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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced that direct deposit of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits now is offered to claimants. Making unemployment benefits available via direct deposit is part of the Abercrombie Administration’s efforts to transform government into a more efficient enterprise and providing convenient services to the public. “We […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was 5.2 percent, down from 5.3 percent in November. The last time Hawaii had an unemployment rate of 5.2 percent or less was in October 2008. Statewide, there were 613,300 employed and 33,500 unemployed in December, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) has announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October was 5.5 percent, down from 5.7 percent in September. The last time Hawaii had an unemployment rate at or below 5.5 percent was in November 2008. Statewide, there were 606,950 employed and 35,550 unemployed […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September was 5.7 percent, down from 6.1 percent in August. The last time Hawaii had an unemployment rate as low as 5.7 percent was in December 2008. Statewide, there were 604,000 employed and 36,650 unemployed in September, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations announced today that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August was 6.1 percent, down from the revised rate of 6.3 percent in July. The last time Hawaii had an unemployment rate as low as 6.1% was in January 2009, during the early stages of the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July was 6.4 percent, unchanged from June. Statewide, there were 603,150 employed and 40,950 unemployed in July, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 644,050. The establishment survey, which does not include agriculture and the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 6.4 percent, a 0.1 percentage point increase from 6.3 percent in May. Statewide, there were 607,800 employed and 41,500 unemployed in June, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 649,350. Nationally, the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May was 6.3 percent, unchanged from April. Statewide, there were 612,550 employed and 41,400 unemployed in May, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 654,000. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.2 percent up from […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April was 6.3 percent, down from 6.4 percent in March. In April over March, all counties, including the islands of Maui County, experienced declines in the unemployment rate, which are not seasonally adjusted. Statewide, there were 614,400 […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March remained at 6.4 percent. There were 616,400 employed and 42,250 unemployed in March, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 658,650. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.2 percent down from 8.3 percent in […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) has announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February was 6.4 percent, down from 6.5 percent in January. The unemployment rate has fallen to 6.4% from 6.8% in a series of monthly declines since last October. The last time the state’s unemployment rate was […]

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Governor Neil Abercrombie today will enact House Bill 2096, a measure that maintains the Unemployment Insurance (UI) rate that employers pay for calendar year 2012. The Legislature transmitted HB 2096 to the Governor yesterday.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted annual unemployment rate for 2011 was 6.3 percent, down from 6.6 percent in 2010. In a separate measure of employment, in 2011 over 2010, the annual average statewide job count increased by 7,100, or 1.2 percent, to 594,000, with […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced expansions in the tourism, professional & business, and health care sectors were large contributors to the 4,600 jobs added in the Hawaii economy over the past year. Total employment increased by 500 from October to November. The over the month job gains mirrored […]

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