Nov 6th, 2009 - bizjournals
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Hawaii’s unemployed can get an extra 14 weeks of jobless benefits, the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announced Friday.
Hawaii’s jobless already can collect benefits of up to $570 a week for 59 weeks, up from the 26-week limit that was in place before the recession.
That now has been raised to 73 weeks for certain unemployed people under the new federal Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009.
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