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
