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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 383-23 (2026)

  Weekly benefit for unemployment

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     §383-23  Weekly benefit for unemployment.  For weeks beginning prior to January 5, 1992, each eligible individual who is unemployed, as defined in section 383-1, in any week shall be paid with respect to that week a benefit in an amount equal to the individual's weekly benefit amount less that part of the wages (if any) payable to the individual with respect to that week which is in excess of $2.  Effective for weeks beginning January 5, 1992, and thereafter, each eligible individual who is unemployed, as defined in section 383-1, in any week shall be paid with respect to that week a benefit in an amount equal to the individual's weekly benefit amount less that part of the wages (if any) payable to the individual with respect to that week which is in excess of $50.  Effective for weeks beginning January 1, 2008, and thereafter, each eligible individual who is unemployed, as defined in section 383-1, in any week shall be paid with respect to that week a benefit in an amount equal to the individual's weekly benefit amount less that part of the wages, if any, payable to the individual with respect to that week which is in excess of $150.  The benefit, if not a multiple of $1, shall be computed to the next higher multiple of $1. [L 1939, c 219, §3(d); am L 1941, c 304, §1, pt of subs 15; RL 1945, §4216; am L 1951, c 195, §1(4); am L 1955, c 16, §1(a); RL 1955, §93-22; HRS §383-23; gen ch 1985; am L 1986, c 162, §2; am L 1991, c 68, §4; am L 2007, c 110, §2]

 

Case Notes

 

  Probationary teachers were not unemployed during summer, when wages were paid although services were not required.  56 H. 590, 546 P.2d 1 (1976).

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1973–1986 · leading case: Hawaii State Teachers Ass'n v. Dep't of Labor & Indus. Relations, 546 P.2d 1 (Haw. 1976).
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Hawaii State Teachers Ass'n v. Dep't of Labor & Indus. Relations, 546 P.2d 1 (Haw. 1976). · cites it 2× “HRS § 383-23, of the Hawaii Employment Security Law, provides for the payment of a benefit to each eligible individual who is unemployed, as defined in HRS § 383-1(16), in any week.”
Agsalud v. Cent. Transp. Co., 714 P.2d 520 (Haw. 1986). · cites it 10× “Although he was still employed as a part-time worker by Central Transportation, he was nevertheless “unemployed” for purposes of the Employment Security Law, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 383, 1 and eligible for benefits by virtue of HRS § 383-23 *351 if his earnings…”
Berkoff v. Hasegawa, 514 P.2d 575 (Haw. 1973). · cites it 2× “HRS § 383-23 provides that a claimant may receive a maximum of 26 weekly benefit payments during his benefit year.”
Brooks v. Dep't of Labor & Indus. Relations, 704 P.2d 881 (Haw. 1985). · cites it 2× “HRS § 383-23 (1976). Thus, HRS § 383-30(2) does not prohibit the payments of benefits unless the claimant is unemployed as a result of discharge for misconduct.”
Kamaura v. Agsalud, 715 P.2d 1278 (Haw. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “HRS § 383-23 (1976). In defining “unemployment,” HRS § 383-1(16) (1976) 5 provides in part that an individual is unemployed in any week “during which he performs no services and with respect to which no wages are payable to him[.”
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