Employment Security Board of Review

Name Employment Security Board of Review
Contact Person Robert Wooley - Assistant Secretary, Office of Unemployment Insurance Administration
Mailing Address Louisiana Workforce Commission
Post Office Box 94094
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9094
Phone Number 225-342-2905
Fax Number 225-342-9550
Board Email AppealsBoardofReview@lwc.la.gov
Website laworks.net
Legal Authority LA R.S. 23:1652
Year Created 1950
Organizational Placement Office of Unemployment Insurance Administration
Purpose/Function Serves as the higher authority review for unemployment insurance decisions made by the Louisiana Workforce Commission's lower authority appeals referees. The Board may allow an appeal from such decisions or review decisions on its own motion. Upon review, the Board may affirm, modify, or reverse the findings and conclusions of the referee. Board decisions are appealed to the state judicial district courts.
Number of Entity Members: Number Authorized: 5
Number Currently Serving: 4
Number of Entity Meetings: Actual number in prior year: 223
Estimated number in current year: 230
The Entity is:
Active   Inactive   Not fully organized   Disbanded   Never fully organized
Do members receive per diem, salaries, and/or travel expense reimbursements?
Yes   No
Excluding member per diem, salaries, and travel expense reimbursements, does the entity receive or expend funds?
Yes   No
Entity Member Per Diem:
  Amount Authorized: $90      per meeting   per meeting day   per day spent on board business   None

Total entity member per diem:
  Prior year actual: $96,030.00
  Current year budgeted: $95,100.00
Entity Member Salaries:
  Prior year actual: $0.00
  Current year budgeted: $0.00
Entity Member Travel Expense Reimbursement:
  Prior year actual: $23,782.00
  Current year budgeted: $45,781.00
Number and Type of Authorized Employee Positions:
Classified: 0
Unclassified: 0
Part-time: 0
Entity Fiscal Year End:
4/30         7/31         10/31         Other (identify date)
6/30         9/30         12/31         None
Participation in State Employee Benefit Programs:
    Employees:
       participate in state retirement system(s) and/or state group insurance program(s)
       do not participate in state benefit programs

    Members:
       participate in state retirement system(s) and/or state group insurance program(s)
       do not participate in state benefit programs
A state agency provides: (Check all that apply and identify the state agency)
Per Diem Payments          State Agency: LA Workforce Commission
Travel Reimbursements    State Agency: LA Workforce Commission
Other (explain)    State Agency:
Is this entity a budget unit or included within a budget unit of the State of Louisiana as defined by LSA-R.S. 39:2?
   Yes    No
  If yes, identify the budget unit and the budget schedule number below:
  Budget Unit Name:
  Budget Schedule Number:
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