HRS §353H-6
Helping former prisoners find jobs and training
This section tells state agencies to help people who were in prison get jobs, training, life skills, and education. It also requires the corrections department to work with tax and labor agencies to create tax breaks for employers who hire former prisoners, and to propose those breaks to lawmakers.
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The statute, as written — Employment of ex-offenders
(a) The director of labor and industrial relations shall take the necessary steps to ensure offenders and ex-offenders are included and involved in utilizing state and private resources for employment and training opportunities as well as life skills and educational opportunities. (b) The department of corrections and rehabilitation, with the assistance of the department of taxation and the department of labor and industrial relations, shall develop and propose for legislative consideration, tax incentives for employers who hire individuals who were formerly incarcerated. [L Sp 2007, c 8, pt of §2 ; am L 2022, c 278, §29]
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