COVID-19 UI BENEFIT PROGRAMS

Hawaii COVID-19 Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Click on the above for a graphic explaining the progression and timeline for current UI benefits programs including:

Regular Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefits

  • 26 times the weekly benefit amount

Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)

  • 13 additional weeks of UI benefits for those who have exhausted their regular claim through Dec. 26, 2020

Extended Benefits (EB)

  • 13 additional weeks of UI benefits for those who have exhausted PEUC
  • Triggers off when unemployment rate falls

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA)

  • Up to 39 weeks if all regular and extended benefits are exhausted minus any regular UI or EB received
  • Up to an additional, extended 7 weeks benefits = 46 total
  • Last payable week ending Dec. 26, 2020