It appears that the HiRE website used by the Louisiana Workforce Commission is functional again and hopefully there'll be no more delay for benefit checks.
A new audit from the State Legislative Auditor show the Louisiana Workforce Commission paid out more than $400 million dollars to people who were not eligible.
Have you ever screwed up and double paid a bill? If so, don't feel too bad about it because Louisiana has reportedly made hundreds of millions in unemployment benefit payments to people who aren't even eligible for for them.
WDSU.com reports that between January and September of 2020, Louisiana paid out over $405,000,000 worth of unemployment benefits to ineligible Louisianans...
The new $300 federally-enhanced weekly unemployment benefits are expected to begin shipping in the next few weeks and will be retroactive to August 1st