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More than 75 Percent of Claimants Now Use Web-Based Claims Filing System HONOLULU — The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $1,098,390 to the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) to improve the state’s business processes through the application of technology to the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program. The federal grants support business process ...
Read More State Awarded .09 Million to Improve Unemployment Insurance Program

Record Civilian Labor Force at 662,700 HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August was 4.3 percent, down from 4.4 percent in July. Statewide, 634,150 were employed and 28,600 unemployed in August for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 662,700. ...
Read More Hawaii’s Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.3% in August

Increased Inspections Results in Early Return of General Industry HONOLULU—The Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced that continued improvements in Hawaii’s workplace safety and health regulation will result in DLIR’s Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Division (HIOSH) reassuming responsibility for regulating ...
Read More OSHA Returns Workplace Safety and Health Regulation of General Industry to State

Employer Held Liable for Religious and Sexual Harassment HONOLULU — The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission (HCRC) issued a final decision and order holding the Research Institute for Hawaii USA (RIH), and its CEO Christopher Damon Haig, liable for religious and sexual harassment and discrimination against their former executive director Kay Lorraine Bate. HCRC Executive Director ...
Read More State Civil Rights Commission Issues Decision In Religious Harassment Case

HCRC October 30, 2014 Public Training

Posted on Sep 2, 2014 in News

Click here for the agenda and here for the registration form.