BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending September 4, 2021 rose to 9,724 from the week ending August 28, 2021 total of 2,060. For a comparison, during the week ending September 5, 2020, 24,566 initial claims were filed.
The four-week moving average of initial claims increased to 4,083 from the previous week’s average of 2,255.
The unemployment insurance continued claims for the week ending September 4, 2021 decreased to 33,598 from the week ending August 28, 2021 total of 35,659. The continued claims were below the comparable figure of 256,184 for the week ending September 5, 2020.
The four-week moving average of continued claims decreased to 36,751 from the previous week’s average of 39,350.
The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) has countless tools both in person and online to help claimants file and process their claims. This is in addition to the resources found at the agency’s 62 local offices statewide, opportunities discovered at job fairs, training programs, apprenticeship opportunities and numerous other LWC services.
To view unemployment insurance claims data for prior weeks, visit www.laworks.net and select Labor Market Information, scroll down the LMI page and select Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claims Data.
Please click here to view the UI Weekly Claims Tableau Dashboard.
