Unemployment Insurance

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