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House codifies employer-reporting portal, raises weekly work-search requirement to five activities
Summary
The Louisiana House voted to codify an employer-reporting portal and to raise the weekly work-search requirement for unemployment claimants from three to five activities in House Bill 153, which passed 73-24 on April 30.
Representative Hebert told members that House Bill 153 has three core provisions: codify an existing Louisiana Workforce Commission reporting portal for missed interviews, increase the required weekly work-search activities from three to five, and require the commission to adopt rules to define acceptable work-search actions that the legislature could later codify.
"This bill would codify that and put that into statute, because it's a practice that has already been in process and is working," Representative Hebert said, describing the portal the department implemented in the previous year.
Supporters said the portal has produced data…
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