HRS §383-29.5
Getting unemployment benefits while in job training
If you qualify for unemployment and are in approved job training under the Trade Act, you can still get benefits. You won't be denied for leaving a job to enter training, or for not being available or searching for work. The training must be approved, and the job you left must not be suitable.
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The statute, as written — Benefits during training
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits for any week because that individual is in training approved under section 236(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, because an individual left work to enter the training (provided the work left is not suitable employment), or because of the application to any week in training of provisions in this chapter (or any applicable federal unemployment compensation law) relating to availability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work. (b) For purposes of this section, the term "suitable employment" means with respect to an individual, work of a substantially equal or higher skill level than the individual's past adversely affected employment (as defined for purposes of the Trade Act of 1974), and wages for such work at not less than eighty per cent of the individual's average weekly wage as determined for the purposes of the Trade Act of 1974.
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