nine out of the top 10 states are State Plan states ....

... HB2510 HD1 proposes increasing Hawaii’s mandatory minimum wage to $18 an hour by 2030, followed by a variable annual increase in the minimum wage thereafter ....

"...Art’s management background at Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) Workers Local Union 293 and his experience on the Planning Commission make him the perfect candidate...."

... In August 2021, nine teachers were absent from their classrooms, but the school could only secure four substitute teachers. So the principal, Thomas Swan, texted academic coaches and other non-classroom teachers to fill the remaining openings ....

... SB 3209 D1 would appropriate around $16 million to fund the restoration of 'professional development' for educators ....

... where employers are struggling the most in hiring ....

... 8,700 of Hawaii’s 13,500 public and charter school teachers would have their annual salaries adjusted anywhere from $7,700 to $26,000 under SB2819, depending on their years of service ....

... minimum wage hikes kill jobs for teens, young adults, and the less educated ....

... Hawaii Public Radio considered the question, with Jensen Ahokovi of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii contending such an increase would likely cause more harm than good.  Also on the program was Nate Hix, director of Living Wage Hawaii; HPR’s Catherine Cruz was host and moderator ....

... 16,000 people in Hawaii quit their jobs in November 2021, the most recent month of available data - a 45.5% increase from one year earlier ....

... The legislature appears to be dead set on ignoring the entire impact of short term solutions and catchy soundbites ....

... States Whose Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Most ....

... the Senate has tried to avoid any real debate on the issue ....

... Hawaii has the highest union membership rate at 22.4 percent ....

... 21% of the chamber’s businesses said the proposed minimum wage increase would put them out of business ....

... businesses cut hours, turn to technology or even cut jobs in order to mitigate the higher costs ....

... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was 5.7 percent compared to 6.0 percent in November. Statewide, 610,350 were employed and 37,050 unemployed ....

... the amount of money that individuals and families require to meet their basic needs without government and/or other subsidies ....

... 60 percent of businesses have been devastated by the pandemic ....

... workers at employers of a minimum size would be enrolled automatically in the program with the ability to opt out ....

... A Hawaii company that provides security officers to the state’s National Guard, the Hawaii State Arts Museum, Foster Botanical Gardens and other public and private facilities ....

... The HSTA hears that others were being told by the DOH that adults can return after five days “to sustain the workforce” ....

... HSTA’s Government Relations Committee spotlights priorities for the 2022 Legislature ....