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.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Louisiana Workforce Commission was evacuated “out of an abundance of caution” on Monday afternoon following reports of a bomb threat. According to the state ...

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 ...

A major restructuring of Louisiana’s workforce benefits and how they are appropriated is making its way through the legislature. The restructure is being facilitated by a duet of bills from Reps. Kim ...

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 ...

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

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 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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Changes to Louisiana’s unemployment insurance program will go into effect soon after a new law was passed during the regular legislative session. Louisiana Works, ...

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 sector employment ...

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 ...