Section 12-5-31 - Registration(a) An individual shall be deemed to have registered for work, as required by section 383-29(a)(2), Hawaii Revised Statutes, if the individual has an active registration for work with an employment office in the local community in which the individual is seeking work or, if prior to or within seven calendar days after applying for benefits or as instructed by the department, the individual registers at an employment office or such other place as the department may approve and completes registration procedures as authorized by the department.(b) The registration may be waived for individuals who are: (1) Deemed partially unemployed; or(2) Union members in good standing and who are being referred to jobs through their union job placement service; provided that the union agrees to report to the department all individuals who refuse job referrals or offers of work and all individuals not ready, willing, and able to work, and the union is approved by the department for the purpose of waiving registration; or(3) Involved in a labor dispute and for whom an employer-employee relationship continues to exist; or(4) Suspended from work and for whom an employer-employee relationship continues to exist, provided that the waiver shall apply only to the period of the suspension but not to exceed more than four consecutive weeks of unemployment immediately following the week in which the individual has been suspended.(c) "Registered for work" as used in section 383-29(a)(2), Hawaii Revised Statutes, means that individuals shall provide information to the employment office to be posted on the department's internet job-matching system, including but not limited to: name, job skills, education, training, prior employment history and work duties, preferred working conditions, occupational licenses and other relevant occupational information to facilitate work search efforts by individuals and increase job referrals by the employment office. The information shall be posted with the department's assistance or independently by the individual. The employment office shall provide the necessary information to the unemployment office for purposes of determining that the individual's "registered for work" requirement has been met. Benefits shall be denied in accordance with section 383-29(a)(2), Hawaii Revised Statutes, for any week with respect to which it is found that the individual failed to register for work for each day of such week and continuing until the conditions of this subsection are met.
[Eff 6/26/81; am 11/6/06] (Auth: HRS §§ 383-29(a)(2), 383-92) (Imp: HRS § 383-29(a)(2))