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Across the nation, to deal with a lack of employees or rising costs of supplies, restaurants have closed on Monday and Tuesday. Their former full-time employees are able to receive

Frustration continues as Louisiana untangles issues with unemployment benefits © Provided by WDSU New Orleans lwc The COVID-19 pandemic literally shut the door on work for Tom Godfrey, a New Orleans-based painter and drywall installer. After he filed for unemployment benefits, it took six months for him to get through an adjudication process to receive the claims he was owed. He said he has yet to see any additional payments since receiving that money in February. Sign up for our Newsletters...

May 3, 2021 (Getty Images) An audit of unemployment benefits paid by the Louisiana Workforce Commission shows millions of dollars in improper payments. The Workforce Commission says the Louisiana Legislative Auditor identified over $6 million paid to nearly 1,200 inmates who are not eligible for unemployment benefits. The LWCs policy requires those seeking unemployment benefits to search for work, which is not possible for those who are incarcerated. The Legislative Auditor says the LWC is work...

by David Jacobs, The Center Square  | May 04, 2021 12:00 PM Print this article The Louisiana Workforce Commission may have paid $6.2 million in unemployment benefits to incarcerated people who were not eligible, according to the Louisiana legislative auditor. The LWC blamed the problem on inaccurate information obtained through a vendor and said state officials are working to fight fraud amid unprecedented demand for benefits. The legislative auditor looked at people who...

Louisiana paid out $6.2 million in unemployment benefits to people in jails and prisons in 2020, says audit People who are incarcerated are prevented from receiving unemployment because they are unable to obtain employment, a requirement to receive the benefit. Author: WWL Staff Updated: 10:50 AM CDT May 3, 2021 BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s Workforce Commission improperly paid out almost $6.2 million in unemployment benefits to nearly 1,200 people in jails ...

May 3, 2021 (Getty Images) An audit of unemployment benefits paid by the Louisiana Workforce Commission shows millions of dollars in improper payments. The Workforce Commission says the Louisiana Legislative Auditor identified over $6 million paid to nearly 1,200 inmates who are not eligible for unemployment benefits. The LWCs policy requires those seeking unemployment benefits to search for work, which is not possible for those who are incarcerated. The Legislative Auditor says the LWC is work...

Business owners try to fill jobs at a Saturday joint vaccination and job fair event 5 hours 31 minutes 38 seconds ago Saturday, May 01 2021 May 1, 2021 May 01, 2021 6:54 PM May 01, 2021 in News Source: WBRZ Share: BATON ROUGE - Employers are now dealing with a new crisis as the economy begins to rebound from the pandemic. Some business owners say theyre struggling with finding enough staff members. To remedy this, a joint job fair and vaccination event was hosted Saturday by the Louisiana Workf...

A forced kiss by a male colleague. A catcall by a state trooper assigned to guard the Capitol. Late-night texts. A work meeting hijacked by a male legislative staffer: You are my ideal woman, he told his female interlocutor. The episodes illustrate what many women say is the biggest open secret at the Texas Capitol: That a culture of harassment persists despite repeated efforts to stamp it out. In interviews with the American-Statesman, multiple women described a work environment in which ...

Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com Apr 16, 2021 5:58 PM Louisiana’s unemployment rate fell to 7.3 percent in March, the lowest number since the start of the pandemic, but it’s only a .3 percent decrease from February. Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Dejoie said despite the high unemployment figure there are a lot of jobs out there to be had. “We have employers that are begging for employees across all sectors so there are certainly jobs out there for people to go into,” said De...

DeSoto Police Advise Victims Of Unemployment Fraud On How To Document Incident How To Handle Unemployment Fraud In the media business one of the “rules” report the story, don’t become the story. However, just like other Texans, last week I discovered I was the victim of unemployment fraud. It was a little unsettling to read “permanent layoff” when I own the company. So, just like other victims I turned to the internet looking for a way to report the fraud and resolve the issue. I fou...