According to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending February 6, 2021 dropped to 9,010 from the week ending January 30, 2021.
That's a decrease of 1,366 initial claims from the previous week's total of 10,376.
For a comparison, LWC says that during the week ending February 8, 2020, 1,805 initial claims were filed.
The four-week moving average of initial claims decreased to 11,933 from the previous week’s average of 14,804. The unemployment insurance continued claims for the week ending February 6, 2021 decreased to 60,711 from the week ending January 30, 2021 total of 65,649. The continued claims were above the comparable figure of 15,051 for the week ending February 8, 2020, LWC says.
The four-week moving average of continued claims decreased to 63,791 from the previous week’s average of 70,057.
In person and online tools are available through the Louisiana Workforce Commission to help claimants file and process their claims.
In addition, the agency says resources can be found at their 62 local offices statewide. Those resources include job fair opportunities, training programs, apprenticeship opportunities and numerous other LWC services.
To view unemployment insurance claims data for prior weeks, click here and select Labor Market Information, scroll down the LMI page and select Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claims Data.
Those interested in viewing initial claims by industry and by parish can click here.
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