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Saturday, April 15, 2023 |
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"Transparency" or unwarranted government meddling?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:28 PM :: 3011 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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... SB1057 would hurt the people it is aiming to help by hamstringing those who are best able to help them — their potential employers ....
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 |
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Lawmakers broaden educator housing eligibility to all school employees
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 2512 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... The committees approved $185 million in total to finance the teacher housing projects at or near three schools ....
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Monday, March 27, 2023 |
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Hawaii February 2023 Unemployment 3.6%
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 2513 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii is exactly average ....
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Monday, March 20, 2023 |
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Counties where the most people work from home in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 10:30 PM :: 4638 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... Hawaii County -- 13.0% of workers work from home ....
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023 |
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Unsolved Mysteries releases ‘Hawaiian Homicide’ podcast
By Video @ 6:40 PM :: 3421 Views :: Kauai County, Labor, Law Enforcement
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... Information sought in the 2010 murder of HSTA employee Amber Jackson ....
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Friday, March 10, 2023 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Claims Jump 26.59%
By Wallet Hub @ 5:38 PM :: 2491 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... 210 Initial Claims per 100,000 People in Labor Force ....
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023 |
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Five bills of importance to small business
By News Release @ 12:06 AM :: 2984 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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... Any bills that made it past this deadline now have until March 9 to complete their last committee hearing ....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023 |
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Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act Keeps Employer Insurance Costs High
By Selected News Articles @ 3:26 AM :: 3155 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... This can make it very difficult for Hawaii employers to offer HDHPs to their employees ....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023 |
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December Unemployment 3.2%
By News Release @ 1:31 AM :: 2129 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... in comparison with March 2020 (last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 36,200, or -5.5 percent ....
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Friday, January 20, 2023 |
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BLS: Hawaii Most Unionized State in USA
By News Release @ 1:53 AM :: 2361 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Two states had union membership rates over 20.0 percent in 2022: Hawaii (21.9 percent) and New York (20.7 percent) ....
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Sunday, January 15, 2023 |
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Searching for a Side Job? In Hawaii you've got lots of company
By Selected News Articles @ 9:02 PM :: 2986 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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... According to recent data, searches for side jobs have seen an increase of 49.89%, with Hawaii ranking sixth among the states ....
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Saturday, January 14, 2023 |
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Prioritizing lists
By Selected News Articles @ 3:52 PM :: 2728 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... The list is directly from the HGEA’s email to members earlier this week, January 9, 2023 ....
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Sunday, January 8, 2023 |
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Green tells HSTA he will propose new $500 teacher tax credit
By News Release @ 7:56 PM :: 2384 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... because HSTA didn't get two paid days vacation from their vacation ....
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Monday, December 26, 2022 |
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Convicted Meth Dealer Asks Federal Court Permission to Take Over Laborer’s Union
By Andrew Walden @ 10:48 PM :: 8810 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Rail, Drugs
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... “If my name sounds familiar it's because my dad was President of the Hawaii AFL-CIO and the Business Manager/ Financial Secretary for the Hawaii Carpenters Union Local 745 for over 20 years.”….
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii November Unemployment 3.3%
By News Release @ 7:36 PM :: 3092 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... Jobs increased by 25,800 over-the-year ....
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Saturday, December 3, 2022 |
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How Secure Are Hawaii Public Pensions?
By Selected News Articles @ 6:22 PM :: 3204 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii, pension liabilities totaled an estimated $32.7 billion in 2020. Meanwhile, the state's pension assets totaled $17.4 billion. Considering both assets and liabilities, Hawaii's pension funding ratio is 53.2%, the seventh lowest in the country ....
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Saturday, December 3, 2022 |
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Licensing laws a license to hold back workers
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:12 PM :: 2868 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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... “License to Work” study looks at state regulations nationwide ....
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Thursday, December 1, 2022 |
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Hawaii Licensing Regs Burden Low-Income Occupations
By News Release @ 2:03 PM :: 2669 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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... Hawaii has the highest average burdens across the occupations it licenses ....
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Friday, November 25, 2022 |
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Hawaii Unemployment 3.4%
By News Release @ 1:54 PM :: 2740 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... total nonagricultural jobs increased by 4,900 in October over September ....
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Tuesday, November 22, 2022 |
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IBEW Cheers Ahakuelo Convictions
By News Release @ 10:33 AM :: 3297 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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... Former IBEW Local 1260 boss found guilty of fraud, embezzlement ....
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Monday, November 7, 2022 |
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Hawaii County could use ‘Konno’ exceptions to address permit backlog
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:26 AM :: 2737 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Labor
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... “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 ....
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Saturday, November 5, 2022 |
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Unemployment Trust Fund Grows to $205M
By News Release @ 3:58 AM :: 3299 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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... Hawaii’s unemployment insurance (UI) program is funded exclusively by employers via state and federal payroll taxes on wages ....
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Friday, October 21, 2022 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 3.5%
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 2866 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...Job gains occurred in Leisure & Hospitality (+2,700); Education & Health Services (+500); Construction (+400); and Professional & Business Services (+200)....
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Friday, October 14, 2022 |
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Jones Act News: ILWU Endorses Republican Conrad Kress for CD1
By Michael Hansen @ 11:45 PM :: 3726 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act, Labor, Republican Party
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... Kress is challenging the incumbent Ed Case (D, HI-1) who has been a longtime supporter of Jones Act reform ....
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Tuesday, October 4, 2022 |
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Confirmation bias in the pros and cons of minimum-wage studies
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:34 AM :: 2773 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... Video of presentation at Hawaii Pacific University ....
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Saturday, October 1, 2022 |
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More Endorsements for Sam King for OHA Trustee
By Samuel Wilder King II @ 8:55 PM :: 6838 Views :: Labor, OHA, Police, Politicians
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... The State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO) represents over 2,700 police officers of the Honolulu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii Police departments ....
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Wednesday, September 28, 2022 |
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Coast Guard Busts Illegal Fireworks Shipments at Honolulu Harbor
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 3318 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement, Military
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... 13,449 pounds of unpermitted fireworks with an estimated street value of 2.7 million dollars ....
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 |
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Hawaii Unemployment at 4.1% in August
By News Release @ 8:16 PM :: 2312 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Statewide, 651,550 were employed and 27,650 unemployed in August ....
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022 |
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How Much Money Gen Z Makes in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:05 PM :: 2915 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... median weekly and annual earnings for 16- to 19-year-olds and 20- to 24-year-olds ....
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Sunday, September 11, 2022 |
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Hawaii 3rd Highest Unemployment Claims Per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 1:23 AM :: 2857 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... 189 Unemployment Claims per 100,000 People in the Labor Force ....
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Thursday, September 8, 2022 |
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First Bargaining Session Since Beginning of Kaiser Strike
By News Release @ 2:23 AM :: 2350 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... Union Reports No Progress in First Bargaining Session Since Beginning of Strike, No Talks Scheduled This Week, Picketing Continues Today, Sept. 7 on Maui ....
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Tuesday, September 6, 2022 |
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Will Hawaii's Minimum Wage Backfire?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:45 AM :: 2635 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... might the wage increase backfire and actually end up harming the very people it was supposed to help ....
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Wednesday, August 31, 2022 |
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Hawaii Teachers Earn 18.7% More than Average--6th Highest in USA
By News Release @ 4:21 AM :: 3373 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... We compared the average salary of primary and secondary school teachers to the average salary for all jobs in each state ....
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Monday, August 29, 2022 |
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Mental Health Workers Strike Kaiser Beginning Monday
By News Release @ 12:13 AM :: 2874 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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...Clinicians will strike for as long as it takes to make Kaiser address an understaffing crisis that leaves patients waiting months for therapy sessions....
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Sunday, August 28, 2022 |
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Dept. of Education Welcomes Two New $190K Hires
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2922 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Labor
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... in excess of $579,000 once fringe benefits are factored in ....
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022 |
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The cost of employment in each state--Hawaii 7th Highest
By Selected News Articles @ 10:52 PM :: 4077 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... How much does it cost to hire an employee in Hawaii? ....
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Sunday, August 21, 2022 |
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Union Members May Opt-out of Political Contributions
By News Release @ 2:08 AM :: 2886 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education, Labor
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... 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....
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Friday, August 19, 2022 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Rate 4.1% for July, 2022
By News Release @ 12:28 PM :: 2161 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July was 4.1 percent, compared to the revised rate of 4.2 percent in June ....
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Friday, August 19, 2022 |
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Kaiser mental health worker strike expands to Hawaii
By Court House News @ 10:46 AM :: 2510 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... Mental health workers will join their counterparts in California already on strike over understaffing and long wait times for patients ....
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Monday, August 8, 2022 |
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It's too late for now for Hawaii, but evidence against minimum-wage hikes keeps piling up
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:57 PM :: 2408 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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"...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....”
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Sunday, August 7, 2022 |
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HSTA Forced to Stop Enrolling Hawaii Teachers in Illegal For-Profit Education Scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 12:45 AM :: 4769 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Higher Education, Labor
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... According the a July 18, 2022 letter from the US Department of Education, EGCC was illegally looting Pell Grant money to provide ‘free’ tuition ....
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Saturday, August 6, 2022 |
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States Where Unemployment Claims Are Decreasing the Most--Hawaii 45th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:19 PM :: 3770 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Tourism, COVID-19
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... based on changes in unemployment claims for several key benchmark weeks ....
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Friday, July 22, 2022 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Rate Increases to 4.3%
By News Release @ 6:09 AM :: 2682 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 4.3 percent, compared to the revised rate of 4.1 percent in May ....
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 |
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ERS Hides $96.75M of So-Called ‘Tech’ Investments--Losses Begin to Mount
By Andrew Walden @ 9:30 PM :: 4780 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Tax Credits
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... Taxpayer losses are in the billions. Now they are grabbing for public employees’ retirement fund. How much will retirees lose? ....
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Monday, July 18, 2022 |
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SHOPO Endorsing Duke Aiona for Governor
By News Release @ 11:30 PM :: 3205 Views :: Labor, Police, Republican Party
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... SHOPO cites Aiona's experience prosecuting criminals and keeping neighborhoods safe ....
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Monday, July 18, 2022 |
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Kaiser Hawaii Mental Health Accreditation Threatened
By News Release @ 7:47 PM :: 2962 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... 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 ....
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Friday, July 1, 2022 |
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Governor tells HSTA he will OK $164.5M teacher pay funds
By News Release @ 10:00 PM :: 2313 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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"... Implementation may take time, but HSTA will ensure retroactivity to July 1 ...."
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Thursday, June 23, 2022 |
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HSTA primary election endorsements
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 3161 Views :: Democratic Party, Labor, Politicians
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... Hawaii State Teachers Association recommendations for Hawaii State House and Senate candidates in the upcoming 2022 primary election ....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022 |
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Ige Signs Minimum Wage Hike, makes Earned Income Tax Credit Refundable
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 3065 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Tax Credits
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... Act 114 increases the minimum wage to $12.00 per hour starting Oct. 1, 2022 ....
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Monday, June 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii Loses 4.3% of Construction Jobs
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 3358 Views :: Development, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii lost 1,600 construction jobs, -4.3 percent, the largest percentage loss in USA ....
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