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Staff say Maui Job Corps’ urgent enrollment goal is to keep program alive
Maui’s only free live-in career training program for young adults is calling on the community to help spread the word: Maui Job Corps Center in Makawao is open, enrolling and needs new students to stay active.
‘A tough way of leaving’: Maui Job Corps students and staff say emotional goodbyes amid federal closure
After nearly three decades of helping Maui’s youth chart a better future, Dr. David Wittenberg walked off the Maui Job Corps campus for what might have been the last time.
Schatz, Democrats reintroduce Paycheck Fairness Act on Equal Pay Day
Women in Hawai‘i earned an estimated 82 cents on the dollar compared to men in 2023.
Labor Dept. awards $10.5M to support disaster related jobs after Maui wildfires
The funds allow the Hawaiʻi Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to provide people with temporary jobs focused on cleaning up debris and repairing damage caused by the fires, and providing humanitarian assistance to the wildfire survivors.
Hawai‘i Awarded $1.25 Million to Combat UI Fraud and Identity Theft
The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations today announced that it was awarded $1,2115,000 from the US Department of Labor to combat fraud in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation programs.
Maui Unemployment Rate 3.3% in September
Maui County’s 3.3% unemployment rate for September was down slightly from the 3.4% reported a month earlier, and down from the 3.8% reported at the same time last year.
Maui Unemployment Rate at 3.6% in July
Maui County’s 3.6% unemployment rate for July was down slightly from the 3.9% reported a month earlier, and up slightly from the 3.5% reported at the same time last year.
