§392-22 - Weekly benefit amount.
§392-22 Weekly benefit amount.
Benefits shall be computed as weekly amounts in the manner provided in this
section:
(1) If the average weekly wage of the employee is
less than $26, the weekly benefit amount shall be equal to the average weekly
wage but not more than $14;
(2) If the average weekly wage of the employee is $26
or more the weekly benefit amount shall be fifty-eight per cent of the average
weekly wage rounded off, if not a multiple of $1, to the next higher multiple
of $1;
(3) If the average weekly earnings of the employee
exceed an amount equal to one fifty-second of the product obtained by
multiplying the amount of the average annual wage in Hawaii, as determined
pursuant to section 383-22(b), by the factor of 1.21, such excess shall not be
included in the computation of the weekly benefit amount; and
(4) In no case shall the weekly benefit amount exceed
the maximum weekly benefit specified in section 386-31. [L 1969, c 148, pt of
§1; am L 1971, c 109, §1(a); am L 1992, c 31, §1]