Labor

... Efforts to save money now will cost taxpayers more later while putting government employees and retirees at risk, says Grassroot Institute of Hawaii ....

...other school employees will begin to get access to vaccines on a regular basis toward the end of January and early February....

"I was just notified that someone had filed an unemployment claim using my name, work title, Social Security number, and work address."

...On Dec. 27, 2020, a federal COVID-19 relief package that extends and provides additional federal unemployment benefits was signed into law....

... “The following specific provisions of law are suspended, as allowed by federal law … Chapter 89, HRS, collective bargaining in public employment.” ....

...“I’m hopeful that federal aid will allow us to refrain from imposing furloughs until later.”...

...Union officials ignored two resignation requests, continue to unlawfully charge employee for union politics....

...in 2017 five of the top ten earners worked directly under Ballard at Central Receiving....

... Will furloughs affect my “high three” .... 

...Remember: Public Employee Union agreements are the Highest Law of the Land....

"...Many public workers have already lost their second jobs in the tourism industry...."

...About 10,160 employees will be subject to the furloughs. The number will be even larger when Department of Education and University of Hawaii employees are included....

... Hawaii’s unemployment insurance system is in crisis, with stalled payments, rampant fraud, and massive debt leading to higher taxes ....

... UPW members at work -- broken jaw, nose, and eye socket ....

...Yes, HSTA is a one-note band ....

...The largest percentage decline in non-farm payroll occurred in Hawaii (-17.3 percent)....

...Failure to address the legally required increase could discourage employers from hiring back employees after the lockdowns....

... The proposal is called Bill 80 ....

...teleworking for all staff, effective Wednesday, Nov. 4 through Wednesday, Nov. 11, with school facilities expected to reopen Nov. 12....

... measures were being taken to detect the fraudulent claims and turn them over to the appropriate authorities ....

... Federal-State Extended benefits begin Tuesday, Oct. 27 for Hawaii workers who have exhausted their state and federal jobless benefits ....

...Five states continue to carry elevated long-term liability burdens above 20% of personal income in fiscal 2019, including Illinois (at 27% of personal income), Connecticut, New Jersey, Hawaii and Alaska. For all of them, pensions remain the driver of elevated liabilities....

...Two examples of the old way of thinking, both in Honolulu....

...rehire employees according to a strict formula based on an occupancy ratio....

...an example of leadership in the face of the COVID-19 crisis....

... Hawaii 2020 unemployment claims surpass 380,000 ....

...Hawaii has recovered just 13% of the jobs lost since the start of the pandemic....

... 200 Trained Operators Will Answer Phones ....

...While some states have prohibited vote harvesting, many states lack any regulations that would stop third-parties from fraudulently collecting and mishandling ballots as has occurred in recent elections....

... At the beginning of the year, our governor boasted about his efforts to put the state on a “sound financial footing.” What a difference a few months can make ....

...Jobs declined by 105,200 over-the-year....

...Meanwhile: Top Three Failure Reward: Former DLIR Director Scott Murakami takes job at DBEDT....

...Hawaii was the second-most-dependent state on the additional $600 in unemployment benefits that expired at the end of July.....

...Especially noteworthy is Miske’s involvement with unions, particularly International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 996, which represents drivers hired to do movie and television scenes....

... “Josh Green basically took her case to the Attorney General and presented to the Attorney General for whistleblower immunity,” Dr. Miscovich said ....

...These notices only represent announcements by companies in the state that have 100 or more employees....

...Ogden Newspapers is seeking the ability to have Mainland workers edit stories and design the pages....

...On July 31, 2020, Governor Ige returned SB126 with line item vetoes. Of the $321,000,000 that was struck from the bill the Governor intends to utilize the funding for the following priorities....

...DoH is too busy to respond to the State Auditor and too busy to organize contact tracing because they are working real estate deals on State time with the Board and Care home operators they regulate.  And their union wants them to be paid to 'work' from home again....

“We are still experiencing a significant increase of workers still attached to an employer being fully released from employment."

...HGEA preparing COVID-19 class action grievance....

... The unemployment rate would have been much higher except that there were nearly 30,000 fewer people in the labor force than a year ago ....

...Mr. Rosenlee encouraged teachers to show up for paid training days over the past two weeks, and now he is telling teachers not to show up for students. The union demanded this additional training for teachers, at a cost of nine fewer instructional days for students, but is trying to prevent students from having the same opportunity....

...COVID surge prompts HGEA to tell Departments: Limit physical presence at worksites....

...Injunction to stop students from returning to campus dropped....

...In the last 11 days, there have been at least nine campuses with coronavirus cases in which some staff were quarantined and campuses were closed....

...Starting on Aug. 17, all O'ahu public schools will be implementing full distance learning models....

"...At the stroke of midnight tonight (July 31) there will be over 161,000 Hawaii residents about to fall off the federal unemployment cliff and there appears to be no solution at hand...."

...Through July 14, the department has issued $35,980,789 to imposter fraud claimants....

...DoE's designed-to-fail scheme is falling apart....