The Garden Island Staff 9/15/22 The Garden Island Staff 9/15/22

Minimum-wage increase coming Oct. 1

Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage will rise to $12 per hour on Oct. 1, and then will go up by $2 every other year until it reaches $18 per hour on Jan. 1, 2028.

Tyler Dos Santos-Tam 12/28/21 Tyler Dos Santos-Tam 12/28/21

Hawaiʻi Democrats must raise minimum wage

All Hawaiʻi workers should be able to make ends meet with one job, and it’s our legislature’s responsibility to make that a reality.

Bill Dorman 12/15/21 Bill Dorman 12/15/21

The latest state data show a single adult would need to make about $17 to $18 an hour at a full-time job to afford to live in Hawaiʻi.

Stewart Yerton 4/7/21 Stewart Yerton 4/7/21

Economic experts say many people are worse off than they were before the pandemic and a lower unemployment rate is simply masking deeper problems.

Kevin Dayton 4/5/21 Kevin Dayton 4/5/21

Teamsters, ILWU and Local 5 leaders ask House Speaker Scott Saiki to schedule a floor vote by Wednesday.

Tuiaʻana Scanlan, Wayne K. S. Kaululaʻau, Donna Domingo, Pat Loo 3/30/21 Tuiaʻana Scanlan, Wayne K. S. Kaululaʻau, Donna Domingo, Pat Loo 3/30/21

Unemployment insurance benefits should be exempt from Hawaiʻi income tax, but a Senate bill calling for that has unfortunately stalled.

Blaze Lovell 3/9/20 Blaze Lovell 3/9/20

Most companies already pay above minimum wage and those that have had to raise pay came through it relatively unscathed.