Labor

... Former IBEW Local 1260 boss found guilty of fraud, embezzlement ....

... “Konno” has a provision that has an exemption for special or unique services that are essential to the public and cannot be filled by civil servants ....

... Hawaii’s unemployment insurance (UI) program is funded exclusively by employers via state and federal payroll taxes on wages ....

...Job gains occurred in Leisure & Hospitality (+2,700); Education & Health Services (+500); Construction (+400); and Professional & Business Services (+200)....

... Kress is challenging the incumbent Ed Case (D, HI-1) who has been a longtime supporter of Jones Act reform ....

... Video of presentation at Hawaii Pacific University ....

... The State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO) represents over 2,700 police officers of the Honolulu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii Police departments .... 

... 13,449 pounds of unpermitted fireworks with an estimated street value of 2.7 million dollars ....

... Statewide, 651,550 were employed and 27,650 unemployed in August ....

... median weekly and annual earnings for 16- to 19-year-olds and 20- to 24-year-olds ....

... 189 Unemployment Claims per 100,000 People in the Labor Force ....

... Union Reports No Progress in First Bargaining Session Since Beginning of Strike, No Talks Scheduled This Week, Picketing Continues Today, Sept. 7 on Maui ....

... might the wage increase backfire and actually end up harming the very people it was supposed to help ....

... We compared the average salary of primary and secondary school teachers to the average salary for all jobs in each state .... 

...Clinicians will strike for as long as it takes to make Kaiser address an understaffing crisis that leaves patients waiting months for therapy sessions....

... in excess of $579,000 once fringe benefits are factored in ....

... How much does it cost to hire an employee in Hawaii? ....

... If you do not wish to contribute to the “candidate endorsement” fund for fiscal year 2022-2023, then you must sign, date, and return an UHPA Allocation Objection Form by September 16, 2022....

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

... Mental health workers will join their counterparts in California already on strike over understaffing and long wait times for patients ....

"...as firms reorganize their production in response to the higher minimum, they start substituting away from these workers on whom the minimum wage binds and towards those on whom it does not....”

... According the a July 18, 2022 letter from the US Department of Education, EGCC was illegally looting Pell Grant money to provide ‘free’ tuition ....

... based on changes in unemployment claims for several key benchmark weeks ....

... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 4.3 percent, compared to the revised rate of 4.1 percent in May ....

... Taxpayer losses are in the billions.  Now they are grabbing for public employees’ retirement fund.  How much will retirees lose? ....

... SHOPO cites Aiona's experience prosecuting criminals and keeping neighborhoods safe ....

... Citing “shortcomings in its behavioral health services,” the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), which accredits all health insurers in the United States, has called for “corrective action” at Kaiser Permanente’s mental health clinics in Hawai’i ....

"... Implementation may take time, but HSTA will ensure retroactivity to July 1 ...."

... Hawaii State Teachers Association recommendations for Hawaii State House and Senate candidates in the upcoming 2022 primary election ....

... Act 114 increases the minimum wage to $12.00 per hour starting Oct. 1, 2022 ....

... Hawaii lost 1,600 construction jobs, -4.3 percent, the largest percentage loss in USA ....

... Hawaii's labor force increased by 7,400 people from May 2021 to May 2022 ....

“...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 ....