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HEADLINE: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS REPORT DEC. 28
BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 28 — Louisiana Works issued the following press release:
Initial claims for unemployment insurance for the week ending December 19, 2009, decreased to 4,954 from the previous week’s total of 6,003. The largest decrease in initial claims was in the Transportation Equipment industry. Initial claims were below the comparable week ending December 20, 2008, figure of 5,976.
The four-week moving average of initial claims decreased to 5,063 from the previous week’s average of 5,183.
Continued unemployment insurance weeks claimed for the week ending December 19, 2009, increased to 65,317 from the previous week’s total of 64,405. The increases were spread throughout several industries.
Continued weeks claimed were above the comparable week ending December 20, 2008, figure of 33,110.
The four-week moving average of continued weeks claimed increased to 63,862 from the previous week’s average of 62,908.
For more detailed information on occupational groups of unemployment insurance claimants, visit the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s (LWC’s) Web site at http://www.LAWORKS.net and select Labor Market Information. Then select LOIS (Louisiana Occupational Information System), and under Demographics and Statistics select Unemployment Insurance Claimants.
UI Weekly Claims Data is a new feature now available on the LWC Web site. This feature will print out a report with initial and continued claims for the current selection, prior week, and prior year. Weekly claims data can be accessed back to the week ending January 3, 2004. Begin on the LWC home page and select Labor Market Information (LMI). Scroll down the LMI page to the LMI Products section and select Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claims.For more information please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar, Email:- htsyndication@hindustantimes.com
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