Hawaii Revised Statutes 385-4 – Weekly benefit amount
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 385-4
- Benefit year: refers to "benefit year" as that term is defined in section 383-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 385-2
- Claimant: means an individual:
(1) Who has an unexpired benefit year and has exhausted normal benefits;
(2) Whose benefit year expired, or whose normal benefits were exhausted, within a period of twenty-six consecutive weeks immediately preceding the week in which the proclamation provided for in section 385-1 became effective;
(3) Who was employed during the week in which the governor's proclamation pursuant to section 385-1 became effective, but who became unemployed and whose total earned wages are insufficient for normal benefits; or
(4) Whose unemployment was proximately caused by the disaster identified by the governor in the proclamation provided for in section 385-1 and was self-employed during the week in which the disaster occurred. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 385-2
- Normal benefits: means the unemployment compensation benefits payable pursuant to chapter 383. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 385-2
- Wages: means all remuneration for services from whatever source, including commissions and bonuses, remuneration from self-employment, tips or gratuities paid directly to an individual by a customer of the employer and reported to the employer for payroll tax deduction purposes, and the cash value of all remuneration in any medium other than cash. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 385-2
- Week: means any period of seven consecutive days as the director may by rule prescribe. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 385-2
A claimant‘s weekly benefit amount under this chapter shall be the same as the claimant’s weekly normal benefit amount payable during the claimant’s current benefit year if the claimant has an unexpired benefit year, or the claimant’s most recent benefit year less that part of wages (if any) payable to the claimant with respect to such week which is in excess of $2; provided that if the claimant was self-employed during the week in which the disaster identified by the governor in the proclamation provided for in section 385-1 occurred, or the claimant was employed during such week but the claimant’s total earned wages are insufficient to entitle the claimant to normal benefits, then the claimant’s weekly benefit amount shall be the average weekly benefit payable at that time less that part of wages (if any) payable to the claimant with respect to such week which is in excess of $2.