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Podcast: Spotlight Hawaii
Episode: Anne Perreira-Eustaquio, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations acting director talks about unemployment in Hawaii
Description: Anne Perreira-Eustaquio, acting Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR), says her office has been making steady progress to help get benefits to those who qualify as quickly as possible, but she says empathizes with the thousands who are still waiting.
“I know it’s frustrating. I know they’re waiting. We’re trying our very hardest to get through the claims as fast as possible,” she told Spotlight Hawaii this morning.
“We are bringing on additional help. We are bringing on more volunteers in the next couple weeks. We are bringing on a call ce...