House codifies employer reporting portal and raises weekly work‑search requirement to five

May 5, 2025

The House passed HB153, which codifies an employer reporting portal used to notify the Louisiana Workforce Commission when job applicants fail to appear for interviews and increases required weekly work‑search activities for claimants from three to five.

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BATON ROUGE — Lawmakers voted to codify a portal used by employers to report job applicants who miss interviews and to raise the number of required weekly work‑search actions for unemployment claimants from three to five.

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