Some public employees are covered under various state and local mandates and some large charter groups could fall under the federal mandate as private employers.
City officials are not yet sure what will happen to the erroneously collected money.
For urgent needs following Hurricane Ida and the subsequent power outage in Louisiana, applicants must register for FEMA assistance by this Sunday, Sept 12. FEMA officials have said that extended power outages should qualify people for evacuation assistance.
New Orleans customers still lacking power may have electric damage to their properties they need to fix themselves, Entergy executives said.
Due to cost and timing, the company is rebuilding the grid the way it was before, with overhead wires rather than underground wires, which are more resilient to hurricane damage.
Housing advocates asked Edwards to suspend proceedings in the wake of Hurricane Ida last week.
State shelters are performing COVID tests. But testing is currently scarce in the city.
In the entire region, Entergy says it has restored 51 percent of the 902,000 customers who lost power during the storm.
Entergy is still estimating it will have power back to the vast majority of New Orleans customers by Wednesday, Sept. 8.
Buses began moving people out of the city on Saturday.
