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LA Rev Stat § 23:1017.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1017.1. Definitions

RS 1017.1 - Definitions  Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms, when used in this Part, shall have the following meanings:  (1) "Benefit" means any advantage, profit, privilege, gain, status, account or interest other than wages or salary for work performed that accrues by reason of the employment or an employer policy, plan or practice that includes rights and benefits under a pension plan, insurance coverage, vacation, or employee stock ownership plan.  (2) "Compensation" means normal or regular base pay, but does not include overtime, per diem, differential pay or any other allowance for expenses incurred.  (3) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment, which substantially limits one or more of the major life activities including but not limited to: caring for one's self, walking, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, performing manual tasks and earning a living.  (4) "Employee" means any person employed by any private or public employer including an elected or appointed official.  (5) "Essential functions" means the fundamental job duties of the employment position that the person with a disability held.  (6) "First responder" means a volunteer engaged in activities involving the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness pursuant to R.S. 29:721 et seq., and first responders as defined in R.S. 29:723 including but not limited to medical personnel, emergency and medical technicians, volunteer firemen, auxiliary law enforcement officers, state agency essential workers, emergency service dispatchers, and emergency response operators, and members of the Civil Air Patrol.  (7) "Reasonable accommodation" means those actions taken by the employer including but not limited to training, changes to work schedule, job reassignment or modification, or physical modification to the work station that do not place an undue hardship on the employer or pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of the individual or others. Undue hardships are those actions requiring significant difficulty or expense, when considered in light of the nature and cost of the actions needed to provide reasonable accommodation.  (8) "State of emergency" exists when the governor or his designee issues a proclamation and requirement that volunteer first responders report for active duty. Active duty is considered ended when the governor or his designee proclaims that a state of emergency no longer exists or releases the volunteer first responder from duty.  Acts 2004, No. 316, §2, eff. June 18, 2004; Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §8, eff. March 1, 2006; Acts 2014, No. 811, §12, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2021, No. 184, §1. 1See Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §8, which changes the term "office of homeland security and emergency preparedness" to "Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness" and §10, which provides for the termination of the Act and the reversion to the law in effect prior to the Act on July 1, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1017.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1017.2. Leave status

RS 1017.2 - Leave status An employee who leaves employment in order to perform the duties of a first responder pursuant to this Part shall be treated as being on temporary leave of absence subject to the terms and conditions of the employer's stated policy regarding leaves of absence and provided that he applies for reinstatement in accordance with R.S. 23:1017.3. Acts 2004, No. 316, §2, eff. June 18, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1017.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1017.4. Benefits

RS 1017.4 - Benefits For purposes of benefits furnished by the employer and participated in by the employee at the time of departure, such leave of absence shall not be considered a break in employment for purposes of seniority or length of service or for benefits programs offered by that employer. Continuation of any retirement or health benefits requiring the employee's contribution or copayments will be subject to the stated terms and conditions of the benefit plans and are subject to applicable federal or state laws. Acts 2004, No. 316, §2, eff. June 18, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1017.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1017.5. Pay

RS 1017.5 - Pay Temporary leave from employment for participation in activities of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness1 or pursuant to a plan of operation of that office shall be considered to be unpaid leave by the employer. However, applicable provisions of this Section shall not prohibit an employer from paying compensation to an employee on leave pursuant to this Part. An employee may, with agreement by the employer, use any amount or combination of accrued or eligible paid leave, vacation, sick leave or compensatory leave standing to his credit during his term of service under this Part. Acts 2004, No. 316, §2, eff. June 18, 2004; Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §8, eff. March 1, 2006. 1See Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §8, which changes the term "office of homeland security and emergency preparedness" to "Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness" and §10, which provides for the termination of the Act and the reversion to the law in effect prior to the Act on July 1, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1017.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1017.6. Notice to employers

RS 1017.6 - Notice to employers First responders shall give notice to employers of their call to service as soon as practical including day of departure, as well as probable length or duration of service under this Part. Acts 2004, No. 316, §2, eff. June 18, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1018.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1018.1. Definitions

RS 1018.1 - Definitions Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms, when used in this Part, shall have the following meanings: (1) "AEIC" means the Advance Earned Income Credit. (2) "EITC" means the federal Earned Income Tax Credit. (3) "Employee" means any person who is employed by an employer for compensation in return for the performance of services. (4) "Employer" means any Louisiana business establishment that has twenty or more full-time or part-time employees. Acts 2005, No. 322, §1, eff. June 30, 2005.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1018.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1018.2. Notice to employees of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit

RS 1018.2 - Notice to employees of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit A. An employer shall be required to notify new employees, whose anticipated wages are thirty-five thousand dollars or less annually, that they may be eligible for the EITC or the AEIC, and may either apply for the credit on their tax returns or receive the credit in advance payments during the year. Any written notice provided to the employer by the Internal Revenue Service or the Louisiana Workforce Commission for this purpose shall be provided to such employees at the time of hiring. B. Employers shall post, in the same location where other employee notices required by state or federal law are posted, a notice provided by the Louisiana Workforce Commission that states: "If you make $35,000 or less, your employer should notify you at the time of hiring of the potential availability of Earned Income Tax Credits or Advance Earned Income Credits. Earned Income Tax Credits are reductions in federal income tax liability for which you may be eligible if you meet certain requirements. Additional information and forms for these programs can be obtained from your employer or the Internal Revenue Service." C. This commission notice, provided for in Subsection B of this Section, shall also contain, as a minimum, the current eligibility requirements as indicated in the Internal Revenue Service's Form W-5. It shall be the responsibility of the Louisiana Workforce Commission to update the notice whenever the Internal Revenue Service changes the eligibility requirements for Earned Income Tax Credit or Advance Earned Income Credit. D. The employer shall not be liable to the employee for civil damages for failure to comply with the provisions of this Part. Acts 2005, No. 322, §1, eff. June 30, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1019.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1019.2. Employee and independent contractor eligibility verification

RS 1019.2 - Employee and independent contractor eligibility verification  A.(1) The operator of a sexually oriented business shall verify the age and work eligibility status of each employee and potential employee by using either the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify program or by ensuring proper completion of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, for each employee or potential employee.  (2) The operator of a sexually oriented business shall verify the age and work eligibility status of each independent contractor by requiring him to submit one United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Form I-9 List A document or one United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Form I-9 List B document in combination with a completed and signed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 with a verified social security number or taxpayer identification number.  B.(1) The operator shall retain the employment eligibility verification documents in his records for at least three years after the last day of the employee's employment with the sexually oriented business.  (2) Proof of employment eligibility verification shall be available for inspection by the secretary of the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the attorney general of Louisiana, the commissioner of alcoholic beverage control of the office of alcohol and tobacco control within the Louisiana Department of Revenue, a law enforcement agency of the state or its political subdivisions when jurisdiction is appropriate, and authorized United States government officials.  Acts 2018, No. 703, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1019.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1019.3. Questionnaire

RS 1019.3 - Questionnaire  A. Before hiring an employee or independent contractor, the operator shall require the potential employee or independent contractor to submit in writing answers to a questionnaire which includes all of the following questions:  (1) Is your freedom of movement restricted?  (2) How do you learn about job opportunities?  (3) Did you come to this country for a specific job that you were promised?  (4) To what forms of media or telecommunication do you have access?  (5) Do you or does someone else retain your identification documents?  (6) Were you provided with false documents or identification?  (7) How was payment for your travel handled?  (8) Do you owe your employer any money?  B. After the questionnaire is complete, the potential employee or independent contractor shall sign affirming the accuracy of the answers and the operator shall sign to acknowledge receipt. The operator shall retain a copy of the questionnaire for his records in a locked or otherwise secure location for at least three years after the last day of the employee's or independent contractor's work with the sexually oriented business.  C. The Louisiana Workforce Commission shall prepare a standard form questionnaire to implement the provisions of this Section.  Acts 2018, No. 703, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1019.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1019.4. Mandatory reporting

RS 1019.4 - Mandatory reporting  If, at any time during the application process or subsequent hiring of an employee or independent contractor, an operator of a sexually oriented business believes that the potential employee, employee, or independent contractor may be a victim of human trafficking, he shall, as soon as possible, but within twenty-four hours, contact law enforcement or call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline to coordinate with local resources.  Acts 2018, No. 703, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1019.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1019.5. Notices to be posted

RS 1019.5 - Notices to be posted  Every operator of a sexually oriented business shall post and keep posted in conspicuous places upon the business premises, including any restroom and dressing room, a notice, in both English and Spanish, prepared by the office of alcohol and tobacco control setting forth information regarding human trafficking and the telephone number to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline.  Acts 2018, No. 703, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1019.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1019.6. Enforcement; penalties

RS 1019.6 - Enforcement; penalties  A.(1) The secretary of the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the commissioner of alcoholic beverage control of the office of alcohol and tobacco control within the Louisiana Department of Revenue, or a law enforcement agency of the state or its political subdivisions with appropriate jurisdiction may conduct an investigation as necessary to ensure enforcement of this Part.  (2) Upon a determination that any operator has violated, neglected, or refused to comply with any provision of this Part, the secretary, the commissioner of alcoholic beverage control, or a law enforcement officer representing an agency with appropriate jurisdiction may notify the attorney general who may pursue civil charges against the operator in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court.  B. If the court finds an operator to be in violation of the provisions of this Part, the court shall issue penalties as follows:  (1) For a first violation, a fine of one thousand dollars.  (2) For a second violation, a fine of five thousand dollars.  (3) For a third and any subsequent violation, a fine of ten thousand dollars.  Acts 2018, No. 703, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1020 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1020. Terminated on June 30, 2006, by Acts 2006, No. 193, eff. June 2, 2006.

RS 1020 - Terminated on June 30, 2006, by Acts 2006, No. 193, eff. June 2, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1020.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1020.1. Citation, purpose; legislative intent; construction

RS 1020.1 - Citation, purpose; legislative intent; construction A. Citation. This Chapter shall be cited as the "Louisiana Workers' Compensation Law". B. Purpose. The legislature declares that the purpose of this Chapter is all of the following: (1) To provide for the timely payment of temporary and permanent disability benefits to all injured workers who suffer an injury or disease arising out of and in the course and scope of their employment as is provided in this Chapter. (2) To pay the medical expenses that are due to all injured workers pursuant to this Chapter. (3) To return such workers who have received benefits pursuant to this Chapter to the work force. C. Legislative intent. The legislature finds all of the following: (1) That the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Law is to be interpreted so as to assure the delivery of benefits to an injured employee in accordance with this Chapter. (2) To facilitate injured workers' return to employment at a reasonable cost to the employer. D. Construction. The Louisiana Workers' Compensation Law shall be construed as follows: (1) The provisions of this Chapter are based on the mutual renunciation of legal rights and defenses by employers and employees alike; therefore, it is the specific intent of the legislature that workers' compensation cases shall be decided on their merits. (2) Disputes concerning the facts in workers' compensation cases shall not be given a broad, liberal construction in favor of either employees or employers; the laws pertaining to workers' compensation shall be construed in accordance with the basic principles of statutory construction and not in favor of either employer or employee. (3) According to Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the legislative powers of the state are vested solely in the legislature; therefore, when the workers' compensation statutes of this state are to be amended, the legislature acknowledges its responsibility to do so. If the workers' compensation statutes are to be liberalized, broadened, or narrowed, such actions shall be the exclusive purview of the legislature. Acts 2012, No. 860, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1032 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1032. Exclusiveness of rights and remedies; employer's liability to prosecution under other laws

RS 1032 - Exclusiveness of rights and remedies; employer's liability to prosecution under other laws A.(1)(a) Except for intentional acts provided for in Subsection B, the rights and remedies herein granted to an employee or his dependent on account of an injury, or compensable sickness or disease for which he is entitled to compensation under this Chapter, shall be exclusive of all other rights, remedies, and claims for damages, including but not limited to punitive or exemplary damages, unless such rights, remedies, and damages are created by a statute, whether now existing or created in the future, expressly establishing same as available to such employee, his personal representatives, dependents, or relations, as against his employer, or any principal or any officer, director, stockholder, partner, or employee of such employer or principal, for said injury, or compensable sickness or disease. (b) This exclusive remedy is exclusive of all claims, including any claims that might arise against his employer, or any principal or any officer, director, stockholder, partner, or employee of such employer or principal under any dual capacity theory or doctrine. (2) For purposes of this Section, the word "principal" shall be defined as any person who undertakes to execute any work which is a part of his trade, business, or occupation in which he was engaged at the time of the injury, or which he had contracted to perform and contracts with any person for the execution thereof. B. Nothing in this Chapter shall affect the liability of the employer, or any officer, director, stockholder, partner, or employee of such employer or principal to a fine or penalty under any other statute or the liability, civil or criminal, resulting from an intentional act. C. The immunity from civil liability provided by this Section shall not extend to: (1) Any officer, director, stockholder, partner, or employee of such employer or principal who is not engaged at the time of the injury in the normal course and scope of his employment; and (2) To the liability of any partner in a partnership which has been formed for the purpose of evading any of the provisions of this Section. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 147, §1; Acts 1989, No. 454, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 432, §1, eff. June 17, 1995.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1032.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1032.1. Failure of employer to secure payment; penalties

RS 1032.1 - Failure of employer to secure payment; penalties A. When a direct employer, not the statutory employer or special employer, knowingly fails to secure workers' compensation insurance or proper certification of self-insured status pursuant to R.S. 23:1168, and fails to pay a final judgment for sixty days after the parties have exhausted their rights of appeal and no other insurance or self-insurance policy or contract of workers' compensation coverage has paid the benefits due under this Chapter, then the employee or the legal dependent of a deceased employee may elect to sue the direct employer for all legal damages. Should the direct employer offer to pay the judgment for workers' compensation benefits and the employee or the legal dependent of a deceased employee accepts the offer of payment, such payment shall also discharge and satisfy the direct employer's obligation for legal damages under this Section, if the direct employer also reimburses the employee or the legal dependent of a deceased employee for all costs and expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by the employee or the legal dependent of a deceased employee in connection with the claim for legal damages to the date of the payment of the workers' compensation judgment. Should the employee or the legal dependent of a deceased employee obtain a judgment on the cause of action for legal damages, the employee or the legal dependent of a deceased employee may elect to recover from the direct employer the greater of the judgment for legal damages or the judgment for workers' compensation benefits, but the employee or the legal dependent of a deceased employee shall be limited to recovery of only one such judgment, and the payment of the judgment elected shall discharge both judgments. B. A statutory employer or special employer who has secured workers' compensation insurance or proper certification of self-insured status pursuant to R.S. 23:1168, as well as any public body or municipality, shall not be subject to the remedy provided in Subsection A of this Section and shall not be required to pay an increased weekly compensation penalty established in R.S. 23:1171.2 due to the failure of the direct employer to secure workers' compensation insurance or self-insured certification. Acts 2005, No. 257, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1033 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1033. Contracts against liability prohibited

RS 1033 - Contracts against liability prohibited No contract, rule, regulation or device whatsoever shall operate to relieve the employer, in whole or in part, from any liability created by this Chapter except as herein provided.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1034.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1034.1. Law enforcement officers; coverage

RS 1034.1 - Law enforcement officers; coverage Any law enforcement officer employed by any municipality, who, while on or off duty, and outside his jurisdiction, but within the State of Louisiana, performs any law enforcement action and is injured shall be entitled to the provisions for compensation as provided herein and shall be paid such workers' compensation benefits by the municipality by which he is employed. Added by Acts 1972, No. 621, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §6.