Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Unemployment Insurance Division

Hawaii · Unemployment

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State Unemployment Benefits in Hawaii

The Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations administers unemployment insurance through its Unemployment Insurance Division. Benefits are payable for a week only if the individual claimed that week (Haw. Rev. Stat. 383-29(a)(1)), so the death is reported to the UI Division, which determines what, if anything, remains payable for weeks already claimed before the death.

Steps to takeKey facts

Steps to take when someone dies

1
Report the claimant's death to the Unemployment Insurance Division by calling (808) 762-5752 or (833) 901-2272, or through the UI contact form at labor.hawaii.gov/ui/contact-form.
2
Ask the Division what, if anything, remains payable for weeks the claimant had already claimed before the death, and what documentation it requires.
3
Ask the Division how to handle any payment issued after the date of death; an amount paid to which the person was not entitled is recoverable as an overpayment under Haw. Rev. Stat. 383-44(a).

State Unemployment Benefits in Hawaii: key facts

What Hawaii says4

Reporting a death

A claimant's death is reported to the UI Call Center or through the UI Division's contact form.1

Benefits at and after the death

Haw. Rev. Stat. 383-29(a)(1) makes a week payable only if the individual made a claim for that week. Weeks after the date of death are not claimed and so are not payable.2

Overpayments

Under Haw. Rev. Stat. 383-44(a), an amount received as benefits to which the person was not entitled is recoverable as an overpayment, unless it was received without fault and its recovery would be against equity and good conscience.3

Claimant portal

Claims are filed at huiclaims.hawaii.gov.4

Governing law: Haw. Rev. Stat. 383-29(a)(1), 383-44(a)

Not in Hawaii's published guidance2

  • A claim form
  • A written deceased-claimant procedure

Sources4

  1. 1.Contact (Hawaii Unemployment Insurance Division)
  2. 2.Haw. Rev. Stat. 383-29
  3. 3.Haw. Rev. Stat. 383-44
  4. 4.Unemployment Insurance (Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations)

Hawaii unemployment benefits

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