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Louisiana Lawmakers Propose $1,000 Return-To-Work Bonus
Unemployment claims are continuing to increase and Louisiana House Republicans are willing to reward those who go back to work.
Posted: May 15, 2021 5:44 PM
Posted By: Gabrielle Riles
LAFAYETTE, LA (KADN)- Unemployment claims are continuing to increase and Louisiana lawmakers are willing to reward those who go back to work.
Louisiana House Republicans made a proposal to decrease the number of people that file for unemployment. The proposal includes a return-to-work bonus of $1,000 to those who commit to stop filing for unemployment for six months.
People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease, at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fayetteville, Ark., on April 6, 2020.Nick Oxford / Reuters file
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January 27, 20219:12 am
We’ve reported several times, with ensuing flourishing forums by frustrated applicants (841 comments on this particular item), about the state’s progress in getting federally authorized assistance programs underway for those left jobless by the pandemic.
KTHV did further reporting on the subject yesterday. As luck has it, I received a comprehensive rundown on the various unemployment programs late yesterday from
Alisha Curtis, spokesperson for the
Arkansas Commerce Department, which oversees the
Workforce Services Division. Questions and answers follow, in full, with a key fact being that Arkansas is still weeks away from having its computer system updated to handled pandemic unemployment assistance payments. It is apparently one of a small number of of states in that posture.
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