RAPID RESPONSE
LHRDI is the Louisiana Workforce Commission's designated entity for statewide Rapid Response services. Rapid Response is a pro-active, business-focused, and flexible strategy designed to respond to layoffs and plant closings by quickly coordinating services and providing immediate aid to companies and their affected workers. Our comprehensive Rapid Response program serves laid off workers and employers.
Rapid Response for workers
The decision to lay off employees is one no employer wants to make. However, as layoffs do occur, partnering with our Rapid Response team to meet with affected workers before the layoff will allows workers to access services and programs that will help them through this difficult time. Our Rapid Response team can provides laid off workers with a range of information and services, including:
Career counseling and job search assistance
Resume preparation and interviewing skills workshops
Information on the local labor market
Applying for Unemployment Insurance
Information about education and training opportunities
Benefits to employers
Working with Rapid Response during layoffs or plant closings will result in multiple benefits to you as a business. The more quickly the Rapid Response strategy is implemented, the better off your company and workers will be. Providing Rapid Response to your workers will help to insure:
Higher productivity and worker morale and lower absenteeism during the layoff event due to reduced stress
Lower unemployment insurance costs as workers are re-employed more quickly when services are begun before the layoff
Decreased likelihood of sabotage or work disruptions
Media and rumor management. Rapid Response teams understand the often confidential nature of layoffs and will work with the company to ensure confidentiality at all times
Better public relations for an employer. Rapid Response teams can also work with the media to highlight services an employer is providing to its workers during a layoff period, which will improve a company's public image
