Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A former Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) employee entered a guilty plea to wire fraud.

Gov. Jeff Landry seeks to modernize the state's workforce system in an executive order as he calls for reform and efficiency.

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 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 ...

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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana Workforce Commission’s HiRE website is currently down after an attempted malware attack was discovered. Forty other states and Washington D.C. — all of which ...

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 ...

Louisiana is in the midst of a major overhaul in how it approaches workforce development. Overseeing much of those changes is Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Susana Schowen. Under new laws, ...

Louisiana Works has launched a new statewide Business Workforce Solutions initiative aimed at streamlining how employers access workforce support and talent development resources. The coordinated ...

(The Center Square) – Louisiana's seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment rose to slightly more than 2 million jobs, an increase of 900 from May and 22,900 compared to the same month last year. Private ...