Island Air is offering a $10 one-way discount in honor of Mother’s Day.
The state’s second-largest carrier said tickets purchased through 11:59 p.m. Sunday using the booking code WOWMOM can get the discount for Island Air flights between Honolulu and Maui, or Honolulu and Kauai, through May 26.
The discount is taken from the base fare only and does not apply to taxes and fees.
U.S. jobs added at slowest pace in 3 years
WASHINGTON >> U.S. companies added jobs at the slowest pace in three years in April, a private survey found, a sign that slower growth and volatile financial markets could be weighing on hiring.
Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that businesses added 156,000 jobs in April, down from 194,000 in March. Manufacturers shed 11,000 jobs, after losing 3,000 the previous month. Services firms added 166,000, down from 189,000.
The figures suggest that businesses tapped the brakes on hiring last month after the economy barely expanded in the first quarter.
New rule jeopardizes thousands of eagles
WASHINGTON >> The Obama administration is revising a federal rule that allows wind-energy companies to operate high-speed turbines for up to 30 years, even if it means killing or injuring thousands of federally protected bald and golden eagles.
Under the plan announced Wednesday, wind companies and other power providers could kill or injure up to 4,200 bald eagles a year without penalty — nearly four times the current limit. Golden eagles could be killed only if companies take steps to minimize the losses, for instance, by retrofitting power poles to reduce the risk of electrocution.
Hulu to expand Internet TV programming
NEW YORK >> Hulu is expanding its Internet TV programming with a subscription service offering a mix of live cable and broadcast options that will include news and sports.
The move will pit 8-year-old Hulu against similar cablelike bundles already being offered by Dish’s Sling TV and Sony’s PlayStation Vue.
Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins confirmed his service’s foray into live programming at a Wednesday presentation in New York. But he didn’t providing many specifics, including how much a monthly subscription will cost or how many channels will be available.
Tribune Publishing rejects Gannett offer
The Tribune Publishing Co. has rejected Gannett’s more than $388 million bid to buy the business.
Last month, Gannett offered to buy the Chicago company — which owns the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and several other newspapers. But it said at the time that Tribune Publishing refused to have meaningful discussions about a deal.
The Tribune said Wednesday that “after thorough consideration” its board decided the proposal understates the company’s true value and is not in the best interests of its shareholders.
Ex-Dunkin’ Donuts workers sue franchisee
CHICAGO >> A lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday alleges a Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee with more than a dozen Chicago locations engaged in wage theft by making workers pay for cash register shortages and manipulating time cards so as not to owe overtime.
Lead plaintiff Christina Padilla, 23, who worked as a shift supervisor at a Dunkin’ Donuts in downtown Chicago before quitting in August, said she was instructed to dock workers’ paychecks to make up for cash register shortages and to deduct time from their recorded work hours so that they got paid only for their scheduled shifts, even if they worked well beyond to finish up closing tasks.
“It made me feel real uncomfortable,” Padilla said after a news conference outside the downtown store, where supporters chanted “dunk doughnuts, not wages” and held painted inner tubes decorated with shredded paper to look like rainbow sprinkles.
Surrounded by her attorneys and organizers from the worker center Arise Chicago, Padilla told a cluster of TV cameras that “the owners seem to rely on revolving doors of workers.”
ON THE MOVE
J. Uno & Associates has promoted Brett Katayama to vice president. His responsibilities include overseeing estimates and operations, growth and maintenance of existing customer relations, and new employee training.
Katayama has been with the firm since 2010 and has provided estimating services and cost engineering to over 500 projects in Guam, Hawaii, Samoa and Japan.
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Hunt Companies has promoted veteran development executive Thomas Lee to senior vice president.
His responsibilities include overseeing numerous Hunt development projects and assets in Hawaii, including the $14 million beach restoration at Iroquois Point, the largest project of its kind in Hawaii. In 2014, Iroquois Point was named one of the Best Restored Beaches by American Shore & Beach Preservation Association. Lee first joined the company as a development manager in 2006 and recently served as a vice president.
