#Department of Labor

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.

Hawai‘i Awarded $764K to Study Military Impact on Economy

The defense industry is Hawai‘i’s #2 economic sector. This sector supports approximately 100,000 jobs, or 16.5% of Hawai‘i’s total jobs, across all islands.

Maui Experiences Decline in Unemployment Rate

The Hawai‘i State Dept. of Labor & Industrial Relations announced yesterday that Hawaii’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April was 6.3%.