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LA Rev Stat § 23:636 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§636. Penalty for violations

RS 636 - Penalty for violations Whoever violates the provisions of R.S. 23:634 or R.S. 23:635, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than three months.
LA Rev Stat § 23:637 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§637. Non-resident plantation owners; suits against for wages, etc.; venue; service of citation

RS 637 - Non-resident plantation owners; suits against for wages, etc.; venue; service of citation Mechanics, laborers and others doing work on plantations of non-resident proprietors may institute suit for recovery of their wages, labor, work or portion of the crop, as the case may be, against the non-resident proprietors of the plantations in the parish in which the labor or work was done and performed. In all such cases it shall only be necessary to make service of the copy of citation and petition upon the agent, overseer, manager or other person having the control, management, or administration of the plantation, and in the employ of the non-resident proprietor.
LA Rev Stat § 23:638 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§638. Payment under retirement or other benefit plans; discharge of insurer, trustee or employee

RS 638 - Payment under retirement or other benefit plans; discharge of insurer, trustee or employee A. Whenever payment or refund is made to any employee, former employee or his beneficiary or estate pursuant to a written retirement, death or other employee benefit plan or savings plan, the payment or refund shall fully discharge the employer and any trustee or insurance company making payment or refund from all adverse claims thereto unless, before the payment or refund is made, the employer or former employer, where the payment is made by the employer or former employer, has received at its principal place of business within this state, written notice by or on behalf of some other person claiming to be entitled to the payment or refund or some part thereof or where a trustee or insurance company is making the payment, such notice has been delivered by the employer to the home office of the trustee or insurance company or has otherwise been received by the parties. In the event the employee is deceased and a judgment of possession has been entered in the succession, payment of money, or portions thereof, pursuant to the terms of the judgment of possession shall likewise fully protect the employer and any trustee or insurance company making such payment unless before the payment is made written notice of an adverse claim is received as provided herein. B. Nothing contained in this Section shall affect any claim or right to or on any such payment or refund or part thereof as between all persons other than the employer and the trustee or insurance company making a payment or refund. Acts 1954, No. 367, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 58, §1; Acts 1966, No. 274, §1; Acts 2010, No. 175, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 23:639 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§639. Venue in suits for past wages

RS 639 - Venue in suits for past wages In addition to all other locations and courts in which such suit may be appropriate, workmen, laborers, clerks, and all other employees may sue their employers or hirers for any wages or salary due and owing in the district court of the parish where the work was performed. Added by Acts 1960, No. 348, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:640 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§640. Fringe benefits payable under collective bargaining agreements

RS 640 - Fringe benefits payable under collective bargaining agreements  Any and all amounts payable by employers under collective bargaining agreements with any labor organization for vacation, health and welfare, pension, apprenticeship and training, supplemental unemployment benefits, or any other fringe benefits considered as wages by the secretary in determining prevailing wage rates shall be considered and treated as wages due by employers under R.S. 23:631-23:639 and employers shall be obligated to pay the said amounts to the trust funds, trustees, or other obligees to whom such payments shall be due and owing in the same manner and subject to the same penalties for nonpayment and the same provisions as to collection and enforcement by the said obligees as apply to ordinary wages under R.S. 23:631-23:639.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 536, §1; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 23:641 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§641. Liability of publishers; employing agents' failure to pay wages or commissions of door to door solicitors

RS 641 - Liability of publishers; employing agents' failure to pay wages or commissions of door to door solicitors Upon proof that any distributor, wholesaler or local agent has failed in an obligation to tender payment in the form of wages or commissions to any door to door solicitor engaged for the purpose of selling magazines or periodicals or selling subscriptions to magazines or periodicals, such obligation shall become the responsibility of the publisher of the periodical or magazine being sold, jointly and in solido with that of his agent. Added by Acts 1966, No. 541, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:642 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§642. Setting minimum wage or employee benefits; prohibited

RS 642 - Setting minimum wage or employee benefits; prohibited A.(1) The Legislature of Louisiana finds that economic stability and growth are among the most important factors affecting the general welfare of the people of this state and are, therefore, among its own most important responsibilities. Economic stability and growth contribute to the standard of living enjoyed by citizens as employment and income are both dependent on the ability and willingness of businesses to operate in the state. (2) The legislature further finds that wages and employee benefits comprise the most significant expense of operating a business. It also recognizes that neither potential employees nor business patrons are likely to restrict themselves to employment opportunities or goods and services providers in any particular parish or municipality. Consequently, local variation in legally required minimum wage rates or mandatory, minimum number of vacation or sick leave days would threaten many businesses with a loss of employees to areas which require a higher minimum wage rate and many other businesses with the loss of patrons to areas which allow for a lower wage rate and more or less vacation or sick leave days. The net effect of this situation would be detrimental to the business environment of the state and to the citizens, businesses, and governments of the various local jurisdictions as well as the local labor market. (3) The legislature concludes from these findings that, in order for a business to remain competitive and yet to attract and retain the highest possible caliber of employees, and thereby to remain sound, an enterprise must work in a uniform environment with respect to minimum wage rates and mandatory, minimum number of vacation or sick leave days. The net impact of local variation in mandated wages and mandatory, minimum number of vacation or sick leave days would be economic instability and decline and a decrease in the standard of living for the citizens of the state. Consequently, decisions regarding minimum wage and employee benefit policy must be made by the state so that consistency in the wage market is preserved. B. Therefore, pursuant to the police powers ultimately reserved to the state by Article VI, Section 9 of the Constitution of Louisiana, no local governmental subdivision shall establish a mandatory, minimum number of vacation or sick leave days, whether paid or unpaid, or a minimum wage rate which a private employer would be required to pay or grant employees. Acts 1997, No. 317, §1; Acts 2012, No. 667, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:651 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§651. Definitions

RS 651 - Definitions (1) "Plan" shall mean any arrangement, agreement, contract, plan, system or trust whereby a participant acquires an enforceable right to retirement income or other compensation where payment is deferred until the termination of employment or thereafter, regardless of the method of calculating the amount of plan benefits or the mode of their distribution. Included in this definition are plans which provide pension, retirement, disability or death benefits and deferred compensation by employment, agency, trade union, stock bonus, stock ownership, stock option and profit sharing plans. The term plan shall also include employee pension benefit plans as defined by Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Public Law 93-406, 88 Stat. 829. (2) "Benefit" shall mean anything of value payable or distributable to a participant, his spouse, a beneficiary, to a participant's estate or to any other person pursuant to the terms of the plan. (3) "Beneficiary" shall mean any person, including the participant, entitled to receive benefits under a plan. (4) "Participant" shall mean an employee or other person entitled to participate and participating or formerly participating in a plan. (5) "Designation form" shall mean any document by which a plan permits a participant to name a beneficiary to receive plan benefits. Added by Acts 1976, No. 494, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:652 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§652. Designation form

RS 652 - Designation form (1) Any designation form permitted by a plan shall be valid for the purpose of naming a beneficiary, or selecting the mode of payment of plan benefits, or both. (2) A designation form need not be in testamentary form, nor authentic form, nor in any form other than that permitted or required by the plan. (3) As is provided by R.S. 23:638, benefits may be paid in reliance on a properly executed designation form until the payor receives notice of an adverse claim. (4) The designation form shall remain in effect until revoked, terminated, amended or modified as provided by the plan. Unless otherwise specifically provided by the plan, a designation form is not deemed revoked, invalidated or otherwise affected by any act or occurrence which would have the effect of revoking, invalidating or otherwise affecting a will. Added by Acts 1976, No. 494, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:653 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§653. Application

RS 653 - Application The provisions of R.S. 23:651, R.S. 23:652, and R.S. 23:653 shall apply to designation forms executed before, on, or after the effective date, and does not invalidate any designation form executed prior to the effective date. Added by Acts 1976, No. 494, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:661 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§661. Short title; citation

RS 661 - Short title; citation This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act". Acts 2013, No. 374, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:662 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§662. Declaration of public policy

RS 662 - Declaration of public policy The public policy of this state is that a woman who performs public service for the state is entitled to be paid the same compensation for her service as is paid to a man who performs the same kind, grade and quality of service, and a distinction in compensation may not be made because of sex. Acts 2013, No. 374, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:663 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§663. Definitions

RS 663 - Definitions As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the definitions ascribed in this Section unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) "Commission" means the Louisiana Commission on Human Rights. (2) "Employee" means any female individual who is employed to work forty or more hours a week and who is employed by the employer. (3) "Employer" means any department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee or other organizational unit of the state. Acts 2013, No. 374, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:664 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§664. Prohibited acts

RS 664 - Prohibited acts A. No employer may discriminate against an employee on the basis of sex by paying wages to an employee at a rate less than that paid within the same agency to another employee of a different sex for the same or substantially similar work on jobs in which the employee's performance requires equal skill, effort, education, and responsibility and that are performed under similar working conditions including time worked in the position. B. Nothing in Subsection A of this Section shall prohibit the payment of different wage rates to employees when such payment is made pursuant to any of the following: (1) A seniority system. (2) A merit system. (3) A system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production. (4) A differential based on a bona fide factor other than sex, including but not limited to education, training, or experience, provided that both: (a) The employer demonstrates that such factor is related to the job position in question. (b) No alternative employment practice would serve the same legitimate business purpose without producing such a differential. C. An employer who is paying wages in violation of this Chapter may not, in order to comply with this Chapter, reduce the wages of any other employee. D. It shall be unlawful for an employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or attempt to exercise, any right provided under this Chapter. It shall be unlawful for any employer to discriminate, retaliate, or take any adverse employment action, including but not limited to termination or in any other manner discriminate against any employee for inquiring about, disclosing, comparing, or otherwise discussing the employee's wages or the wages of any other employee, or aiding or encouraging any other employee to exercise his or her rights under this Chapter. E. It shall be unlawful for an employer subject to this Chapter to discriminate, retaliate, or take any adverse employment action, including but not limited to termination against an employee because, in exercising or attempting to exercise the employee's rights under this Chapter, such employee: (1) Has filed any complaint or has instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding to enforce the employee's rights under this Chapter. (2) Has provided or will provide any information in connection with any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right afforded to an employee pursuant to this Chapter. (3) Has testified or will testify in any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right afforded to an employee pursuant to this Chapter. Acts 2013, No. 374, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:665 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§665. Complaint procedure

RS 665 - Complaint procedure A. An employee who in good faith believes that her employer is in violation of this Chapter shall submit written notice of the alleged violation to the employer. An employer who receives such written notice from an employee shall have sixty days from receipt of the notice to investigate the matter and remedy any violation of this Chapter. If an employer remedies the violation in a manner that complies with the statute and within the time provided herein, the employee may not bring any action against the employer pursuant to this Chapter except as provided in Subsections B and C of this Section. B. If an employer fails to resolve the dispute to the satisfaction of such employee within the time provided herein, the employee may file a complaint with the commission requesting an investigation of the complaint pursuant to R.S. 51:2257. C. If the commission finds evidence of discriminatory, retaliatory or other adverse employment action on the part of the employer in violation of this Chapter but is unable to resolve or mediate the dispute, or fails to render a decision as to the dispute, or issues a finding of no discrimination on the part of the employer, the employee may institute a civil suit in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court. Acts 2013, No. 374, §1; Acts 2014, No. 702, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:666 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§666. Damages

RS 666 - Damages A. An employer who violates the provisions of this Chapter shall be liable to the affected employees in the amount of the employee's unpaid wages and reasonable attorney fees and costs. B. The award of monetary relief shall be limited to those violations which have occurred within a thirty-six-month period prior to the employee's written notice to the employer, as required in R.S. 23:665(A). C. In cases where suit is filed in the district court, no monetary relief may be awarded the employee for losses incurred between the date that the district court rendered its final judgment and the date upon which all appeals of that judgment have been exhausted. D. Interim earnings by the employee discriminated against shall operate to reduce the monetary relief otherwise allowable under this Chapter. E. Nothing in this Chapter prevents the settlement of a claim by agreement of the employer and employee for a lesser amount than the employee alleges the employee is due. F. An employee found by a court to have brought a frivolous claim under this Chapter shall be held liable to the employer or any agent of the employer who was named a defendant in the suit, or both, for reasonable damages, reasonable attorney fees, and court costs incurred as a result of the claim. Acts 2013, No. 374, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:667 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§667. Limitation of actions

RS 667 - Limitation of actions A. Any action filed in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court to recover unpaid wages or any other form of relief for a violation of this Chapter shall be commenced within one year of the date that an employee is aware or should have been aware that the employee's employer is in violation of this Chapter. B. This one-year prescriptive period shall be suspended during the sixty-day period allowed the employer by this Chapter to respond to the employee's written notice, during the pendency of any administrative review or investigation of the employee's claim by the Louisiana Commission on Human Rights or the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or both. Acts 2013, No. 374, §1; Acts 2014, No. 702, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:668 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§668. Records to be kept by employers

RS 668 - Records to be kept by employers An employer subject to this Chapter shall create and preserve records reflecting the name, address, and position of each employee, and all wages paid to each employee. These records shall be preserved for a period of not less than three years from the employee's last date of employment with the employer. Acts 2013, No. 374, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:669 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§669. Supplemental application

RS 669 - Supplemental application This Chapter is supplemental and is not intended to supercede any provision provided for in Chapter 3-A of this Title, the "Louisiana Employment Discrimination Act", which prohibits discrimination based upon sex regardless of whether the employer is a state entity, a private business, or other employer. Acts 2013, No. 374, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:691 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§691. Maximum interest rate; penalty for violations

RS 691 - Maximum interest rate; penalty for violations No person shall, whether for his own account or for that of any other person, advance money to any one of his employees at a greater rate of interest than eight percent per annum. This provision shall not apply to financial institutions that are subject to R.S. 6:289. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than three months, or both. Acts 2001, No. 814, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:731 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§731. Assignment of earnings

RS 731 - Assignment of earnings A. A voluntary sale, transfer, or assignment of earnings executed by a person is not enforceable against his employer unless the employer consents thereto in writing. However, if the sale, transfer, or assignment is for the purpose of fulfilling a current or past due support obligation, or both, upon written notice by personal or domiciliary service or by registered or certified mail it shall be enforceable against a present or future employer without the employer's consent thereto. B. Should there be a prior judgment, decree, order, or sentence of court, or a sale, transfer, or assignment against the person's earnings, upon written notice of that fact given by the employer, it shall become the duty of the party seeking to enforce the subsequent support obligation to obtain a ranking of the respective obligations from the appropriate court to insure that the maximum deduction from earnings will not be exceeded. C. No person shall be discharged from employment nor denied employment because of a voluntary assignment or a single garnishment of earnings. Any person so discharged shall have a right to reinstatement and back pay, but shall not have a right to damages. Any person denied employment solely because of a voluntary assignment or garnishment of wages shall have a right to reasonable damages. A person may, however, be discharged from employment if his earnings are subjected to three or more garnishments for unrelated debts in a two year period, but no garnishment resulting from an accident or illness causing a person to miss ten or more consecutive days at work shall be considered for purpose of this provision. Added by Acts 1952, No. 135, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 812, §6, eff. Aug. 2, 1981; Acts 1981, Ex.Sess., No. 36, §9, eff. Nov. 19, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 536, §1; Acts 1983, No. 204, §1.