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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:384. Powers and duties of director

RS 23:384 - Powers and duties of director
A. The director, under the supervision of the secretary and with the advice and guidance of the apprenticeship council, is authorized to administer the provisions of this Chapter. The director shall, in cooperation with the apprenticeship council, set up conditions and training standards for apprentice agreements, which shall in no case be lower than those prescribed by this Chapter and by the United States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship, or lower than approved national standards.
B. The director of apprenticeship is authorized:
(1) To act as secretary of the apprenticeship council;
(2) To approve, if it is in the best interest of the apprentice, any apprenticeship agreement which meets the standards established under this Chapter;
(3) To terminate or cancel any apprenticeship agreement in accordance with the provisions of such agreement;
(4) To keep a record of apprenticeship agreements and their disposition;
(5) To issue certificates of completion of apprenticeship; and
(6) To perform such other duties as are necessary to carry out the intent of this Chapter.
C. The administration and supervision of related and supplemental instruction for apprentices, coordination of instruction with job experiences, and the selection and training of teachers and coordinators for such instruction shall be the responsibility of local programs, acting under guidelines established by the United States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship.
Acts 1987, No. 623, §1; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 791, §1; Acts 2014, No. 740, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:385. Apprenticeship programs; registration and function

RS 23:385 - Apprenticeship programs; registration and function
A. An apprenticeship program is defined as a plan containing all terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment, and training of apprentices that includes such matters as the requirement for a written apprenticeship agreement.
B. An apprenticeship program shall be registered in any trade or group of trades in accordance with this Chapter and with the standards of United States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship. An apprenticeship program shall cooperate with educational authorities in regard to the education of apprentices; shall establish a schedule of operations; shall establish wage rates and working conditions for apprentices; shall specify the ratio of apprentices to journey workers employed in any trade in accordance with this Chapter and the United States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship; and shall adjust apprenticeship disputes.
C. An apprenticeship committee is defined as those persons designated by the sponsor to administer the program. A committee may be joint or nonjoint, as follows:
(1) A joint committee is composed of an equal number of representatives of the employer or employers and of the employees represented by a bona fide collective bargaining agent or agents.
(2) A nonjoint committee, which may also be known as a unilateral or group nonjoint committee, has employer representatives and may include employees, but does not have a bona fide collective bargaining agent as a participant.
Acts 1987, No. 623, §1; Acts 2010, No. 791, §1; Acts 2014, No. 740, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:386. Apprentice defined

RS 23:386 - Apprentice defined
The term "apprentice" as used in this Chapter is defined as a worker at least sixteen years of age, except where a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is employed to learn an apprenticeable occupation pursuant to the standards of apprenticeship as provided for in the Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 40, Part 9, §317 in order to fulfill the requirements of the Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 40, Part 9, §301, and who has entered into a written apprentice agreement with an employer, an association of employers, or an organization of employees, providing for not less than two thousand hours of reasonably continuous employment, and for participation in an approved program of training through employment and through education in related and supplemental subjects.
Amended by Acts 1978, No. 602, §1; Acts 2010, No. 791, §1; Acts 2014, No. 740, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:387. Contents of apprenticeship agreements

RS 23:387 - Contents of apprenticeship agreements
Every apprenticeship agreement entered into under this Chapter shall contain all of the following:
(1) Names and signatures of the contracting parties, including the apprentice and the program sponsor or employer, and the signature of a parent or legal guardian, if the apprentice is a minor.
(2) The date of birth and, on a voluntary basis, the social security number of the apprentice.
(3) Contact information of the program sponsor and the registration agency.
(4) A statement of the occupation in which the apprentice is to be trained, the beginning date, and the term or duration of the apprenticeship.
(5) A statement setting forth all of the following:
(a) The number of hours to be spent by the apprentice in work on the job in a time-based program, or a description of the skill sets to be attained by completion of a competency-based program, including the on-the-job learning component, or the minimum number of hours to be spent by the apprentice and a description of the skill sets to be attained by completion of a hybrid program.
(b) The number of hours to be spent in related instruction in technical subjects related to the occupation, which shall not be less than one hundred forty-four hours per year.
(6) A statement setting forth a schedule of work processes in the occupation or industry division in which the apprentice is to be trained and the approximate time to be spent at each process.
(7) A statement of the graduated scale of wages to be paid to the apprentice and whether or not the required related instruction is compensated.
(8) Statements providing all of the following:
(a) For a specific period of probation during which the apprenticeship agreement may be cancelled by either party to the agreement upon written notice to the registration agency, without adverse impact on the sponsor.
(b) That, after the probationary period, either of the following may occur regarding the agreement:
(i) It may be cancelled at the request of the apprentice.
(ii) It may be suspended or cancelled by the sponsor, for good cause only, with due notice to the apprentice and a reasonable opportunity for corrective action, and with written notice to the apprentice and to the registration agency of the final action taken.
(9) Such additional terms and conditions as may be prescribed or approved by the director, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter and those established by the United States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship.
Amended by Acts 1976, No. 624, §2, eff. Aug. 4, 1976; Acts 1987, No. 623, §1; Acts 2010, No. 791, §1; Acts 2014, No. 740, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:388. Approval of apprenticeship agreements; signature

RS 23:388 - Approval of apprenticeship agreements; signature
A. Every apprenticeship agreement under this Chapter shall be approved and the apprentice registered by the director of apprenticeship within fifteen days of being properly submitted and found to be in conformity with 29 C.F.R. Part 30, the federal guidelines for equal opportunity in apprenticeship and training; or the applicant, employer, and sponsor shall be notified immediately in writing as to the reason for the agreement not being approved.
B. Every apprenticeship agreement shall include the names and signatures of the contracting parties, as provided in R.S. 23:389, and if the apprentice is a minor, the name and signature of a parent or legal guardian.
C. When a minor enters into an apprenticeship agreement under this Chapter for a period of training extending into his majority, the apprenticeship agreement shall likewise be binding for such a period as may be covered during the apprentice's majority.
Acts 1987, No. 623, §1; Acts 2010, No. 791, §1; Acts 2014, No. 740, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:389. Rotation of employment

RS 23:389 - Rotation of employment
For the purpose of providing greater diversity of training or continuity of employment, any apprenticeship agreement made under this Chapter may be signed by a joint or non-joint committee instead of by an individual employer. In such a case, apprenticeship program standards shall expressly provide that the apprenticeship committee does not assume the obligation of an employer but agrees to use its best endeavors to procure employment and training for the apprentice with one or more employers who will accept full responsibility for all the terms and conditions of employment and training set forth in the agreement between the apprentice and the apprenticeship committee during the period of each employment.
Acts 2010, No. 791, §1; Acts 2014, No. 740, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:391. Limitation

RS 23:391 - Limitation
Nothing in this Chapter or in any apprenticeship agreement approved pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall operate to invalidate any of the following:
(1) An apprenticeship provision in any collective bargaining agreement between employers and employees establishing higher apprenticeship standards.
(2) Any prohibition of employment discrimination contained in any Chapter of this Title, in any other Title of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, in federal law, or in any local ordinance.
(3) Any special provision affecting veterans, minorities, or women which is not otherwise prohibited by law, executive order, or authorized regulation, contained in the apprenticeship program standards, apprentice qualifications, the operation procedure for the program, or the apprenticeship agreement.
Acts 2014, No. 740, §1, eff. June 19, 2014; Acts 2016, No. 597, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:392. Civil penalties

RS 23:392 - Civil penalties
A.(1) Any person, including but not limited to any apprenticeship program sponsor or employer of a registered apprentice, shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars for a violation of the provisions of any of the following:
(a) This Chapter.
(b) Approved program standards.
(c) An approved apprenticeship agreement.
(d) Any rules or regulations governing apprenticeship adopted pursuant to the authority contained in this Chapter.
(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.
B. 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.
C. Out of the civil penalties collected for violations of this Chapter, expenses incurred in enforcing the provisions of this Chapter may be paid by the commission.
D. 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 Chapter or of the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Chapter. 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.
Acts 1988, No. 854, §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; Acts 2010, No. 791, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:482. Physical examination of workers

RS 23:482 - Physical examination of workers
No person shall be sent into any caisson, tunnel, or any compressed air chamber, or into the water in a diver's suit to perform labor, without having first been examined by a competent physician to determine his physical fitness. The employer, the employer's representative, foreman, or supervisor of the work to be done, shall see that this provision is complied with. These physical examinations shall be repeated every sixty days.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:483. Equipment for decompression

RS 23:483 - Equipment for decompression
Ample equipment for the decompression of men who work in compressed air chambers shall be maintained at the immediate scene of operation. The employer, his representative, and the supervisor or foreman of work, alike, shall see that these provisions are complied with. The decompression apparatus shall be in good condition and properly equipped with pressure gauges. At all such operations at least one competent person representing the employer shall be on hand at all times.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:484. Shifts; maximum pressure

RS 23:484 - Shifts; maximum pressure
The working time in any twenty-four hours shall be divided into two shifts under compressed air with an interval in open air. Persons who have not previously worked in compressed air shall work therein but one shift during the first twenty-four hours. No person shall be subjected to pressure exceeding fifty pounds except in emergency.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:485. Maximum hours

RS 23:485 - Maximum hours
The maximum total hours in twenty-four that one may work in compressed air shall be as follows:
Normal to a pressure of eighteen pounds per square inch, eight hours; eighteen pounds to twenty-six pounds, six hours; twenty-six pounds to thirty-three pounds, four hours; thirty-three pounds to thirty-eight pounds, three hours; thirty-eight pounds to forty-three pounds, two hours; forty-three pounds to forty-eight pounds, one and one-half hours; forty-eight pounds to fifty pounds, one hour.
The maximum hours that a workman may be kept in compressed air during a shift are as follows:
Normal to a pressure of eighteen pounds per square inch, eighteen pounds to twenty-six pounds, three hours; twenty-six pounds to thirty-three pounds, two hours; thirty-three pounds to thirty-eight pounds, one and one-half hours; thirty-eight pounds to forty-three pounds, one hour; forty-three pounds to forty-eight pounds, forty-five minutes; forty-eight pounds to fifty pounds, thirty minutes.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:486. Minimum rest interval

RS 23:486 - Minimum rest interval
The minimum rest interval in open air between shifts shall be:
Normal pressure to eighteen pounds per square inch, eighteen pounds to twenty-six pounds, one hour; twenty-six pounds to thirty-three pounds, two hours; thirty-three pounds to thirty-eight pounds, three hours; thirty-eight pounds to forty-three pounds, four hours; forty-three pounds to forty-eight pounds, five hours; forty-eight pounds to fifty pounds, six hours.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:487. Rate of decompression

RS 23:487 - Rate of decompression
The rate of decompression for a person working in compressed air shall be as follows:
(1) Where the air pressure is greater than normal and less than fifteen pounds per square inch, decompression shall be at the minimum rate of three pounds per minute.
(2) Where the air pressure is fifteen or over and less than twenty pounds to the square inch, the minimum rate of decompression shall be two pounds per minute.
(3) Where the air pressure is twenty pounds or over and less than thirty pounds to the square inch, decompression shall be at the minimum rate of three pounds every two minutes.
(4) Where the air pressure is thirty pounds or over per square inch, the minimum rate of decompression shall be a pound per minute.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:511. Type-casting machines; exhaust fans and flues; penalties

RS 23:511 - Type-casting machines; exhaust fans and flues; penalties
All newspaper and printing concerns using three or more linotype or other type-casting machines, shall be required to install in the room or rooms in which the machines are operated, an exhaust fan or other device of sufficient capacity to keep pure air circulating and to expel the poisonous metal fumes arising from the machines.
They shall be required to install vent pipes on each machine running from the metal pot to a flue or other aperture leading to the outside of the building.
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 sixty days, or both. Every fifteen days during which the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:531. Assistant secretary of office of state fire marshal, code enforcement and building safety to make rules

RS 23:531 - Assistant secretary of office of state fire marshal, code enforcement and building safety to make rules
A. The assistant secretary of the office of state fire marshal, code enforcement and building safety of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as the assistant secretary, shall have the exclusive power to investigate, and to promulgate rules and regulations for the proper construction, installation, repair, use, operation, and safety of boilers in this state and to issue orders for the enforcement of such rules and regulations as well as any provisions of law affecting boilers.
B. The rules and regulations so formulated shall conform as nearly as practicable to the boiler construction code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Boilers and pressure vessels requiring ASME Code stamping by the owner, user, or fabricator in shop or field fabrication, assembly, modification, or repair shall be inspected in accordance with the ASME Code and national board standards.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 239, §1. Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1395, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:532. Adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations; effective date

RS 23:532 - Adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations; effective date
A. Before any rule or regulation is adopted, amended, or repealed, a public hearing or opportunity to be heard thereon by the public shall be given, of which ten days' notice shall be given in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the state. Such rules and regulations shall become effective after publication in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the state, or at such later time as the assistant secretary may fix, and shall thereafter have the force and effect of law.
B. No rule, regulation or amendment thereto applying to the construction of new boilers, or raising the standards governing the method of construction of new boilers or the quality of material used in them, shall become effective to prevent the installation of such until six months after publication. Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:533. Printing of laws, rules, and regulations

RS 23:533 - Printing of laws, rules, and regulations
The assistant secretary shall cause to be printed for distribution to the public, the text of this Part, rules and regulations, and any other matter he deems relevant and suitable, and shall furnish the same to any person upon application therefor. Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:534. Duties of assistant secretary

RS 23:534 - Duties of assistant secretary
The assistant secretary shall:
(1) Employ and compensate, with the approval of the governor, inspectors and other assistants and employees as he may deem necessary for the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties prescribed in this Part.
(2) Have free access for himself or authorized representatives to any premises in the state where a boiler is being constructed, installed, or operated, for the purpose of ascertaining whether such boiler is built, repaired, installed, or operated in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
(3) Prosecute all violators of the provisions of this Part.
(4) Issue, suspend, or revoke inspection certificates allowing boilers to be operated, as provided in this Part.
(5) Draw upon the state treasurer for funds necessary to meet any expense authorized by this Part which, in addition to the salaries of employees, shall include necessary traveling expenses and the expenses incident to the maintenance of any offices required in the state.
(6) Enforce the laws governing the use of boilers and to enforce the rules and regulations of the assistant secretary.
(7) Keep a complete record of the type, dimensions, age, condition, pressure allowed upon, location, and date of the last inspection, of all boilers to which this Part applies.
Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1395, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:537. Certificates of inspection; fees; issuance and suspension

RS 23:537 - Certificates of inspection; fees; issuance and suspension
A.(1) If, upon inspection, a boiler is found to be suitable and to conform to the rules and regulations of the assistant secretary, he shall issue to the owner or user thereof an inspection certificate specifying the maximum pressure which the boiler may be allowed to carry.
(2) A fee of twenty dollars shall be charged by the assistant secretary for the issuance of each inspection certificate, which shall be valid for not more than fourteen months from its date. A fee of forty dollars shall be charged for a certificate issued relative to an extension of internal inspection, and when inspection frequencies may be extended to two years for certain boilers. A fee of two hundred dollars shall be charged by the assistant secretary for the issuance of each inspection certificate valid for a time period not to exceed five years as permitted by R.S. 23:536(A).
(3) The inspection certificate shall be posted under glass in the room containing the boiler. In the case of a potable boiler, the certificate shall likewise be posted in a metal container fastened to a machine or tool box accompanying the boiler. No inspection certificate issued for a boiler inspected by a special inspector shall be valid after the boiler for which it was issued ceases to be insured by an authorized insurance company.
B. The assistant secretary or his representative may at any time suspend an inspection certificate when, in his opinion, the boiler for which it was issued cannot continue to be operated without menace to the public safety, or when the boiler does not comply with the rules issued hereunder. The suspension of an inspection certificate shall continue in effect until the boiler has been made to conform to the rules and regulations of the assistant secretary governing the use of boilers, and until the inspection certificate has been reinstated.
C. The boiler inspection certificate fee provided for in this Section is intended to cover the cost of the issuance of the said certificates and the same shall be retained and disbursed by the assistant secretary.
Amended by Acts 1966, No. 258, §1; Acts 1968, No. 436, §1; Acts 1980, No. 485, §1; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1; Acts 1986, No. 1011, §1; Acts 1995, No. 43, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 90, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:538. Operation of boiler without inspection certificate; penalty

RS 23:538 - Operation of boiler without inspection certificate; penalty
The operation of a boiler without an inspection certificate, or at a pressure exceeding that specified in such inspection certificate shall constitute a misdemeanor on the part of the owner, user or operator thereof punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not less than ten days, nor more than ninety days, or both. Each day of such unlawful operation shall constitute a separate offense.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:539. Installation of boilers

RS 23:539 - Installation of boilers
A. No boiler shall be installed after six months from the date upon which the rules and regulations formulated by the assistant secretary governing new installations shall have become effective, unless the boiler conforms to such rules and regulations.
B. All boilers installed and ready for use, or being used, before the six months shall have elapsed, shall be made to conform to the rules and regulations of the assistant secretary governing existing installations, and the formulas therein prescribed shall be used in determining the maximum allowable working pressure therefor.
C. All boilers to be installed after six months from the date upon which the rules and regulations of the assistant secretary shall become effective, shall be inspected during construction by an inspector authorized to inspect boilers in this state or, if constructed outside the state, by an inspector holding a certificate from the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, or a certificate of authority from the assistant secretary, which may be issued by him to any inspector who holds a certificate of authority to inspect boilers from a state which has adopted boiler rules that require standards of construction and operation substantially equal to those of this state.
Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:540. Exemptions from provisions

RS 23:540 - Exemptions from provisions
A. The provisions of this Part shall not be construed as in any way preventing the use or sale of boilers which have been installed or in use in this state prior to July 7, 1938, and which have been made to conform to the rules and regulations of the assistant secretary governing existing installations, as provided in R.S. 23:539.
B. The provisions of this Part are not applicable to any of the following:
(1) Boilers subject to inspection by any department or agency of the federal government.
(2) Air tanks located on vehicles used for transporting passengers or freight.
(3) Boilers of steam fire engines brought into the state for temporary use in times of emergency.
(4) Portable boilers used for agricultural purposes only.
(5) Steam heating boilers carrying not more than fifteen pounds pressure used exclusively for noncommercial purposes located in any private home.
(6) Potable water boilers below one hundred twenty gallon capacity and less than two hundred thousand BTUs (British Thermal Units).
(7) Hot water heating and supply boilers used exclusively for noncommercial purposes located in any private home.
(8) Boilers located in any private home.
Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1395, §1; Acts 2016, No. 574, §1; Acts 2020, No. 68, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:541. Fees for inspection

RS 23:541 - Fees for inspection
A. The owner or user of a boiler required by this Part to be inspected by the assistant secretary or his representative shall pay to the assistant secretary an inspection fee based on the following schedule:
(1) Potable-water boilers $ 15.00
(2) Heating boilers $ 35.00
(3) Power boilers
External Internal
(a) 100 sq. ft. or less
heating surface $ 20.00 $ 50.00
(b) Over 100 sq. ft. and
not exceeding 1000
sq. ft. heating surface $ 35.00 $ 75.00
(c) Over 1000 sq. ft.
heating surface $ 70.00 $ 150.00
(4) Electric boilers $ 30.00 $ 50.00
(5) Coil-type steam generators $ 50.00
(6) Special inspections
(a) $300.00 and expenses
for up to one-half day $ 250.00*
(b) $600.00 and expenses
for one day $ 500.00*
(7) Quality control program
reviews
(a) Boiler and pressure vessel
manufacturers and repair
organizations
(1) $250.00 and expenses
for up to one-half day
(2) $400.00 and expenses
for one day
(b) Safety valve assembly and
repair organizations
(1) $250.00 and expenses
for up to one-half day
(2) $400.00 and expenses
for one day
(8) Nuclear surveys
(a)$250.00 and expenses for up to
one-half day
(b)$500.00 and expenses for one day
B. Failure to pay any of the inspection fees herein provided within thirty days from the date of the inspection will subject the owner or user, or the person requesting the special inspection, as the case may be, to a penalty of twenty-five per centum of the original amount of the inspection fee.
C. The fees for inspection provided for in this Section are intended to defray the cost of employment of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors and the same shall be retained and disbursed by the assistant secretary for this purpose.
D. Any provision herein contained or in other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to commercial potable-water boilers of fifty gallon capacity or less.
E. The manufacturer of a boiler or pressure vessel required by this Part to be inspected shall pay to the assistant secretary an inspection fee for the ASME, or National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors "Shop Reviews for Certificate of Authorization", or both, in the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars per location review.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 437, §1; Acts 1975, No. 240, §1; Acts 1980, No. 446, §1; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1; Acts 1986, No. 1011, §1; Acts 1999, No. 346, §1, eff. June 16, 1999; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 90, §1.
*As appears in enrolled bill.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:542. Fidelity bonds of employees

RS 23:542 - Fidelity bonds of employees
The assistant secretary may in his discretion require any employee to furnish a bond conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and upon a true account of moneys handled by him. The cost of these bonds shall be paid by the assistant secretary as a necessary administrative expense.
Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:543. Installation, moving, or reinstallation of power boilers, steam heating, or hot water boilers; licensing; examination; fees

RS 23:543 - Installation, moving, or reinstallation of power boilers, steam heating, or hot water boilers; licensing; examination; fees
A. Every person, firm, or corporation engaged in the installation, moving, or reinstallation of power boilers, steam heating, or hot water heating boilers in this state shall be licensed by the assistant secretary to perform such work. Each such person, firm, or corporation shall be required to have a single license and shall not be required to license individual employees.
B. The annual license fee shall be seventy-five dollars payable prior to issuance of such license, and on or before January thirty-first of each year.
C. Every person, firm, or corporation engaged in the installation of power boilers, steam heating, or hot water heating boilers shall, before a license is issued by the assistant secretary, pass a written examination administered by the chief boiler inspector. Each such person, firm, or corporation shall be required to have a single license and shall not be required to license individual employees.
D. The fee for this examination shall be fifty dollars, payable at the time of examination.
Acts 1988, No. 382, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1395, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 90, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:544. Application for installation, moving, or reinstallation of a boiler, except in New Orleans; fee

RS 23:544 - Application for installation, moving, or reinstallation of a boiler, except in New Orleans; fee
A. When any boiler in this state, the city of New Orleans excepted, is to be installed, moved, or reinstalled, the installer must be licensed by the assistant secretary to perform such work and shall submit an application to the chief boiler inspector. The application shall list the location of the boiler, the date installation is to be completed, the trade name of the boiler, the type of boiler, and the manufacturer's and National Board's identifying number.
B. This application for permit to install, move, or reinstall a boiler shall be accompanied by a permit fee of twenty-five dollars.
Acts 1988, No. 382, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1395, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 90, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:545. Penalties

RS 23:545 - Penalties
No boiler in this state, the city of New Orleans excepted, shall be installed, moved, or reinstalled without a permit issued to a licensed person by a chief boiler inspector. Whoever fails to comply with the provisions of R.S. 23:543 and 544 shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Each violation hereunder shall constitute a separate offense.
Acts 1988, No. 382, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:546. Disposition of fees

RS 23:546 - Disposition of fees
All fees collected pursuant to R.S. 23:537, 541, 543, and 544 shall be used exclusively for the operation and maintenance of the boiler section within the office of the state fire marshal, code enforcement and building safety.
Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 90, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:632. Liability of employer for failure to pay; attorney fees; good-faith exception

RS 23:632 - Liability of employer for failure to pay; attorney fees; good-faith exception
A. Except as provided for in Subsection B of this Section, any employer who fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of R.S. 23:631 shall be liable to the employee either for ninety days wages at the employee's daily rate of pay, or else for full wages from the time the employee's demand for payment is made until the employer shall pay or tender the amount of unpaid wages due to such employee, whichever is the lesser amount of penalty wages.
B. When the court finds that an employer’s dispute over the amount of wages due was in good faith, but the employer is subsequently found by the court to owe the amount in dispute, the employer shall be liable only for the amount of wages in dispute plus judicial interest incurred from the date that the suit is filed. If the court determines that the employer’s failure or refusal to pay the amount of wages owed was not in good faith, then the employer shall be subject to the penalty provided for in Subsection A of this Section.
C. Reasonable attorney fees shall be allowed the laborer or employee by the court which shall be taxed as costs to be paid by the employer, in the event a well-founded suit for any unpaid wages whatsoever be filed by the laborer or employee after three days shall have elapsed from time of making the first demand following discharge or resignation.
Amended by Acts 1964, No. 422, §1; Acts 1977, No. 317, §1; Acts 2014, No. 750, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:633. Payment twice monthly for certain occupations; penalty for violations

RS 23:633 - Payment twice monthly for certain occupations; penalty for violations
A. It shall be the duty of each employer subject to this Section to inform his employees at the time of hire what wages they will be paid, the method in which they will be paid and the frequency of payment along with any subsequent changes thereto. Except as provided under Subsection B of this Section, any employer that fails to designate paydays must pay his employees on the first and sixteenth days of the month or as near as is practicable to those days.
B. Every person, engaged in manufacturing of any kind, or engaged in boring for oil and in mining operations, employing ten or more employees, and every public service corporation, shall make full payment to employees for services performed no less than twice during each calendar month, which paydays shall be two weeks apart as near as is practicable, and such payment or settlement shall include all amounts due for labor or services performed during any such payroll period and shall be payable no later than the payday at the conclusion of the next payroll period, provided that, except in cases of public service corporations, this Section shall not apply to the clerical force or to salesmen.
C. For purposes of this Section, the term "employee" does not include any individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, supervisory, or professional capacity or any employee considered exempt pursuant to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
D. Employers shall post, in the same location where they post other employee notices required by state or federal laws, a notice provided by the Louisiana Workforce Commission that states, as follows:
"Your employer has a duty to inform you at the time of your hire what your wage rate will be, how often you will be paid and how you will be paid, and of any subsequent changes thereto. If your employer should, for reasons within his control, fail to pay you according to that agreement, you must first lodge a complaint with him. If no action is taken to resolve your complaint, you may report the violation to the office of workforce development within the Louisiana Workforce Commission."
E. Whoever violates Subsection A or B of this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars for each day's violation. A second such violation may, in addition to such fines, subject a person to imprisonment of not less than ten days.
Acts 1990, No. 126, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 2004, No. 601, §1; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2014, No. 417, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:634. Contract forfeiting wages on discharge unlawful

RS 23:634 - Contract forfeiting wages on discharge unlawful
A. No person, acting either for himself or as agent or otherwise, shall require any of his employees to sign contracts by which the employees shall forfeit their wages if discharged before the contract is completed or if the employees resign their employment before the contract is completed; but in all such cases the employees shall be entitled to the wages actually earned up to the time of their discharge or resignation.
B. Nothing in Subsection A of this Section or in R.S. 23:631(A) shall prohibit an employer from requiring an applicant for employment who becomes an employee or an employee, provided the employee is compensated at a rate equivalent to not less than one dollar above the existing federal minimum wage and is not a part-time or seasonal employee as defined in R.S. 23:1021, to sign a contract providing that the costs of such individual's preemployment medical examination or drug test may be withheld from his wages if he resigns within ninety working days from his first day of work, and, upon resignation, withholding such costs, unless such resignation is attributable to a substantial change made to the employment by the employer as applied in the Louisiana Employment Security Law.
Acts 1997, No. 1398, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:635. Assessment of fines against employees unlawful; exceptions

RS 23:635 - Assessment of fines against employees unlawful; exceptions
No person, acting either for himself or as agent or otherwise, shall assess any fines against his employees or deduct any sum as fines from their wages. This Section shall not apply in cases where the employees wilfully or negligently damage goods or works, or in cases where the employees wilfully or negligently damage or break the property of the employer, or in cases where the employee is convicted or has pled guilty to the crime of theft of employer funds, but in such cases the fines shall not exceed the actual damage done.
Acts 2001, No. 768, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:636. Penalty for violations

RS 23:636 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:637. Non-resident plantation owners; suits against for wages, etc.; venue; service of citation

RS 23:637 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:638. Payment under retirement or other benefit plans; discharge of insurer, trustee or employee

RS 23:638 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:639. Venue in suits for past wages

RS 23:639 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:640. Fringe benefits payable under collective bargaining agreements

RS 23:640 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation › §23:641. Liability of publishers; employing agents' failure to pay wages or commissions of door to door solicitors

RS 23:641 - 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.