Education & Workforce

One year after launch, BRAC’s online job board continues to evolve 

BR Works, the online job portal launched by the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, has garnered 81,500 page views and 13,900 users since it went live one year ago, BRAC announced this morning.  

Empower your employees

Consultant Scott Wozniak explains how any Baton Rouge company, regardless of size, can become a legendary brand.

Graves, Cassidy push to ensure offshore jobs go to US workers

Congressional members Garret Graves from Louisiana and John Garamendi from California plan to continue...

Employer-employee relationship enters a rebalancing phase

U.S. workers’ wild ride is coming to an end, The Wall Street Journal reports....

The top perks employees want to see going forward 

Despite all the headlines about layoffs hitting Silicon Valley and Wall Street, most employers will be feeling the tailwind of the war for talent in the new year.

Louisiana budget priorities: Where the governor, legislators stand 

Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana legislators agree that pay raises for K-12 schoolteachers,...
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Louisiana wage growth slowed during 2022

Wages in Louisiana grew more slowly in 2022 than they did in 2021, according...

LSU professor promoted despite sexual misconduct allegations

An LSU professor who sued a man for defamation for reporting him both to the police and the university claiming he was raped by the professor has agreed to settle with the defendant. The alleged victim claims the lawsuit was retaliatory. 

Capital Region close to fully recovering pandemic job losses

The Capital Region’s unemployment rate is at a record-low 2.6%, while the Baton Rouge area is 0.5% away from fully recovering the pandemic jobs losses, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber reports.

Expecting a recession, CEOs say they will take new approach

Top executives in much of the world are preparing for an economic downturn that is shorter and milder than usual, so they are focused on weathering the slowdown without widespread job cuts, a new survey finds.