Louisiana Notice to Workers (U.I. benefits) Mandatory

Unemployment Insurance
Notice to Workers

You may also be disqualified:

Your employer is subject to the Louisiana Employment Security
Law and is required to post this notice in a conspicuous place. Your
employer has contributed to the Louisiana Trust Fund from which
benefits are paid. No amount of contributions to the Trust Fund is
deductible from your earnings.

1 For any week with respect to which the Administrator finds that
your unemployment is due to a labor strike which is in active
progress at the factory, establishment or other premises at which
you are or were last employed, and in which you are participating,
or in which you are interested.

Total Unemployment

2 For any week with respect to which or a part of which you
have received or are seeking unemployment benefi ts under an
unemployment insurance law of another state or the United States.

You may be eligible to receive unemployment insurance
benefi ts provided:
1 You are unemployed.
2 You have registered for work.
3 You are able to work, available for work, and actively conducting
a search for work.
4 You have been paid wages by employers subject to the Louisiana
Employment Security Law during your base period in an amount
sufficient to qualify you under the law.

Disqualification
You may be disqualified from drawing benefits on your claim if:
1 You have left work voluntarily without good cause attributable to
a substantial change made to the employment by the employer.
2 You have been discharged for misconduct connected with
your work.
3 You fail without good cause to: (a) apply for available suitable
work, (b) accept suitable work when offered, or (c) return to your
customary self-employment when directed.
4 You have been discharged for the use of illegal drugs.

3 For any week with respect to which or a part of which you are
receiving or have received other remuneration (i.e., Workers’
Compensation, pensions, vacation pay, wages in lieu of notice,
or severance pay).

To file a new unemployment
claim, reopen an existing
claim, file for weekly
unemployment benefits, or
to get answers about your
Unemployment Insurance
online, visit us on the Web
at www.laworks.net.
If you do not have
access to the internet,
or prefer to manage
your Unemployment
Insurance claim by phone,
call the Unemployment
Insurance Call Center at
1-866-783-5567.

Penalties
If you make a false statement knowing it to be false or intentionally fail
to disclose an important fact in order to receive or increase
a benefi t amount, you shall be disqualified for the remainder of the
benefit year subsequent to the commission of the fraudulent act and
continuing until the benefits so obtained plus any penalty imposed in
accordance with R.S. 23:1714 are repaid, or until ten years have
elapsed from the date of disqualification. The ten-year period may be
interrupted. See the law for details.
In addition, the law provides: Whoever makes a false statement or
representation to the Agency knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails
to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase any benefit or other
payment under this Chapter, or under an employment security law of
any other State, or the Federal Government, or of a foreign
government, either for himself or for any other person, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than
$1,000 or imprisoned for not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days,
or both, in the discretion of the court. Each such false statement or
representation or failure to disclose a material fact shall constitute a
separate offense. Additionally, all fraud overpayments over $1,000
shall be referred to the office of the district attorney where the
claimant resides, and shall be considered a crime of theft under R.S.
14:67 upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the overpayment
was obtained by fraud or false pretenses.

An Equal Opportunity Employer Program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. 1-800-259-5154 (TDD)

This notice must be posted in
a convenient and conspicuous
place in the employer’s place of
business.
R.S. 23:1621
Revised March 2025

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