Employment law in United States — Louisiana | Esheria Regulatory Atlas

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Employment law in United States — Louisiana

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

2,892 matching statutes

  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 40:1203.2

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    Employers and training programs must run criminal history/security checks for covered applicants before hiring or admitting them, and some related notices, permissions, fees, and deadlines apply.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 23:1533

    1 provisions

    The administrator must keep experience rating records for each employer and credit them with contributions. Certain benefits are charged to base-period employers’ records, but several exceptions limit when charges apply.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 23:1539

    1 provisions

    When a business is acquired, the predecessor’s experience-rating records move to the successor for rate determination.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 11:1928.1

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    Rules for reemploying retired court reporters: certain retirees keep benefits, disability retirees may not return under this section, and employers must give notices, file a yearly declaration, and pay employer contributions.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 46:13

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    A hospital superintendent or director may charge for treatment in certain cases, and the patient, employer, and employer’s compensation insurer are jointly liable; notice to the employer or insurer is required.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 23:1539.1

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    This section sets rules for transferring unemployment tax experience when a business changes hands and creates penalties for knowingly violating those rules.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 23:632

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    An employer that fails to pay required wages can owe penalty wages, and in some good-faith dispute cases owes only the disputed wages plus judicial interest.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 23:823

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    Promises in hiring or employment deals that force or restrict labor-organization or employer-organization membership are against public policy and cannot be used to obtain legal or equitable relief.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 51:2453

    1 provisions

    This section defines key terms for the Chapter, including employer, benefit rate, new direct job, wages, and healthcare benefits.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 29:38

    1 provisions

    People called to state or other covered military duty must report back to work within 72 hours after release or recovery, and employers must restore them to their job or a comparable one with no loss in pay or benefits.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 23:2041

    1 provisions

    This section states legislative findings about Louisiana’s education, employment, and job training systems and says better statewide coordination and a more skilled workforce are needed.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 9:3591.2

    1 provisions

    This section defines terms used in the chapter on earned wage access services.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 11:191

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    People with more than one public job in the state may have to join and contribute to each related retirement system, but they cannot earn more than one year of service credit in a year.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 10:3-405

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    An employer may be responsible when an employee with responsibility for an instrument makes a fraudulent indorsement, and a person paying or taking the instrument must exercise ordinary care.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 23:861

    1 provisions

    An employer may not make a worker sign a pre-dispute arbitration agreement for workplace sexual harassment claims as a condition of hiring or continued employment.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 23:967

    1 provisions

    Employers may not retaliate against employees for protected whistleblowing or refusal to engage in unlawful conduct.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 46:236.14

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    Employers must report certain new hires and rehires to the Department of Children and Family Services within 20 days.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 23:965

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    Employers may not fire or punish employees for jury duty, and eligible employees get leave for jury service.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 9:1515

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    Employers may pay a deceased employee’s wages or benefits to the surviving spouse, or to a major child if there is no surviving spouse or a divorce was filed; the employer must first require a signed instrument before two witnesses.

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  • United States — Louisiana

    RS 23:1552

    1 provisions

    Employers covered by this chapter generally must pay unemployment contributions, or they may elect to reimburse the fund for benefits paid to their workers instead.

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