Despite having some of the nation’s highest numbers of unemployment claims, Louisiana’s unemployment benefits solvency is stronger than more than half the states. Louisiana currently has the 13th-highest percentage of unemployment claims, according to the Tax Foundation, with unemployment claims at 15.9% of the workforce. The percentage is a stark contrast to many of the
State’s trust fund has enough cash to cover 16 more weeks of unemployment
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