Stacker has compiled a list of parishes in Louisiana with the highest unemployment rates in November 2023, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The parishes are ranked by their preliminary unemployment rate, with ties broken by the number of unemployed individuals in each parish. It's important to note that these parish-level unemployment rates are not adjusted for seasonal variations.
A new audit released on Monday found that the Louisiana Workforce Commission made $2.9 million in improper unemployment payments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Legislation backed by the state’s most powerful business lobby that would end federally enhanced unemployment benefits five weeks early in exchange for a slight increase in state weekly benefits is headed to the Governor’s desk.
At least one other state has eliminated federal unemployment benefits and replaced them with a hiring bonus to incentivize workers to get back on the job.
Have you ever screwed up and double paid a bill? If so, don't feel too bad about it because Louisiana has reportedly made hundreds of millions in unemployment benefit payments to people who aren't even eligible for for them.
WDSU.com reports that between January and September of 2020, Louisiana paid out over $405,000,000 worth of unemployment benefits to ineligible Louisianans...
Many Louisiana residents who have received unemployment benefits are now getting letters claiming they were overpaid and owe thousands back to the federal government.
The new $300 federally-enhanced weekly unemployment benefits are expected to begin shipping in the next few weeks and will be retroactive to August 1st