BATON ROUGE – A scheme to collect more than $150,000 in federal disaster assistance following the August 2016 floods has ended with the jury conviction of a 38-year-old Independence, La. woman. Ren…

BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 4.0 percent in February. From January, this figure is down 0.4 percentage points. Compared to this time last year, this…

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending Mar. 17, 2018 rose to 1,805 from the previous week’s total of 1,794. For a comparison, during the week ending Mar. 18, 2017,…

BATON ROUGE – Based off of February employment data released today by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS), Louisiana’s labor market has improved markedly from this time last year and beyond. Whil…

BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 4.5 percent in February 2018. The last time the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was lower was in April 2008. This drop…

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending Mar. 10, 2018 dropped to 1,794 from the previous week’s total of 1,897. For a comparison, during the week ending Mar. 11, 20…

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Workforce Commission, Office of Workforce Development, is soliciting public comment on its proposed Eligible Training Provider and Program List (ETPL) policy. The Work…

BATON ROUGE – Per revisions from Bureau of Labor & Statistics (BLS) annual benchmarking procedure, Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 4.6 percent in January. Compared to J…

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending Mar. 3, 2018 rose to 1,897 from the previous week’s total of 1,893. For a comparison, during the week ending Mar. 4, 2017, 2…

BATON ROUGE – Data on Louisiana’s employment and wages for the third quarter of 2017 are now available on the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s website, www.laworks.net. These data cover employment and total wa…

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC), in partnership with several business and community organizations, is launching a new healthcare collaboration in Lafourche, Assumption and Terre…

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending Feb. 24, 2018 rose to 1,893 from the previous week’s total of 1,801. For a comparison, during the week ending Feb. 25, 2017,…