BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Gov. John Bel Edwards announced who he has appointed as the new head of the Louisiana Workforce Commission Friday.
Edwards said James “Robert” Wooley, the former commissioner of insurance, will take over as the new secretary of the state’s workforce agency. He is set to start on Sept. 1.
The governor also celebrated the state’s low unemployment rate of 3.5% in July in his announcement.
“Our hard, bipartisan work to grow and diversify our economy and create jobs is paying off,” said Gov. Edwards. “I want to once again thank departing LWC Secretary Ava Cates, who has overseen regularly record-breaking employment figures as Louisiana comes back strong from devastating hurricanes and the COVID pandemic. I am confident that LWC is in good hands with new Secretary Robert Wooley. He has a long career in public service, including his recent role as LWC’s assistant secretary of the Unemployment Insurance Administration through the most difficult days of COVID.”
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