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Jan 12, 2021
HONOLULU (AP) Businesses in Hawaii are anticipating a possible tripling of unemployment taxes that could slow the recovery of the economy that has been crippled by the coronavirus pandemic.
The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations must notify employers of the state unemployment tax rate no later than March 15, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Sunday.
The applicable tax rate takes effect this month, with the payments due by the end of April.
Individual tax contributions by employers are calculated according to unemployment insurance fund utilization. Businesses that made cuts to their workforce or reduced employee hours face higher unemployment taxes.
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Last year, members of the Hawaii Executive Collaborative brainstormed ways to boost the local economy in the absence of tourism. One member, Jason Higa, CEO of Zippy’s Restaurants parent company, FCH Enterprises, presented an idea to attract kamaʻāina living aboard, and others, to work from home in Hawaii for as long as entire industries are working from home through the pandemic.
The idea quickly evolved into a program called Movers & Shakas to incentivize 50 mobile and connected tech workers to move here, with the expectation that they’ll give back to the Islands in some way.
The selected group of 50 people will receive free airfare and deep discounts at hotels in exchange for sharing their time and expertise with the community and local nonprofit organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Girl Scouts of Hawaii, Hawaii Literacy and Kupu or with local organizations supporting entrepreneurship.
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