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LA Rev Stat § 23:893 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§893. Volunteer firefighters; leave without loss of pay, benefits, or employment

RS 893 - Volunteer firefighters; leave without loss of pay, benefits, or employment No certified volunteer firefighter employed by the state of Louisiana shall be denied leave, work-related benefits, or employment for absenting himself from said employment for the purpose of emergency response pursuant to such certification. An emergency shall be an unexpected occurrence that threatens life or property to which an established volunteer fire department or fire protection district responds while the certified volunteer firefighter is engaged in the normal course of state employment and to which the certified volunteer firefighter employed by the state of Louisiana may timely respond to utilize skills which enhance the preservation of life and property. Acts 1999, No. 509, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1051, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:894 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§894. Physician employed for employees; election or appointment by employees

RS 894 - Physician employed for employees; election or appointment by employees The physician employed to do the practice for the employees on any work, public or private, wherein more than ten persons are employed, shall be elected or appointed by the employees themselves, at elections to be held once each year, or whenever a vacancy may occur. Any persons, employed on the said work for a period of two weeks prior to the election and who has paid fees for the said physician, shall be qualified to vote.
LA Rev Stat § 23:895 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§895. Physician's compensation; amounts collected from employees; penalty for unlawful disposition

RS 895 - Physician's compensation; amounts collected from employees; penalty for unlawful disposition It is unlawful for any employer to retain more than ten per cent of any moneys collected from the employees for physician's fees as a remuneration for his services or otherwise, or to pay to the physician employed less than ninety per cent of the amount actually collected from the employees for the said purpose. The provisions of this Section and of R.S. 23:894 shall not apply to any person who contributes toward the maintenance of a conveniently located hospital or whose employees are cared for in such hospitals and are given free service therein. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars.
LA Rev Stat § 23:896 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§896. Removal of tenants or laborers or their effects from premises without owner's consent; penalty

RS 896 - Removal of tenants or laborers or their effects from premises without owner's consent; penalty It shall be unlawful for any person, except in the discharge of a civil or military order, to go on the premises or plantations of any citizen of this State, in the night time or between sunset and sunrise, and move or assist in moving any laborer or tenant or the effects or property of any laborer or tenant therefrom, without the consent of the owner or proprietor of the said premises or plantation. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both.
LA Rev Stat § 23:898 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§898. Transportation of strikebreakers prohibited; penalty

RS 898 - Transportation of strikebreakers prohibited; penalty It is unlawful to transport or cause to be transported from without the State of Louisiana into this state any person who is employed or is to be employed for the purpose of obstructing or interfering by force or threats with (1) Peaceful picketing by employees during any labor controversy affecting wages, hours, or conditions of labor; or (2) The exercise by employees of any of the rights of self-organization or collective bargaining. Whoever wilfully violates or aids or abets any person in violating the provisions of this Section and any person who is knowingly transported in or travels into the State of Louisiana from without for any of the purposes enumerated in this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than five months, or both.
LA Rev Stat § 23:899 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§899. Application of R.S. 23:898

RS 899 - Application of R.S. 23:898 The provisions of R.S. 23:898 shall not apply to common carriers.
LA Rev Stat § 23:900 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§900. Definitions

RS 900 - Definitions As used in R.S. 23:900 through R.S. 23:904, the following terms shall have the definitions ascribed below unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) "Strike". Any concerted act of the employees in a lawful refusal of the employees to perform work, or services for the employer, provided such acts are not recognized as unlawful under Louisiana state and federal law, and if the employees are represented by a labor organization, that the said labor organization shall have approved or sanctioned the act. (2) "Lockout". A refusal by an employer to permit his employees to work as a result of a dispute with such employees that affects wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment of said employees, provided, however, that a lockout shall not include a termination of employment for reasons deemed proper under Louisiana state and federal law. (3) "Employer". A person, firm or corporation who employs any employee to perform services for a wage or salary and includes any person, firm or corporation acting as an agent of any employer, directly or indirectly. (4) "Employee". Any person who performs services for wages or salary under a contract of employment, express or implied, for an employer. (5) "Labor organization". Any organization of any kind or any agency or employee representation committee or plan in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment or conditions of work. Acts 1962, No. 365, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:901 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§901. Persons or firms not directly involved in strike or lockout; hiring or recruiting of replacement workers prohibited; exceptions

RS 901 - Persons or firms not directly involved in strike or lockout; hiring or recruiting of replacement workers prohibited; exceptions A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, not directly involved in a labor strike or lockout, to hire or recruit for employment any person, or to secure or offer to secure for any person any employment, when the purpose or effect of such hiring, recruiting, securing or offering to secure employment, is to have such person or another person take the place in employment of the striking employee in a business or industry where a labor strike or a lockout exists. B. This Section does not apply to services or work performed by a person, firm, or corporation in his or its usual trade, occupation or business, provided that such trade, occupation or business is not usually the furnishing of strikebreakers in any labor strike or lockout and provided further that the said person, firm or corporation hiring, recruiting, securing or offering to secure employment is, if a person or an unincorporated firm, a bona fide resident of the state of Louisiana for a period of one year prior to the strike or lockout, or if a corporation, chartered or duly licensed to do business in the state of Louisiana for a period of one year prior to the strike or lockout. Acts 1962, No. 365, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 23:902 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§902. Importation of replacement workers prohibited

RS 902 - Importation of replacement workers prohibited It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation not directly involved in a labor strike or lockout, to import or bring into Louisiana, or to send or transport into Louisiana, or to arrange for or cause such importation or transportation into Louisiana, of any person for the purpose of such person taking the place in employment of the striking employee in a business or industry where a labor strike or a lockout exists. Acts 1962, No. 365, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 23:903 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§903. Penalties

RS 903 - Penalties Any person violating the provisions of R.S. 23:900-23:904 shall be fined not more than one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. Acts 1962, No. 365, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 23:904 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§904. Agricultural pursuits exempt

RS 904 - Agricultural pursuits exempt R.S. 23:900 through R.S. 23:903 shall not apply to farming, agricultural pursuits, or the handling or primary processing of perishable raw agricultural commodities, or to those engaged therein. Acts 1962, No. 365, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 23:905 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§905. Employee access to records

RS 905 - Employee access to records A. The Louisiana Workforce Commission may make available, upon written request by an employee, the employee's wage and employer information. This information shall be provided to the employee or his representative, for lending purposes, tenant screening and insurance underwriting only. B. The Louisiana Workforce Commission may allow, at the request of the employee, the electronic transmission of the employee's records, directly or through a qualified third-party vendor as defined by the administrator. Such records shall be provided only on an individual inquiry basis and shall not be maintained or reported with other data. Any costs incurred by the commission in providing electronic access to an employee's wage and employment records to a third party shall be paid entirely by the third party. C. The Louisiana Workforce Commission shall have the authority to promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section including assurance for the security of data. D.(1) Pursuant to this Section, the electronic employment records which the Louisiana Workforce Commission may make available shall be only those records which would otherwise be available to the employee who signed a written authorization for those records. Nothing herein shall authorize any vendor to breach the firewall or secure environment of the Louisiana Workforce Commission's computer systems. (2) Data shall be exchanged only under strictly controlled conditions. It shall be destroyed after all legitimate uses have been made of it. Secondary release of confidential or privacy-protected data by the vendor for use other than those purposes authorized by this Section shall be strictly prohibited. (3) Any violation of this Subsection shall be subject to those same penalties as provided for in R.S. 23:75(C)(3). E. Should any lawsuit be filed by a party who has a cause of action based upon the provisions of this Section, the suit shall name the vendor and suit shall be brought in a state court of competent jurisdiction and venue. The vendor shall indemnify the Louisiana Workforce Commission of any damages, including attorney fees and court costs, associated with a cause of action filed pursuant to this Section, and any associated cost from providing data to a third party vendor shall likewise be indemnified to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Acts 2012, No. 822, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:961 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§961. Political rights and freedom; restrictions forbidden; penalty; employees' right to recover damages

RS 961 - Political rights and freedom; restrictions forbidden; penalty; employees' right to recover damages Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 23:962, no employer having regularly in his employ twenty or more employees shall make, adopt, or enforce any rule, regulation, or policy forbidding or preventing any of his employees from engaging or participating in politics, or from becoming a candidate for public office. No such employer shall adopt or enforce any rule, regulation, or policy which will control, direct, or tend to control or direct the political activities or affiliations of his employees, nor coerce or influence, or attempt to coerce or influence any of his employees by means of threats of discharge or of loss of employment in case such employees should support or become affiliated with any particular political faction or organization, or participate in political activities of any nature or character. Any individual person violating the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both; and any firm, corporation or association violating the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars. Nothing herein contained shall in any way be construed to prevent the injured employee from recovering damages from the employer as a result of suffering caused by the employer's violations of this Section.
LA Rev Stat § 23:962 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§962. Discharge because of political opinions; attempt to control votes; penalty

RS 962 - Discharge because of political opinions; attempt to control votes; penalty Any planter, manager, overseer or other employer of laborers who, previous to the expiration of the term of service of any laborer in his employ or under his control, discharges such laborer on account of his political opinions, or attempts to control the suffrage or vote of such laborer by any contract or agreement whatever, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned for not more than one year.
LA Rev Stat § 23:963 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§963. Purchase of merchandise from particular seller; coercion prohibited; penalty

RS 963 - Purchase of merchandise from particular seller; coercion prohibited; penalty No person shall coerce or require any of his employees to deal with or purchase any article of food, clothing or merchandise of any kind whatsoever from any person, or exclude from work, punish, or blacklist any of his employees for their failure to deal with another or to purchase any article of food, clothing or merchandise whatsoever from another or at any place whatsoever. Nothing contained in this Section shall apply to the sale and purchase of uniforms. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both.
LA Rev Stat § 23:964 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§964. Discharge of or discrimination against employees for testifying at labor investigation; penalties; enforcement

RS 964 - Discharge of or discrimination against employees for testifying at labor investigation; penalties; enforcement  A. No employer shall discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has testified or furnished any other information in any investigation or proceeding relative to the enforcement of any of the labor laws of this state.  B. Any employer found in violation of Subsection A shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars, or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both.  C.(1) Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be liable, in addition to the criminal penalty provided in Subsection B, to a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars.  (2) Reasonable litigation expenses may be awarded to the prevailing party of the adjudicatory hearing. "Reasonable litigation expenses" means any expenses, not exceeding seven thousand five hundred dollars, reasonably incurred in prosecuting, opposing, or contesting an agency action, including but not limited to attorney fees, stenographer fees, investigative fees and expenses, witness fees and expenses, and administrative costs.  D. Civil penalties may be imposed only by a ruling of the assistant secretary of the office of workforce development pursuant to an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.  E. The assistant secretary of the office of workforce development may institute civil proceedings in the appropriate district court for the principal place of business of the employer to enforce his rulings or seek injunctive relief to restrain and prevent violations of the provisions of this Part or of the rules and regulations adopted under this Part. The court shall award attorney fees and court costs to the prevailing party. In the event judgment is rendered in said court affirming the civil penalties assessed, the court shall also award to the office of workforce development judicial interest on said penalties from the date of such judgment until paid.  F. Out of the civil penalties collected for violations of this Section, expenses incurred in enforcing the provisions of this Section may be paid by the commission.  G. The assistant secretary of the office of workforce development may enforce the civil provisions of this Section, adopt and promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations, and conduct such investigations as he deems necessary to ensure enforcement of this Section.  Acts 1988, No. 855, §1, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 1993, No. 611, §1, eff. June 15, 1993; Acts 1997, No. 1114, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1172, §4, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 2007, No. 113, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 23:965 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§965. Jury duty; dismissal forbidden; uninterrupted compensation; penalties

RS 965 - Jury duty; dismissal forbidden; uninterrupted compensation; penalties A.(1) No employer shall discharge or otherwise subject to any adverse employment action, without cause, any employee called to serve or presently serving any jury duty and no employer shall make, adopt, or enforce any rule, regulation, or policy providing for the discharge of any employee who has been called to serve, or who is presently serving on, any grand jury or on any jury at any criminal or civil trial, provided the employee notifies his or her employer of such summons within a reasonable period of time after receipt of a summons and prior to his or her appearance for jury duty. (2) Any employer violating the provisions of this Subsection shall be required to reinstate all discharged employees at the same employment, wages, salary, benefits, and other conditions of employment enjoyed by said employees before their discharge. The employer shall additionally be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars for each employee discharged. B.(1) Any person who is regularly employed in the state of Louisiana shall, upon call or subpoena to serve on a state petit or grand jury, or central jury pool, be granted a leave of absence by his employer, of up to one day, for that period of time required for such jury duty. Such leave of absence shall be granted without loss of wages, or sick, emergency, or personal leave or any other benefit. (2) Any employer who violates the provisions of this Subsection shall be required to pay the claimant employee his full wages for one day of that period required for jury duty, without reduction in sick, emergency, or personal leave or any other benefit. The employer shall additionally be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense. Added by Acts 1974, No. 469, §1; Acts 1993, No. 950, §1; Acts 1999, No. 76, §1; Acts 2003, No. 678, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 23:966 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§966. Prohibition of smoking discrimination

RS 966 - Prohibition of smoking discrimination A. As long as an individual, during the course of employment, complies with applicable law and any adopted workplace policy regulating smoking, it shall be unlawful for an employer: (1) To discriminate against the individual with respect to discharge, compensation, promotion, any personnel action or other condition, or privilege of employment because the individual is a smoker or nonsmoker. (2) To require, as a condition of employment, that the individual abstain from smoking or otherwise using tobacco products outside the course of employment. B. A smoker, as referred to herein, is limited to a person who smokes tobacco. C. Nothing in this Section shall preclude an employer from formulating and adopting a policy regulating an employee's workplace use of a tobacco product or from taking any action consistent therewith. D. Any employer who violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined up to two hundred fifty dollars for the first offense and up to five hundred dollars for any subsequent offense. Acts 1991, No. 762, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:967 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§967. Employee protection from reprisal; prohibited practices; remedies

RS 967 - Employee protection from reprisal; prohibited practices; remedies A. An employer shall not take reprisal against an employee who in good faith, and after advising the employer of the violation of law: (1) Discloses or threatens to disclose a workplace act or practice that is in violation of state law. (2) Provides information to or testifies before any public body conducting an investigation, hearing, or inquiry into any violation of law. (3) Objects to or refuses to participate in an employment act or practice that is in violation of law. B. An employee may commence a civil action in a district court where the violation occurred against any employer who engages in a practice prohibited by Subsection A of this Section. If the court finds the provisions of Subsection A of this Section have been violated, the plaintiff may recover from the employer damages, reasonable attorney fees, and court costs. C. For the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the definitions ascribed below: (1) "Reprisal" includes firing, layoff, loss of benefits, or any discriminatory action the court finds was taken as a result of an action by the employee that is protected under Subsection A of this Section; however, nothing in this Section shall prohibit an employer from enforcing an established employment policy, procedure, or practice or exempt an employee from compliance with such. (2) "Damages" include compensatory damages, back pay, benefits, reinstatement, reasonable attorney fees, and court costs resulting from the reprisal. D. If suit or complaint is brought in bad faith or if it should be determined by a court that the employer's act or practice was not in violation of the law, the employer may be entitled to reasonable attorney fees and court costs from the employee. Acts 1997, No. 1104, §1.