Labor

... 51st – Avg. Salary for Teachers (Adjusted for Cost of Living) ....

... Vakameilalo allegedly changed the bank account she previously had designated to receive the PUA unemployment benefit payments from the claimant’s bank account to her own ....

... resolutions would assist the city administration in hiring for critical positions, delete unfilled and unnecessary positions and likely contribute to lower budgetary costs ....

... deploying with the Red Cross from Big Island to Maui to serve displaced residents ....

... increase pay for educational assistants and vice principals in Hawai‘i public schools ....

... The Moniz appointment is due in large part from a new law. Under a recent law, Act 260 Session Laws of Hawaii, the Governor must appoint the person nominated by the public employee unions. ....

... 140 months for conspiracy, wire fraud, and embezzlement from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1260 and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $209,391.72 ....

... but the number of jobs decreased ....

... Based on the high error rates, we concluded that DHR’s data was unreliable and insufficient to conduct further analysis .... 

... transsexual recruitment must not be opposed ....

...When the USSR collapsed in 1991, long-secret archives of the Communist International were thrown open to western researchers for the first time.  Many previously unknown details of communist history have been revealed--including the 1935 Comintern orders directing Communists to begin work in Hawaii....

... Senate Bill 941 allows the School Facilities Authority to join with public and private agencies in developing off or on-campus housing for teachers and other staff ....

... concerns raised by OHA’s administration in response to the directive to end telework ....

...Roughly 10-30% of people who get COVID, suffer persistent symptoms colloquially known as “long COVID”....

... in comparison with March 2020 (the last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 24,200, or -3.7 percent ....

... Energy-producing and tourism-dependent states took the biggest hits in productivity: Hawaii was down 5.3% to $75.39 ....

Hawaii was the last place in the US to abolish indentured servitude....

... Apparently Fevella filed a personnel complaint against the head of the Hawaii Film Office, Donne Dawson, to emphasize this point ....

... Three Lowest States: Arkansas (2.1), Mississippi (2.3), Hawaii (2.5) ....

... If no action is taken, Hawaii businesses will pay about $355 million for 2023, up 46% over last year ....

... In a 2014 investigation, the division discovered the employer failed to pay overtime when required and recovered $33,612 ....

... Restaurant Co-Owner Sexually Harassed Male Employees, Federal Agency Charges ....

... for embezzling $96,000 while he was the Secretary-Treasurer of the Hawaii Longshore Division of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142 ....

... Ninety-two percent of the nearly 7,000 valid ballots cast approved the contract ....

... Jobs increased by 22,900 year-over-year ....

... SB1057 would hurt the people it is aiming to help by hamstringing those who are best able to help them — their potential employers ....

If you ask how "a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary" squares with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, let us explain ....

... The committees approved $185 million in total to finance the teacher housing projects at or near three schools ....

... Hawaii is exactly average ....

... Hawaii County -- 13.0% of workers work from home ....

... Information sought in the 2010 murder of HSTA employee Amber Jackson ....

... 210 Initial Claims per 100,000 People in Labor Force ....

... Any bills that made it past this deadline now have until March 9 to complete their last committee hearing ....

... This can make it very difficult for Hawaii employers to offer HDHPs to their employees ....

... in comparison with March 2020 (last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 36,200, or -5.5 percent ....

... Two states had union membership rates over 20.0 percent in 2022: Hawaii (21.9 percent) and New York (20.7 percent) ....

... According to recent data, searches for side jobs have seen an increase of 49.89%, with Hawaii ranking sixth among the states ....

... The list is directly from the HGEA’s email to members earlier this week, January 9, 2023 ....

... because HSTA didn't get two paid days vacation from their vacation .... 

... “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.”….

... Jobs increased by 25,800 over-the-year ....

... 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 ....

... “License to Work” study looks at state regulations nationwide ....

... Hawaii has the highest average burdens across the occupations it licenses ....

... total nonagricultural jobs increased by 4,900 in October over September ....

... 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 ....