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HI HCR177
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/12/2021
Primary Sponsor
Angus McKelvey
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AI Summary
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Urges the Governor to use federal CARES Act or other COVID-19 relief funds to hire eighty-nine-day temporary employees for the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
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Addresses the backlog of unemployment claims resulting from Hawaii's unemployment rate reaching 24 percent in April 2020 and the inability of the department to process the volume of claims received.
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Notes that a call center at the Hawaii Convention Center opened in April 2020 with approximately 100 call agents and 75 adjudicators, receiving roughly 300 calls per minute as of February 2021.
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Directs that certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Governor and Director of Labor and Industrial Relations.
Legislative Description
Urging The Governor To Use Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, And Economic Security Act Funds Or Other Suitable Federal Covid-19 Relief Funds To Employ Eighty-nine-day Hires For The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations To Expedite The Processing Of Unemployment Claims.
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Last Action
Referred to LAT, FIN, referral sheet 25
3/15/2021