PINEVILLE – The Louisiana Workforce Commission’s Rapid Response Team will open an on-site transition center to provide services for the workers who will be laid off at the end of December from the Int…

Job seekers in the River Parishes will have several opportunities to assess their work skills, meet with potential employers and better their prospects for a job during November as part of a special e…

BATON ROUGE - Initial claims for unemployment insurance for the week ending October 31, 2009, increased to 4,533 from the previous week’s total of 4,287. The largest increases in initial claims were …

BATON ROUGE - On Thursday, Nov. 5, Congress passed legislation that funds an extension of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits for qualified individuals. The new law: - Creates an Emergency Unempl…