Jobless can apply for unemployment online

Published 6:00 pm Wednesday, May 16, 2018

By American Press Staff

<div class="article_viewer_container"><div class="this_article"><div id="articleViewerPopup_articleViewer" class="article_viewer ArticleViewer text use-3d ltr" data-olive-control="ArticleViewer"><div class="animation-wrapper"><div class="align-wrapper offset-wrapper"><div class="zoom-wrapper"><div class="article" lang="en" xml_lang="en" data-view-mode="text"><div class="Content"><p class="indent"><strong>How do you apply for unemployment insurance?</strong>

<p class="indent">To file for unemployment, call 866-783-5567 or go to www.louisianaworks.net/hire and click on “Start or re-open an unemployment claim” under the Reemployment Services heading.

<p class="indent">The Louisiana Workforce Commission’s website says claimants should have the following information with them before filing:

Email newsletter signup

Social security number.

Names, addresses and phone numbers of employers over the last 18 months.

For union members, the name and local number of their union hall. For immigrants, an alien registration number. For veterans who’ve served within the last 18 months, the Member-4 copy of DD Form

214. For those who’ve worked for the federal government within the last 18 months, an SF-8 and SF-50.

An email address.

<p class="indent">“Any UI benefits you receive are taxable income. You will be issued Form 1099G at the end of January showing the amount of benefits paid to you, as well as any federal income tax withheld at the time the benefits were paid,” reads the workforce commission’s website.

<p class="indent">“The amount on the 1099G is not reduced by any repayments you may have made for overpaid benefits. Therefore, if you repaid any benefits, you must maintain your record of payment, such as reimbursement receipts or canceled check notices to make adjustments to your taxable income and as documentation for the federal Internal Revenue Service and State Tax Office when you file your tax returns.”

<p class="indent">According to the workforce commission, initial jobless claims for all unemployment insurance programs for the week ending May 5 totaled 2,081; the number a week beforehand was 2,255, and the number a year beforehand was 2,666.

<p class="indent">Continued claims numbered 15,942 at the beginning of the month, 15,335 in the previous week and 22,165 a year beforehand.

<p class="indent">The latest demographic data — from May 2015 — on jobless claimants in Calcasieu Parish:

Total — 650. Male — 355. Female — 295. White — 376. Black — 267. Asian — 3. Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander — 0. American Native or Alaskan — 4. Hispanic or Latin — 10. Not Hispanic or Latin — 640. Under 22 years old — 9. Ages 22-24 — 25. Ages 25-34 — 153. Ages 35-44 — 156. Ages 45-54 — 159. Ages 55-59 — 60. Ages 60-64 — 58. Age 65-plus — 30.

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      b7b99e4f-68e4-5cfc-8502-cfece0bf1d592018-10-17T18:00:00Zwelsh greyhounds,greyhounds,sports,st. edmund,alec iguess,jaheim simon,district leader,individual player,head coach,jefferson davis parish,quarterback,hayes fawcett,jerome hebert,john richardson,welsh,football,high school football,prep footballsports/high-school,sportsGreyhounds run 6-2A gauntletPREP FOOTBALL • CLASS 2A – 1A

      Warren ArceneauxHigh School Prep Sports Reporter https://www.americanpress.com/content/tncms/avatars/9/f4/97c/9f497c0e-3a69-11e7-92ba-7fc1bf33a641.e5a79341699dfb3d0e8b6e9537c66d82.pngThe Welsh Greyhounds have momentum heading into the home stretch, but they have a pair of big hurdlers to overcome in the next two weeks.

      Welsh (5-2, 1-0) hosts Kinder Thursday night in a big District 6-2A clash. The Greyhounds have faced two Jefferson Davis Parish rivals, Jennings and Lake Arthur, on the road over the past two weeks, winning both games. The reward for those wins are back-to-back district games with Kinder (4-3, 1-1) and Notre Dame (7-0), 1-0), which have combined to make five state championship game appearances since 2012.

      "The gauntlet continues," Welsh head coach John Richardson said. "We told the kids that we can’t have a letdown. We just played two parish rivalries and now we have to turn around and play what we consider our biggest rival."

      The Greyhounds have won five consecutive games, including a 55-20 win at Lake Arthur last week in which they ran for 326 yards and seven touchdowns. Jaheim Simon, Jerome Hebert and Alec Iguess each scored a pair of touchdowns with Simon (109) and Austyn Benoit (116) each running for more than 100 yards.

      The Greyhounds have found their groove offensively, leaning more on the running game. During the five-game win streak, the Greyhounds have run for 1,776 yards and had nine games of 100 yards or more by an individual player.

      Richardson said the production starts up front.

      "The offensive line has been our strength," he said. "They came up big when we’ve struggled in other areas."

      Kinder rebounded from a district-opening loss to Notre Dame with a 20-8 win over Ville Platte last week. Ty Fuselier ran for 150 yards, his fourth consecutive game reaching triple digits in yardage. In that span he has 527 yards and six touchdowns. Quarterback Hayes Fawcett threw for a season-high 188 yards and a touchdown.

      Of the last seven games in the series, four have been decided by six points or fewer. Welsh swept two games last year, winning by one in the regular season and by 30 in the playoffs. Welsh has won three straight after Kinder had won four straight from 2013-15.

      Richardson said he expects another close one.

      "They have a younger team, but they play with the same attitude as the previous team and are well coached," he said. "This will be our eighth game with them in my six years here, and most of them have been close."

      District 4-1A

      Basile (5-2, 3-1) travels to Oberlin (6-1, 3-1). Both teams are a game behind district leader St. Edmund (6-1, 4-0), which has beaten both. The Blue Jays are at Grand Lake (1-6, 0-4) this week.””<p>Welsh’s Jaheim Simon gets away from Lake Arthur’s Noah Bouley during their game at Lake Arthur High School in Lake Arthur, La., Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. (Rick Hickman/Lake Charles American Press)</p>Rick Hickman

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