Individuals filing for unemployment will need to complete five work-search activities per week, up from the current ...

Changes to Louisiana's unemployment insurance program will go into effect soon after a new law was passed during the regular ...

Louisiana Works is implementing updates to the state’s Unemployment Insurance program following legislation passed during the ...

Employer unemployment tax drops about 9% per worker Weekly benefits rise slightly to $282 maximum Cap on benefits cut from 26 weeks to 12–20 New law requires five weekly job searches for eligibility ...

The maximum weekly unemployment benefit in Louisiana will soon increase from $275 to $282 after state leaders on Thursday got an updated economic forecast of the state's unemployment claims. Employers ...

Louisiana could require residents who get unemployment insurance to do more to find new jobs if a bill advancing in the legislature becomes law. House Bill 153, which passed the state House by a vote ...

BATON ROUGE (WVUE) - Lawmakers are moving forward with a slate of bills impacting child labor laws and unemployment benefits in Louisiana, with one bill set to eliminate the requirement that ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Louisiana dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...

Louisiana’s unemployment rate has dropped since March but remains higher than most of its neighbors. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, the Pelican State reached a year high in March at ...

In less than a month, the U.S. economy has gone from full bloom to withered on the vine. The latest data point comes today in the form of weekly unemployment claims. More than 6.5 million people filed ...