Labor

... Hawaii unemployment rate continues to creep upwards ....

...Twenty-two states have gone to court to block the Trump administration from accessing a database containing the personal information of roughly 17 million commercial drivers....

... Brothers Axel Camey Chajil and Brandon Camey Chajil were arrested by Maui police last night ....

... A new Hawaii law reclassifies corporate political speech as a "power" the state can revoke at will ....

... 28,060 net new jobs statewide ....

... the ICC has become one of the most powerful and least transparent institutions in housing policy ....

...who needs collective bargaining when legislators keep enacting raises outside of the contract process?....

...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....

... up to four weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave during any calendar year ....

... A new Hawaii law intended to curtail political spending by corporations and other wealthy entities won’t achieve its goal and will ultimately suppress the right to free speech of even the people who supported it ....

...the department will use every available enforcement tool—including withholding administrative funds from states for the first time in history—to ensure compliance....

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

... New survey of Kaiser therapists finds that at least three-quarters say their next available appointments are more than a month away ....

... the proportion of teachers holding HSTA membership has dropped only 0.32% since 2012 ....

...Hawaii’s program is set to launch this year....

... CLUE: Lawsuit next ....

...Some labor groups also opposed the measure, arguing it could restrict unions’ political activity, though a proposed union carve-out was rejected in conference....

"... This is harder than it seems ...."

... The decision is now on appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ....

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 ....

... Oregon enacted virtually identical legislation along party lines in 2025, and the Freedom Foundation filed a federal First Amendment lawsuit challenging it. ... 

"... what is occurring here is a calculated and organized effort by sitting politicians ...."

... is it really a loophole? ....

... A class of roughly 100,000 former public employees returned to court in a case that has outlasted careers, mayoral terms and a chief justice ....

... travel rewards earned through official state travel, such as frequent flyer miles and similar promotional benefits, may be retained by state officers and employees ....

... 145,000 workers in Hawaii are union members ....

... ILWU, Senator Kurt Fevella, UPW Local 646, Back the Blue founder Wayne Kaiwi, Kurt Tsuniyoshi, Charlie Iona ....

... When it comes to supporting agricultural production in Hawaii, there seems to be a big difference between rhetoric and reality ....

... California’s Paid Family Leave Act did not help narrow the pay gap, and was instead associated with reduced employment and earnings for first-time mothers ....  

... massive pay hikes drive bloated spending ....

... REALITY: Carpenters Union Wages War Against Affordable Modular Housing ....

... sounding the alarm for years about escalating threats against school employees ....

... This marks the third step in a series of scheduled increases, culminating in a final rate of $18.00 per hour on January 1, 2028 ....

... Civil Service often results in rigid and time-consuming recruitment processes that make it difficult for the City to attract and retain qualified professionals ....

... Jobs Increased by 9,500 Year Over Year ....

... ICA’s opinion dated August 28, 2025 concluded that the UIPA does not provide an express or implied private cause of action for disclosure of private information ....

... survey of over 3,200 local workers from across industries shows the cost-of-living crisis affects families across the economic spectrum ....

... Hawaii public pension debt is $9,784 per person ....

... Thousands of Kaiser employees in California, Oregon and Hawaii organized a five-day work stoppage after negotiations for higher pay and other demands stagnated ....

... All of these gains came from outside the collective bargaining system.  Why do teachers need the HSTA? ....

... yelling, cursing, swearing, finger-pointing, accusing, etc., and it has created a very hostile and toxic work environment for DOTAX staff ....

... Kaiser workers in Hawaii joined three other Pacific states in voting for a strike, citing unsafe staffing levels and wage disparities with mainland counterparts ....

• 50th – Avg. Starting Salary for Teachers (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
• 51st – Avg. Salary for Teachers (Adjusted for Cost of Living)

... SIPD conducted the investigation in concert with the U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Inspector General and Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Homeland Security Investigations, and the Hawai‘i County Police Department ....

... DHRD began accepting applicants who are on track to obtain their bachelor’s degree within three months for entry-level professional classes of work ....

An individual who receives tips can exclude up to $25,000 of those tips from his or her gross income....

... this is critical information for employers too ....

... 'equality' imposed by a tourism-driven economy and high cost of living ....

... The announcement comes in response to President Trump’s executive order that excludes certain federal agencies from labor-management relations programs. ....

... $6.3M salary for 'administrative leave' ....