Hawaii unemployment claims covid. The department of labor and industrial relations dlir will do all that we can to ensure that impacted hawaii employees receive the ui benefits for which they are eligible for. Menor mcnamara said with the 600 a week additional federal unemployment payment ending this month and the paycheck. Ninety four percent of the valid unemployment insurance claims that have come in since the beginning of the covid 19 pandemic have been processed and paid out by the dlir.
Covid 19 post filing information the below are questions and answers for those who have filed for unemployment insurance ui benefits due to covid 19. Ui benefits for self employed persons bona fide independent contractors and others who are disqualified from receiving ui for covid 19 related reasons may be covered through the pandemic unemployment assistance pua program under the cares act. Experienced fewer new unemployment claims last week than the previous week a 19 decrease which shows that were making progress toward.
The federal governments cares act provides a separate program for pandemic unemployment assistance pua that extends eligibility to individuals who normally do not qualify for traditional unemployment benefits. The department of labor and industrial relations dlir will do all that it can to ensure that impacted hawaii employees receive the ui benefits for which they are eligible. To learn more information about pua fraud please click here.
The pandemic unemployment assistance website is available 247. Please file your claim at this site. Despite that the us.
If you received a letter from the dlir about a pua claim that you did not file please report it to us. Hawaii news top news covid 19 claims 900 honolulu businesses survey finds. Covid 19 labor benefits fact sheet.
State has issued 27 billion in benefits since march 1 honolulu the department of labor and industrial relations dlir today announced updated unemployment insurance claims information including paying 2733150415 and 2601841 weeks claimed since the onset of the covid 19 pandemic on march 1 2020.