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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted annual unemployment rate for 2011 was 6.3 percent, down from 6.6 percent in 2010. In a separate measure of employment, in 2011 over 2010, the annual average statewide job count increased by 7,100, or 1.2 percent, to 594,000, with […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced expansions in the tourism, professional & business, and health care sectors were large contributors to the 4,600 jobs added in the Hawaii economy over the past year. Total employment increased by 500 from October to November. The over the month job gains mirrored […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) has announced it would receive $2.92 million in Federal grant monies to implement the Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) program in Hawaii. The grant will allow the state and counties to improve the accessibility and accountability of Hawaii’s public workforce development system for persons with […]

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