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Maui’s unemployment rate in January was 3.4%, down from the 3.5% reported the previous month, according to new data released by the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the state in January was 3%. That’s the same as the previous six consecutive months after benchmark revision. In […]

Four virtual informational sessions will be held this week for Maui nonprofits and other organizations interested in becoming a host site for a grant funded jobs program for workers dislocated by the wildfires.

DBEDT: Hawaiʻi’s economy started to accelerate during the first quarter of 2018 and the economic growth in 2018 will be better than previously projected.

The Maui Economic Development Board’s Women in Technology will host its first Kama’aina Come Home Expo at the Ke Alahele Center in Kihei, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The Hawai‘i State Dept.Labor today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Maui in June 2012 was 7.4%, or a one percentage point decrease from June 2011..

Goodwill Industries of Hawaii is hosting their first annual Community Resource Fair “Gathering the Good of Maui” at the War Memorial Field on Saturday, June 16.

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

In its second quarter 2012 economic report, the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism is projecting higher growth rates for most economic indicators in Hawai‘i.

On April 18, UH Maui College invites students, soon-to-be graduates or alumni seeking an internship or employment to attend their transfer and career fair.

The US Small Business Administration’s Hawaii District Office has kicked off its 2012 e200/Emerging Leaders executive-level training initiative.

The State Dept of Labor announced today that the non-seasonally adjusted annual unemployment rate for Maui County in December was 7.3%, down from 7.4% a year ago.

The Hawai‘i State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) has launched a web-based directory of Green Employers as part of its Hawai‘i Green Jobs Initiative.

The Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announced today that the Maui County unemployment rate was 7.7% for the month of November 2011.

The US Department of Labor is proposing a new rule that would require federal contractors to set a goal of having 7% of their workforce staffed by people with disabilities, among other requirements.

Statewide initial unemployment claims decreased by 5.9% this week and Maui County initial unemployment claims decreased 5.2% compared to the same week in 2010.

Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono yesterday voted against a bill she called the “Election Prevention Act” saying it did nothing but undermine workers’ rights to organize.

Maui County unemployment rose to 7.9% in September, a 0.4% increase from a month ago, but still lower than one year ago when it was 8.3%, according to the Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations.

Nominations for the prestigious US Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Awards for 2012 opened in September and remain open until Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011.

The Hawaii congressional delegation announced Monday that the University of Hawaii’s Community Colleges will receive a $24,653,118 grant to partner with business and government on workforce development programs.

Hawaii is among seven states that will receive more than $21 million under the US Labor Department Disability Employment Initiative, and Maui is in the running to receive part of the funds.