BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending January 23, 2021 dropped to 12,004 from the week ending January 16, 2021 total of 16,340. For a comparison, during the week …

BATON ROUGE - In the Fourth week of 2021, January 24-29, the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) paid nearly $95 million to the state’s unemployed and underemployed individuals. So far this year, Lou…

Agency provides guidance on anticipated high number of suspected identity theft report BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) has begun the process of mailing 698,000 1099-G forms …

BATON ROUGE – Preliminary data for December 2020 released today by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) shows that the number of seasonally adjusted unemployed individuals was 151,160, a drop of 2…

BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s improving unemployment rate means the end of one of the federally funded benefits programs that began in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Louisiana Workforce Commissi…

BATON ROUGE - In the third week of 2021 the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) has paid $84.9 million to the State’s unemployed and underemployed individuals. So far this year, Louisiana has paid mo…

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending January 16, 2021 dropped to 16,340 from the week ending January 9, 2021 total of 20,497. For a comparison, during the week e…

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending January 9, 2021 dropped to 20,497 from the week ending January 2, 2021 total of 25,365. For a comparison, during the week en…

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) began processing $300 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) on January 4, 2021. Now, in the second week of the program, the state has…

BATON ROUGE —The Louisiana Workforce Commission has announced the schedule for its 2021 monthly press releases of employment and unemployment data. The release of statewide nonfarm industry employm…

BATON ROUGE – Following the impacts of Hurricane Zeta on October 26-29, 2020, Governor John Bel Edwards requested a major disaster declaration for 6 Louisiana parishes, making disaster unemployment as…

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending January 2, 2021 rose to 25,365 from the week ending December 26, 2020 total of 8,246. For a comparison, during the week endi…

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) was among the first states in the nation to begin distributing $300 Federal Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) payments in addition to other unempl…

BATON ROUGE – As the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) works to implement a new unemployment insurance benefits program, the agency encourages claimants to check their HiRE accounts. LWC began proc…

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending December 26, 2020 rose to 8,246 from the week ending December 19, 2020 total of 7,926. For a comparison, during the week end…

All Louisianans Currently Receiving Unemployment Benefits Qualify for Payment BATON ROUGE – All eligible individuals who are currently receiving unemployment benefits for weeks ending January 2, 202…