BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending July 20, 2019 dropped to 2,349 from the previous week’s total of 2,410. For a comparison, during the week ending July 21, 20…

BATON ROUGE – Data released by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) show that the number of not seasonally adjusted employed individuals increased from 2,007,861 in June 2018 to 2,013,742 in June …

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending July 13, 2019 rose to 2,410 from the previous week’s total of 1,844. For a comparison, during the week ending July 14, 2018,…

Baton Rouge – Data released today by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows that Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 4.3 percent in June 2019. The last time Louisiana’s se…

MONROE, La. – The Louisiana Workforce Commission’s (LWC) Rapid Response team and workforce-development officials in North Louisiana, in partnership with a prominent paper-manufacturing employer as wel…

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending July 6, 2019 dropped to 1,844 from the previous week’s total of 2,206. For a comparison, during the week ending July 7, 2018…

The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) announces a partnership with the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's office to criminally prosecute employers and employees who commit workers' compens…

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) is hosting information and orientation sessions for workers who were recently displaced by recent Waitr layoffs in Lafayette, on Thursday, July 1…

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending June 29, 2019 dropped to 2,206 from the previous week’s total of 2,238. For a comparison, during the week ending June 30, 20…

BATON ROUGE – Through a partnership with the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC), Fletcher Technical Community College will begin coursework for its inaugural Clinical Medical Assistant (CMA) program…