Eligibility Requirements
The law sets qualifying requirements in three main areas: your past wages, your job separation, and ongoing availability and work search requirements. You must meet all of the following qualifying requirements in order to receive benefits.
Past Wages
You must have earned enough wages in your base period. The base period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before you filed your claim.
Reason for separation from your last work
You must be unemployed or partially unemployed through no fault of your own in order to receive benefits.
Ongoing availability and work search
You must be physically able and available to work. You must also be actively seeking work. If you are temporarily laid off and have a definite return-to-work date, your work search requirements may be waived.
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How do I file for unemployment benefits?
Before filing a claim, you will need to have the following information available:
- Your Social Security Number.
- The names, addresses, and phone numbers of all your employers for the last 18 months.
- The name and local number of your union hall, if applicable.
- Alien Registration Number, if applicable.
If you are unable to locate the above required information within the first week you are unemployed, contact the UI Call Center @ 1-866-783-5567. Delay in reporting will affect your benefits.
Warning: The last page of the Internet application will state that your claim has been completed and will give you a confirmation number. Unless you receive a confirmation number, your claim will not be processed.
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Contact Information
Louisiana Workforce Commission Contacts
Louisiana Workforce Commission
1001 N. 23rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Incumbent Worker Training Program
Incumbent Worker Training Program Unit
5615 Corporate Boulevard, Suite 300
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
iwtp@ldol.state.la.us
IWTP Regional Contacts (PDF)
Labor Market Information
Research and Statistics Division, LMI Unit
1001 North 23rd Street
Post Office Box 94094
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9094
Fax: (225) 342-9192
oois@ldol.state.la.us
Media Relations
P.O. Box 94094
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
For media inquiries call (225) 342-3035
Fax: (225) 342-3743
Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration
P.O. Box 94040
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9040
Telephone: (225) 342-7555
Fax: (225) 342-5665
owca@ldol.state.la.us
OSHA Consultation
P.O. Box 94094
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9094
Telephone: (225) 342-9601 or 800-201-2495
Fax: (225) 342-5158
For all of your Unemployment Insurance needs, contact the UI Call Center at 1-866-783-5567.
Chief of Tax Operations
P.O. Box 94186
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9186
Telephone: (225) 342-2992
Office of Management Finance
UI Tax Accounting
P.O. Box 94100
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9100
Telephone:(225) 342-2955
Fax: (225) 342-5822
UI Tax Liability and Adjudication
P.O. BOX 94186
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9186
Telephone:(225) 342-2944
Fax: (225) 342-1943
Office of Unemployment Insurance Administration
Unemployment Claims Unit
P.O. Box 94094, Room 386
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9096
Unemployment Insurance Administration DUA Unit
P.O. Box 94094
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9094
Employee Leasing Program
Tax Liability and Adjudication Unit
P.O. Box 94186
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9186
Telephone: (225) 342-2942
Benefit Charge
Telephone: (225) 342-2977
Fax: (225) 219-0642
Delinquent Accounts
Telephone: (225) 342-2927
Fax: (225) 342-5965
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