Worker ranks decline
Unemployment rates in St. Landry and Evangeline parishes dropped in November from year-ago levels, but the number of people working also declined.
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Unemployment rates in St. Landry and Evangeline parishes dropped in November from year-ago levels, but the number of people working also declined.
Unemployment rates in the Tri-Parish area rose in October, according to not-seasonally-adjusted data released Monday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Unemployment rates dropped from October 2014 to October 2015 in Louisiana and seven out of the state’s nine metropolitan statistical areas, according to not-seasonally-adjusted data released Monday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The rate of work-related injuries and illnesses among Louisiana’s private-sector employers improved in 2014 to the best level in 13 years, according to a federal Bureau of Labor Statistics survey.
St. Landry Parish’s unemployment was 7.8 percent in September, down from 8.1 percent a year ago, but the number of people employed and looking for jobs dropped over the year, a report by the Louisiana Workforce Commission shows.