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Gustav effect hurts Oct. jobs
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | 12 days ago
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Technically, Louisiana put 4,700 more people back to work in October...Toss out the two Octobers when the state recovered after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the latest nonfarm employment figure from the Louisiana Workforce Commission — 1,910,800 people...
Tags: Louisiana Workforce Commission, Baton Rouge, Labor, Weather, Business cycle, Baton Rouge Louisiana, Hurricane Gustav, Recessions, Unemployment, Business Finance, Macroeconomics, Baton Rouge metropolitan area, Employment, East Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana
State loses ground in number of jobs
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility Louisiana employment in October of 1.911 million fell 44,000 jobs short of a year ago, according to Louisiana Workforce Commission data released late Tuesday. Baton Rouge employment of 370,200 remained unchanged from September, but it is 7,800 lower than...
Tags: Louisiana Workforce Commission, Baton Rouge, Business cycle, Recessions, Baton Rouge Louisiana, Unemployment, Business Finance, Macroeconomics, Louisiana, Labor
Louisiana sees decline in initial jobless claims
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility La. — First-time claims for jobless benefits in Louisiana fell last week after a spike attributed to a temporary layoff in the transportation equipment industry. The Louisiana Workforce Commission reported 4,623 initial claims for the week ending Nov....
Tags: Louisiana Workforce Commission, Los Angeles, Baton Rouge Louisiana, Layoff, Louisiana, Human Interest, Employment, Jobless claims, United States Department of Labor, Labor
La., Miss. share $2.3 million labor grant
Lafayette :: LA :: USA | 18 days ago
Credibility Louisiana will get most of a $2.3 million federal labor grant, to be shared with Mississippi, as it studies green job growth in the states and training needed to meet that demand. The project is funded by stimulus money from President Barack Obama’s $787...
Tags: green job, Mississippi State University, Louisiana Workforce Commission, LSU, U.S, Repower Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana State University, Louisiana, Unemployment, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, East Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana, Employment, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Labor
Expert says small businesses cautiously eyeing growth
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | 23 days ago
Credibility Uncertainty about the economy and health care stopped small businesses from growing during the first three quarters of 2009, but there are signs these companies may be ready to emerge, the chief executive officer of Administaff Inc. said Friday...Sarvadi,...
Tags: IHS Global Insight, Louisiana Workforce Commission, small businesses, Paul J. Sarvadi, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Small business, Business Finance, States of the United States, Unemployment, South Dakota, Labor
One-week layoff drives up jobless claims in La.
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 24 days ago
Credibility First-time claims for jobless benefits in Louisiana shot up 21 percent last week because of a temporary one-week layoff in the transportation equipment sector. La. — First-time claims for jobless benefits in Louisiana shot up 21 percent last week because...
Tags: Louisiana Workforce Commission, Los Angeles, Labor, Layoff, Employment, Jobless claims, United States Department of Labor
La. loses 900 jobs in September
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Louisiana employment fell to its lowest September level since 2002 — excepting the two Septembers following Hurricane Katrina — as the recession contributed to a sixth consecutive monthly loss in jobs for the state. The 900-job loss reported Friday by...
Tags: Texas, Louisiana Workforce Commission, employment fell
Times-Picayune, New Orleans: Louisiana's unemployment rate dipped in September
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Louisiana's unemployment rate improved to 7.4 percent in September from the August rate of 7.8 percent, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The state continues to have the 18th lowest unemployment rate in the country.
New Orleans CityBusiness: Initial unemployment claims jump 7 percent in Louisiana
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Initial unemployment insurance claims in Louisiana increased 7 percent to 4,826 last week from 4,498 the previous week, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Continued unemployment insurance weeks claimed increased to 60,601 last week from...
La. lags South in college grads
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Louisiana is hampered by the worst college graduation rate in the South and a bleak jobs outlook for the next decade, experts said Monday. Only 5 percent of students graduate from two-year colleges compared with 16 percent in the region, said Joan Lord,...
Tags: Louisiana Workforce Commission, Southern Regional Education Board, Baton Rouge
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