According to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending May 1, 2021 dropped to 6,783 from the week ending April 24, 2021.
That's a decrease of 331 initial claims from the previous week's total of 7,114.
For a comparison, LWC says that during the week ending May 2, 2020, 50,941 initial claims were filed.
The four-week moving average of initial claims decreased to 8,134 from the previous week’s average of 9,504. The unemployment insurance continued claims for the week ending May 1, 2021 increased to 52,018 from the week ending April 24, 2021 total of 51,308. The continued claims were below the comparable figure of 310,013 for the week ending May 2, 2020.
The four-week moving average of continued claims increased to 51,705 from the previous week’s average of 50,333.
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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