Vivinavi : Hawaii : (United States) Hawaii

• sunset
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• 2021/04/17 (Sat) 20:51
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The Unemployment Insurance Help Team shared this with us and we will share it with you.

[Manual for Non-English Speaking Countries]

The Legal Aid Society has prepared a manual for non-English speaking countries after they asked the federal government to investigate the UI office, which has had many problems.
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https://www.legalaidhawaii.org/unemployment-covid-19.html?fbclid=IwAR21X9pauHnpU3NVMLy7v3pbIxO9PALzublLuNiHb6Qy5U1u3thQC0RXIww

Please take a look at it and see that it is for beginners in the unemployment insurance process, so you can recommend it to people who are applying for unemployment insurance for the first time.

• sunset
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• 2021/04/17 (Sat) 21:38
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[Benefit Year End with Original UI]

The Unemployment Insurance Help Team will share real-life examples experienced by the Unemployment Insurance Help Team in a timeline format. Status is "shortened".

March 21:
Benefit Year End expires on original UI
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Waited a week to be sure, no additional account balance, no automatic extension of Benefit Year End deadline, second I did not even receive an email to remind me to apply for a second Initial Application.
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March 31:
Submit 2nd Initial Application
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April 7:
Weekly filing for April 3 due date
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April 12:
●Account balance for 26 weeks will be added
●Benefit Year End due date will switch to 2022
●Account balance before second Initial Application filed will be restored
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April 14:
Unemployment Insurance approval letter for second Initial Application submission arrives in the mail
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Complete

That's it, weekly filing was possible to enter each time. It was possible to input the information. They are asked to file weekly as long as it is possible to input the information.

If you are unable to file weekly, please try entering the account balance after it has been newly added. If you are still unable to file, try backdating with a Reactivate a Claim application or contact the call center.

• sunset
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• 2021/04/19 (Mon) 10:35
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To everyone reading this topic,

when explaining your troubles to others, please start from "the very first time you applied for unemployment insurance" and explain in detail （ preferably in a timeline so that others reading this topic can keep track ）.

If there are omissions, other people will read and misunderstand, and misleading sharing will occur. Please keep in mind that this will result in the most trouble for the person in question.

Please cooperate.

• sunset
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• 2021/04/30 (Fri) 12:49
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[March]

This is an announcement from the Unemployment Insurance Help Team.
Tomorrow there will be a march against the Hawaii government.

The march will consist mainly of labor union members from various companies who have questioned the Hawaii government's stance on the Corona riots, as well as those who have been hit hard by the tourism, hotel, airline, and other closely held industries.

Date: May 1 （ Saturday ）
Meeting Time: 9:30 am
Start March Time: 10 am
Location: Please email me directly by 10 pm today if you wish to join.

Throughout the past year, many of the unemployed people who were swamped by the low level of Hawaii's unemployment insurance services this time around, I think there are probably fewer people who were not caught up in the Glitch, late payments, and other problems and were paid smoothly than those who could count on their fingers.

In addition, there are many workers at essential companies who felt that the federal and Hawaiian government's decision was unfair to them because they were forced to continue working in a high infection risk environment without generous corona benefits such as unemployment insurance immediately after the lockdown last year.

And there are many employers who have resumed business but are experiencing staffing shortages, and many employers who are just barely managing by reducing hours or hiring part-time employees.

Personally, I would like to thank the Hawaii government for leaving the 1980's UI system in place for so many years, for providing unemployment insurance without taking precautions against illegal activities, for the lack of support for families who could not afford to have their children stay home alone in online classes. We have questioned the lack of support for families who could not afford to have their children stay home alone in online classes, and the lack of compensation to replace the high praise given to employers who have cooperated fully in hiring the unemployed.

There may be a few of you reading this thread thinking "it doesn't affect me," but in addition to this coronavirus, a mutated virus is also spreading. We do not know how this will affect next year.

The current situation, where tourism business income from Mainland travelers alone is not enough, will widen the gap between the rich and the poor, and both essential and non-essential companies may face a severe ice age.

In this sense, we hope that those who are working, those who are unemployed, and those who are employers will see this march and demonstration as a message to the Hawaiian government from the perspective of others.

• sunset
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• 2021/05/07 (Fri) 20:15
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Cases of Concern]

One person provided us with information and we are sharing it with you after consulting with the Unemployment Insurance Help Team.

In particular, people whose WBA has jumped after submitting a second Initial Application or after automatically getting a PEUC extension should take note of this.

This person and his colleagues became totally unemployed in the summer and have not worked since they started receiving unemployment insurance.

However, they did not get an automatic extension after the Benefit Year End expired and received an email notice telling them to submit a second Initial Application.

And when he submitted the second Initial Application, his WBA jumped from $ 400 units to $ 600 units. Moreover, they have been credited to their bank account （ They have reconfirmed ） that apart from the jumped WBA, $300 per week has been credited .

According to the Unemployment Insurance Help Team, it is impossible for the WBA of an applicant who has never worked since he/she started receiving unemployment insurance to jump up, so it is most likely a happening due to a system error or human error on the UI office side.

The solution is ① or ②.

① Send it to the UI office by email, fax or mail, along with a copy of the approval letter at the WBA that was bumped up and a letter of circumstances, to be reexamined now. And have it corrected if necessary.
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The Unemployment Insurance Help Team and I have heard from too many people who have had a difficult time waiting for overpayment.

② Maintain the status quo until the UI office notices and contacts you.
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You may be lucky if the UI office doesn't notice, but be aware that the risk of this choice is high and you will likely be treated as an Overpayment. the UI office will not overlook an Overpayment of only $10 or less. They tend to suddenly stop payment after a few months. Please read the "PEUC not yet approved" topic for your reference.

① and ②, whichever you choose is at your own discretion. Re-read the approval letter at the WBA that jumped up and double-check which period of past income is being calculated. If it is still unnatural, please choose to address either ① or ② yourself.

• sunset
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• 2021/05/07 (Fri) 21:10
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Vaccination]

This is not related to the purpose of the topic, but let me post this temporarily to help reduce corona together with everyone.

As you know, it is now possible to get the corona vaccination if you are 16 years old or older and live in Hawaii.

To find out where to get vaccinated in the state, text your phone to 438829 and enter the ZIP Code of your residence.

I just tried texting and it showed me the address and phone number of a Walgreen's or CVS near where I live. If you visit or call that location, you may be able to make an appointment for the vaccination.

This is very convenient, so if you have not yet been vaccinated, please take advantage of it. If you know people around you who would like to be vaccinated, please recommend it to them.

Link to:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/your-vaccination.html

Focus on those who have not been vaccinated Coronas are increasing and decreasing, so let's all continue to get through this together.

• Moco
• 2021/05/08 (Sat) 23:22
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Thank you for all the information you share with us.
Please tell me how to correct my simple mistake.
I received the following email from Hawaii UI office on 5/2 expired and asked to file an initial claim at midnight on 5/7.
Please login and select "File an Initial Claim" to apply for a new regular claim for Unemployment Insurance benefits.
So I immediately filed an Initial Claim, but I made a simple mistake of getting my home address wrong. So I made an initial claim, but I made a simple mistake of getting my home address wrong.
I guess I have to call the UI office to correct it ？.

• sunset
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• 2021/05/09 (Sun) 08:19
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Correction of Labor Report and Initial Application]

After the applicant clicks the Submit button and submits the application, the applicant is not allowed to correct the information in the UI system and must contact the UI office to have it corrected directly.

-About Labor Report-
If you made a mistake in answering a question or labor income, please call the call center ASAP while in Pending status to have it corrected directly. According to past cases, we strongly recommend that you call as they tend not to respond to emails or faxes.

-Initial Application-
If you make a mistake in entering your name, social security number, address, company name, etc., the UI office system will not automatically pick up the applicant's past income. If you make a mistake in entering your name, social security number, address, company name, etc., the UI office system will not be able to automatically pick up your past income and will issue an approval letter with a WBA that is zeroed out, which will interfere with the background check process in future inquiries with the UI office. Please call the call center ASAP to have this corrected directly.

Please be careful again, as in past cases there have been many happenings where an approval letter with a zeroed WBA was received due to a mistake in the social security number or company name （ The company name is the official name as it appears on the pay stub ） .

If you can't get through to the call center, you may be able to e-mail or fax them, but the UI office that wasted hundreds of millions of unemployment insurance funds by mistakenly paying out to impersonating criminals received a stern warning from the federal government and unlike last year, they are very It is safer to make an appointment for consultation online rather than by e-mail or fax.

• sunset
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• 2021/05/10 (Mon) 18:44
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To everyone reading this topic,

let me remind you that there is a gap.

Before posting your questions or problems,
please read through
all the threads in this topic from beginning to end.

Many people have provided information
and you can almost always find a clue in
this topic, except in rare and unprecedented cases.

For complicated cases,
there are few people with similar situations in this topic
and there will be no informative posts
so please consult the call center directly.

If you cannot get through to the phone easily,
use the online consultation service.

Online consultation appointments will not be accepted if the consultation requires Examiner or Adjuster approval, and the appointment will be cancelled later. If your appointment is cancelled, please call the call center.

Examples of Complicated Cases:
● Side business not being Processed due to
（ Pending tends to be longer than usual ）
● Problems with employer regarding labor reports
（ Please talk to your employer and try to resolve the issue ）
● You lost your unemployment insurance due to unintentional violation
（ Please explain the situation to your Examiner ）

Please understand. Please understand.

• sunset
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• 2021/05/10 (Mon) 23:09
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For those of you who are totally unemployed,
temporarily laid off,
on short notice,

we have discussed your concerns about September and beyond with the Unemployment Insurance Help Team, which includes members who became unemployed in the tourism industry, and we thought it would be good to share this information with you now.

Please understand that this advice is to help each of you prepare your own best strategy for September and beyond while you still can.

It is just a personal guess by our Unemployment Insurance Help Team that the PEUC extension and $300/week allowance will be lost or will be very low after September because of the turnaround in vaccination in the US states.

In addition, since vaccination is not progressing well in Japan and Japanese airports have not lifted the 14-day voluntary quarantine period rule, it will be very difficult for Japanese tourism to resume in Hawaii within this year. Even if they do reopen by the end of the year, it may not be in full-fledged reopening mode, but rather in a gradual reopening mode.

The Unemployment Insurance Help Team is more concerned than I am that the reopening of Hawaii for Japanese tourism may be further delayed if there is an infection cluster at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

Back to the topic at hand, the Unemployment Insurance Help Team has explained ①, ②, and ③ to help you understand how your unemployment insurance will affect you after September.

① If your Benefit Year End expires in January, February, or March 2021 in the original UI when you first applied for unemployment insurance （ ＝ Base Period ） is will be as follows.
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（ 1 ） Base Period = Oct 2019 - Sep 2020
（ 2 ） Alternative Period = Jan 2020 -December 2020
*Alternative Period is an alternative period that is calculated instead of the Base Period where the WBA cannot be calculated.

② If the Benefit Year End expires in April, May, or June 2021 in the original UI when you first applied for unemployment insurance （ ＝ Base Period ） is will be as follows.
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（ 3 ） Base Period= Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
（ 4 ） Alternative Period= Apr 2020

1 ）, （ 2 ）, （ 3 ）, （ 4 ） If you do not meet the above （ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and have more than $25 difference compared to your previous WBA In this case, the WBA at the original UI when you first applied for unemployment insurance will continue as it was when you first applied for unemployment insurance due to "special measures under PEUC rules".

And if you only have an account balance through June, it will be extended through September after the June point. However, if you only have an account balance through September, it will depend on what the federal government and Congress decide after September.

Also, for those who submitted their second Initial Application this spring and it was approved, what happens to your account balance after September depends on what the federal government and Congress decide. What happens after September depends on what the federal government and Congress decide.

③ If you decide to resubmit your Initial Application in September 2021, the period for calculating your past earnings to calculate your WBA （ ＝ Base Period ） would be It would be easier to understand if you compare the calculation table with the one in the approval letter for unemployment insurance when you first applied.
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《1》Base Period= April 2020 - March 2021
《2》Alternative Period= July 2020 - June 2021

As stated above, please keep in mind that for those who have only been on unemployment insurance since last spring, their payments are likely to be very low after September. And please check the news voluntarily to see how things are going in Congress at the federal level （ especially what is on the agenda in the first place. I think a number of those bills will be voted through or rejected ）.

In a worrisome and misleading way, as the vaccination process turns around in the US states, the unemployment insurance benefits and conditions will become more stringent. Since rent and prices are high in Hawaii, we hope you understand once again that it is in everyone's best interest to prepare some of your best plans as early as possible now, rather than panicking in September.

Finally. I have seen occasional posts that are looking for cache-only under-table work. There has been a very strict crackdown on under-tables in the last few years. If an under-table employer is reported, the employee will have their green card revoked and a lifetime record of violations on their social security number. Of course, unemployment insurance eligibility is also immediately voided. You never know where you will be reported, so please be careful to stay away from under-table employers if you are receiving unemployment insurance.

• sunset
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• 2021/05/16 (Sun) 22:53
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Job Fair Introduction]

We have received some information about the Job Fair. The Honolulu Star Advertiser's Job Fair is a great opportunity for those who are looking for jobs in other industries and are looking for companies that offer generous benefits such as health insurance.
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https://hawaiijobs.careerfair.live/?utm_source=opi-sa&utm_medium=fb_post&utm_campaign=attendeesmay2021

They have an online interview process with HR and recruiters from each company. Many large companies are participating, so it's not a bad idea to take a peek at what kind of Job Fair it is.

Most of the above job fairs are for permanent positions and English is a prerequisite.

Also, with the return of Mainland tourists, the number of jobs in the hotel industry is increasing, so it would be a good idea to check the job listings of each hotel.

Applications are likely to become more intense each day as September approaches, when unemployment insurance benefits are likely to be lower. We recommend that you research company information thoroughly before applying for any job openings you are interested in.

• sunset
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• 2021/05/17 (Mon) 20:34
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The Unemployment Insurance Help Team reports that Governor Ige and UI Director Anne met today to discuss future unemployment insurance rules.

Governor Ige and Anne are in agreement about withdrawing the job search exemption, but Anne is concerned about the impact on families who have had to lose their jobs because they have children learning online due to school closures, and that situation is still ongoing.

She says there will likely be an official announcement soon, so please check back daily for a press release from Governor Ige or the UI office.

If you are the first to find the press release, please share it with others in this Topic, along with the link.

• sunset
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• 2021/05/17 (Mon) 22:44
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The Unemployment Insurance Help Team's strongest concern about the withdrawal of the job search waiver is that it would be a development in which the employer side would have overwhelming power. I am equally concerned and feel that there will be more problems related to employment.

The UI Office has been encouraging companies for the past year to report those who have turned down offer letters or refused to show up for work.

Please only apply to companies you really want to work for. If you randomly apply for a job without much interest and reject the offer letter without reason, you will lose all unemployment insurance eligibility if the employer reports to the UI office that you rejected the offer letter. Please read the rules in the handbook for more information.

Some employers may be unscrupulous enough to offer a lower offer letter than the one in the job posting. If you reject the offer letter because you are not satisfied with the terms in the offer letter and the employer reports the rejection of the offer letter to the UI office, it is unfair to you. To avoid getting involved with some of these employers, we recommend that you keep the following in evidence.
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● Print out the terms and conditions in the job posting
● Record the full name and position of the interviewer
● Record audio data during interviews and phone calls
● Save offer letters and emails

The above are The above can be an important source of persuasion for later submission to the UI office to regain eligibility for unemployment insurance. Also, with this evidence, the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, which has pro bono attorneys, can assist you in reporting bad employers to the Department of Labor.

This is America.
Protect yourself.

• sunset
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• 2021/05/20 (Thu) 18:32
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We have just received the official announcement from the Governor of Ige State and will post the link.
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https://governor.hawaii.gov/newsroom/office-of-the-governor-job-search-requirement-to-be-reinstated-for-unemployment-recipients/

It seems that those who have been completely laid off will be covered from May 30. Based on the official announcement, it is likely that this includes those who have been fully laid off and are now working part time for another company.

It appears that those who will continue to be exempt from job search will be those who have been temporarily laid off, have a shorter hours, or are PUAs.

Although this appears to be a sudden official announcement, Governor Ige had previously stated at a press conference that he intends to withdraw the exemption from job search activities in the near future.

From what he has said at the press conference so far, we believe that Governor Ige, who has been focusing on tourism for the Japanese since before Corona, has been waiting for the return of Japanese tourists for a long time. However, with the vaccine situation in Japan not improving, and the growing shortage of human resources at various companies in Hawaii, I feel that he has made a difficult decision this time.

• sunset
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• 2021/05/21 (Fri) 21:34
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[Joint Press Conference]

The Unemployment Insurance Help Team has summarized the contents of yesterday's joint press conference between Governor Ige and UI Director Anne, and we excerpt the important parts （ ① through ⑦ ）.

① Job Search report submissions will begin with weekly filings ending June 5

② The rule for submitting Job Search reports in weekly filings is that if you submit the same report in the following week that you submitted in the previous week, you will be required to submit the same report in the following week.

③ Only those who are totally unemployed （ Laidoff ） are eligible for Job Search. Those who are Temporary Layoff （ Furlough ）, Short-Term （ Partial Claims ）, or in a union with job placement services are not eligible for Job Search
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. sunset comment:
As stated in Governor Ige's official announcement letter, it appears that the condition for Job Search exemption is that you are enrolled in a job where you once worked as a full time employee. In other words, those who are working part-time （ Part-total Claims ） after being totally unemployed from their full-time jobs or who were totally unemployed part-time due to the Corona impact are likely to be eligible for Job Search.

④ Job Search includes "registering on Hirenet", "researching jobs", "submitting a resume", and "getting an interview"
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sunset comment:
In short. I think the nuance is that if you are able to complete and submit the three job search activities through the above steps, you are OK. The information provided by those who wrote in #227 and #228 of this topic is also very helpful. Also, it is very likely that the UI office will check whether you are registered with Hirenet or not, so please register immediately.

⑤ Failure to show up for an interview with a company will disqualify you from unemployment insurance, and the UI Office will use the Job Search reports submitted by unemployment insurance recipients to investigate each company
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sunset Comment:
According to the Unemployment Insurance Help Team, there used to be a number of unemployment insurance recipients who would engage in this type of intentional behavior. The UI office is following up on the labor report impersonation illegal activity, and will be following up on this one as well, so be sure to go to the interview if you are called for one.

⑥ New website hawaiiunemploymentinfo will be updated with information for employers and unemployment insurers
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sunset comment:
link to It will be here.
https://www.hawaiiunemploymentinfo.com/work-search/

⑦ "RESEA" and "Quality Control" as part of Job Search requirements Assessment" are also included
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sunset comment:
The process is for those called by the UI office to respond. For more information, please read #965 for RESEA and #789 for Quality Control Assessment in the "PEUC Unemployment Insurance 13 Week Extension Program" Topic.


In the end, it is not easy to submit a Job Search Report in Hawaii, a small island with an overwhelming number of jobs in English-speaking countries.

However, hotels, bus companies, and tour companies that are reopening to mainland tourists must be looking ahead to the eventual return of Japanese tourists. Even if at first glance, the job does not recruit Japanese staff, if you can show that you can speak Japanese, you may be able to catch their attention among the resumes of English-speaking applicants who are pouring in.

Some employers abuse their authority, so please read #216 in this topic carefully and be careful not to get involved.

If you are not confident about submitting this Job Search report, we strongly recommend that you do not worry about it alone, but share information with your fellow former colleagues and help each other.

Those who have been temporarily laid off or had their hours shortened may not be alone. The longer the Corona problem in Japan drags on, the more likely it is that employers who are having difficulty maintaining operations in Hawaii will further reduce labor costs or go bankrupt. With this in mind, we recommend that you keep an eye on the new rules that the UI office is putting in place, as we have seen in this case.

If we see a Job Fair that we recommend, we will post it in this topic. Please try to help each other by sharing information if you have any.

• twinsmonkey
• 2021/05/22 (Sat) 09:32
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Dear sunset

Thank you for all your valuable information.
It helps me a lot. I really appreciate it.

• sunset
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• 2021/05/22 (Sat) 10:15
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twinsmonkey-san,

While Hawaii, which was supported by tourism income, has not yet reopened in earnest, I hope that we can exchange information about job fairs and other events in this forum so that everyone will not have to worry alone about the new mandatory job search rules. I hope that we can exchange information about job fairs, etc. in this exchange forum so that everyone will not have to worry about it alone. I think everyone is having a hard time.

• sunset
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• 2021/05/22 (Sat) 20:04
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[Glitch]

It may be a system failure, but it seems that the thread numbers are reversed in each topic in this exchange plaza, or the same thread numbers are lined up in a row. Please understand.

• sunset
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• 2021/05/25 (Tue) 18:25
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We will start a new topic "Job Search Activities and Report Submission", so please move your questions and concerns about Job Search to the new topic.

I know you have questions and doubts about Job Search activities, but I and others are not sure about anything other than what has been officially announced.

Please ask the call center on your own first, and then share their advice with each other in the new Topic to reconfirm the accuracy of their advice.

As you all know, the problem of disjointed advice from call centers has been highlighted since last year due to the lack of functioning information sharing between UI directors and call center sites in the past. Please ask the call center on your own first, and then provide information to each other in the new Topic.

Also, whether the process will be the same as the pre-Corona Job Search submission method, or whether the system will be upgraded to the new submission method, we will know when the daily filing for the June 5 deadline begins.

• sunset
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• 2021/07/05 (Mon) 09:13
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I am closing this topic completely as there are no longer any posters on this topic and most people have moved on to the PEUC program. I will also close my posts in this topic.

If you are receiving original UI and have questions or concerns, please do not post them in this topic, but start a new topic with a clear title and ask others.

This topic already contains know-how, tips and answers about original UI and PEUC. Please take a few days to read through the past topics before posting your own question in a new topic. For those who do not read the past topics, please go through the process of asking questions directly to the call center by yourself.

Finally.
I would like to express my sincere and deepest gratitude to those who shared information in this Topic and those who contacted me directly and provided information while many recipients got into trouble because the UI office did not have the system and know-how in place. Thank you very much.