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Louisiana Unemployment

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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Find Out If You Are Eligible For Unemployment 

Click the links below to find out if you are eligible to file for unemployment, depending on your situation: 

Can I Collect Unemployment If I Get Laid-Off?

Can I Collect Unemployment If I Get Fired?

Can I Collect Unemployment If I Quit?

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.

      https://laors.laworks.net/laclaims/claim/Index-Form.asp

      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

      http://www.laworks.net/PublicRelations/PR_Contacts.asp

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