A new claim or an initial additional claim for partial unemployment benefits may be filed as the department prescribes for any week only if the individual:

(1) Is a full-time worker;
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 383-29.6

  • Attached to a regular employer: means :

    (1) The employee is being offered work each week by the employee's regular employer; or

    (2) If no work is being offered:

    (A) The employer is maintaining the individual on the payroll by paying for a medical insurance plan or by maintaining the employee's sick leave or vacation credits; or

    (B) There is a definite return to work date with the same employer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 383-1

  • Benefits: means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this chapter, with respect to the individual's unemployment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 383-1
  • Department: means the department of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 383-1
  • full-time work: means a forty-hour workweek unless regarded otherwise according to the standard practice, custom, or agreement in a particular trade, occupation, or business. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 383-1
  • Week: means a period of seven consecutive calendar days commencing with Sunday and ending at midnight the following Saturday. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 383-1
(2) Is attached to a regular employer, as defined in section 383-1;
(3) Worked less than or did not work the individual’s normal, customary full-time hours, as defined in section 383-1, for that week;
(4) Had no earnings or earned less than the individual’s weekly benefit amount for that week; and
(5) Was unemployed due to a lack of full-time work, as defined in section 383-1, for that week.

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