Hawaii Revised Statutes 385-9 – Effective date of claim; waiting period not required
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 385-9
- 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
- Week: means any period of seven consecutive days as the director may by rule prescribe. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 385-2
The effective date of a claim shall be the first day of the week in which a claim is first filed. No claimant shall be required to serve a waiting period.