BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A former Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) employee entered a guilty plea to wire fraud. According to the United States Department of Justice, Paris Haynes, 28, ...

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 ...

New “One Door” system merges welfare and workforce programs SNAP and TANF oversight shifts to streamline assistance and job access Fraud crackdown saves $70M from Medicaid rolls in 2024 Unemployment ...

The Louisiana Workforce Commission’s Rapid Response Team has stepped in to help those workers who lose their jobs due to mass layoffs. Onsite reemployment events will occur at the Natchitoches ...

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

The Louisiana Senate on Monday gave final passage to a bill that would require residents collecting unemployment benefits to do more to find a job. Having already passed the House, the bill now needs ...

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 ...

The latest federal jobs report reveals rising unemployment among Black workers, disappearing factory jobs and lopsided growth ...

The Louisiana Workforce Commission in Baton Rouge has been evacuated due to a bomb threat Monday afternoon. According to Louisiana First, our NBC Affiliates in Baton Rouge, LWC continued operations ...

The Cox family has donated $300,000 to Louisiana Delta Community College (LDCC) to build a new campus in Bastrop. Their goal ...

While a falling unemployment rate sounds like a good thing, it can actually be indicative of people leaving the labor force because they can't find a job.