Louisiana Code — 23
Browse 724 sections in division 23 of the Louisiana code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § RS 23:1. Louisiana Works established; purpose; definitions
- § RS 23:2. Domicile of department
- § RS 23:3. Employees; performance evaluations; salaries and expenses
- § RS 23:4. Divisions of the commission
- § RS 23:5. Right of entry
- § RS 23:6. Powers and duties
- § RS 23:7. Access to books, accounts, records, etc.
- § RS 23:8. Rulemaking power
- § RS 23:9. Application to the courts for aid
- § RS 23:10. Court review
- § RS 23:11. Power of secretary as to witnesses
- § RS 23:12. Electronic digitized records
- § RS 23:13. Employers' duty as to safety
- § RS 23:14. Employers to furnish information; keeping of records
- § RS 23:15. Posting of labor laws
- § RS 23:16. Penalties
- § RS 23:17. Integration of workforce development programs
- § RS 23:19. Delegation of functions
- § RS 23:20. State and local planning process; local workforce development boards
- § RS 23:33. Administration funding
- § RS 23:41. Louisiana state board of boiler inspector examiners
- § RS 23:42. Membership of board
- § RS 23:43. Appointment; compensation
- § RS 23:44. Powers and duties
- § RS 23:45. Examinations
- § RS 23:46. Certificate of competency and commission as boiler inspector; identification cards
- § RS 23:47. Revocation of certificate and commission
- § RS 23:48. Certificate of competency and commission and valid identification card required
- § RS 23:49. Violations; penalty
- § RS 23:61. Purpose
- § RS 23:62. Definitions
- § RS 23:63. Community action agency; appointment, responsibilities
- § RS 23:64.1. Governing board
- § RS 23:65. Financial assistance
- § RS 23:66. Louisiana Works, administrative rules
- § RS 23:71. Legislative intent and public policy
- § RS 23:72. Definitions
- § RS 23:73. Comprehensive labor market information system
- § RS 23:74. Customer information
- § RS 23:75. Data dashboard; data exchange agreements; data distribution; personal identification prohibited
- § RS 23:76. Forecasting
- § RS 23:77. Workforce system information technology; principles and information sharing
- § RS 23:78. Workforce information systems
- § RS 23:101. Terms defined
- § RS 23:102. Employment service exclusions
- § RS 23:104. Application for license
- § RS 23:105. License fee; renewal
- § RS 23:106. Bond; conditions
- § RS 23:107. Issuance of license; time for granting
- § RS 23:108. Violations by licensee; revocation or suspension
- § RS 23:109. Revocation of license; effect
- § RS 23:111. Regulation; restrictions and prohibitions
- § RS 23:112. Regulations; public hearings; assistant secretary
- § RS 23:113. Violations of provisions; penalty
- § RS 23:114. Disposition of fees collected; expenses
- § RS 23:115. Enforcement of this Part through court action
- § RS 23:151. Application of provisions
- § RS 23:152. Enforcement of provisions
- § RS 23:153. Regulations
- § RS 23:161. Minors; prohibited employments
- § RS 23:162. Minors under fourteen; general prohibition against employment
- § RS 23:163. Minors under sixteen; prohibited employments
- § RS 23:166. Minors fourteen and fifteen years of age; employments permitted
- § RS 23:171. Minors; employment on vessels
- § RS 23:181. Secretary to furnish forms
- § RS 23:182. Employers to keep records
- § RS 23:183. Persons authorized to issue
- § RS 23:184. Requirements for issuance
- § RS 23:184.1. Blanket work permits
- § RS 23:187. Signing of certificate by minor; return by employer after termination of employment
- § RS 23:188. Records kept by issuing authority
- § RS 23:191. Revocation
- § RS 23:192. Certificates as evidence of age of minors
- § RS 23:211. Minors; maximum hours in general
- § RS 23:213. Minors under sixteen; recreation or meal period
- § RS 23:214. Minors under sixteen; maximum hours when school in session
- § RS 23:215. Minors; minors under sixteen; prohibited hours; maximum work week
- § RS 23:217. Records to be kept by employers
- § RS 23:231. Specific violations; penalties; enforcement
- § RS 23:232. Parents or tutors inducing violations by minors; penalty
- § RS 23:233. Presence of minor at place of employment; presumption of employment
- § RS 23:234. Continuing violations; penalty
- § RS 23:251. Minors under sixteen; prohibited employments or occupations; penalty
- § RS 23:252. Violations by exhibitor; additional penalties
- § RS 23:255. Bond as prerequisite to issuance of permit
- § RS 23:258. Travelling theatrical companies; application of provisions
- § RS 23:291. Disclosure of employment related information; liability for hiring certain employees; presumptions; causes of action; definitions
- § RS 23:291.1. Certificate of employability
- § RS 23:291.2. Criminal history; hiring decisions
- § RS 23:301. Short title
- § RS 23:302. Definitions
- § RS 23:303. Civil suits authorized
- § RS 23:311. Application
- § RS 23:312. Prohibition of age discrimination; exceptions
- § RS 23:314. Notices to be posted
- § RS 23:315.
- § RS 23:322. Definitions
- § RS 23:323. Discrimination
- § RS 23:324. Defenses
- § RS 23:326.
- § RS 23:331. Veterans
- § RS 23:332. Intentional discrimination in employment
- § RS 23:334. Affirmative action programs; applicable definition
- § RS 23:335.
- § RS 23:341. Application
- § RS 23:341.1. Definitions
- § RS 23:342. Unlawful practice by employers prohibited; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition; benefits and leaves of absence; transfer of position
- § RS 23:352. Prohibition of sickle cell trait discrimination; exceptions
- § RS 23:354. Notices to be posted
- § RS 23:368. Prohibition of genetic discrimination in the workplace; privacy
- § RS 23:369. Notices to be posted
- § RS 23:370. Genetic testing and cancer screening leave of absence
- § RS 23:381. Purposes
- § RS 23:382. Apprenticeship council
- § RS 23:383. Director of apprenticeship
- § RS 23:384. Powers and duties of director
- § RS 23:385. Apprenticeship programs; registration and function
- § RS 23:386. Apprentice defined
- § RS 23:387. Contents of apprenticeship agreements
- § RS 23:388. Approval of apprenticeship agreements; signature
- § RS 23:389. Rotation of employment
- § RS 23:390. Settlement of controversies or complaints
- § RS 23:391. Limitation
- § RS 23:392. Civil penalties
- § RS 23:481. Facilities for protection; duty to provide
- § RS 23:482. Physical examination of workers
- § RS 23:483. Equipment for decompression
- § RS 23:484. Shifts; maximum pressure
- § RS 23:485. Maximum hours
- § RS 23:486. Minimum rest interval
- § RS 23:487. Rate of decompression
- § RS 23:488. Penalty for violations
- § RS 23:511. Type-casting machines; exhaust fans and flues; penalties
- § RS 23:531. Assistant secretary of office of state fire marshal, code enforcement and building safety to make rules
- § RS 23:532. Adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations; effective date
- § RS 23:533. Printing of laws, rules, and regulations
- § RS 23:534. Duties of assistant secretary
- § RS 23:535. Special inspectors
- § RS 23:536. Annual inspection of boilers
- § RS 23:537. Certificates of inspection; fees; issuance and suspension
- § RS 23:538. Operation of boiler without inspection certificate; penalty
- § RS 23:539. Installation of boilers
- § RS 23:540. Exemptions from provisions
- § RS 23:541. Fees for inspection
- § RS 23:542. Fidelity bonds of employees
- § RS 23:543. Installation, moving, or reinstallation of power boilers, steam heating, or hot water boilers; licensing; examination; fees
- § RS 23:544. Application for installation, moving, or reinstallation of a boiler, except in New Orleans; fee
- § RS 23:545. Penalties
- § RS 23:546. Disposition of fees
- § RS 23:631. Discharge or resignation of employees; payment after termination of employment
- § RS 23:632. Liability of employer for failure to pay; attorney fees; good-faith exception
- § RS 23:633. Payment twice monthly for certain occupations; penalty for violations
- § RS 23:634. Contract forfeiting wages on discharge unlawful
- § RS 23:635. Assessment of fines against employees unlawful; exceptions
- § RS 23:636. Penalty for violations
- § RS 23:637. Non-resident plantation owners; suits against for wages, etc.; venue; service of citation
- § RS 23:638. Payment under retirement or other benefit plans; discharge of insurer, trustee or employee
- § RS 23:639. Venue in suits for past wages
- § RS 23:640. Fringe benefits payable under collective bargaining agreements
- § RS 23:641. Liability of publishers; employing agents' failure to pay wages or commissions of door to door solicitors
- § RS 23:642. Setting minimum wage or employee benefits; prohibited
- § RS 23:651. Definitions
- § RS 23:652. Designation form
- § RS 23:653. Application
- § RS 23:661. Short title; citation
- § RS 23:662. Declaration of public policy
- § RS 23:663. Definitions
- § RS 23:664. Prohibited acts
- § RS 23:665. Complaint procedure
- § RS 23:666. Damages
- § RS 23:667. Limitation of actions
- § RS 23:668. Records to be kept by employers
- § RS 23:669. Supplemental application
- § RS 23:691. Maximum interest rate; penalty for violations
- § RS 23:731. Assignment of earnings
- § RS 23:821. Definitions
- § RS 23:822. Freedom of organization and other activities; declaration of policy
- § RS 23:823. Labor organizations; contracts in restraint of membership contrary to public policy
- § RS 23:824. Coercion of employees regarding membership in labor organizations; penalty
- § RS 23:841. Injunctions; limitation on courts' authority to issue
- § RS 23:842. Responsibility for unlawful acts
- § RS 23:843. Injunctive relief; declaration of policy regarding procedure for granting
- § RS 23:844. Injunctions and restraining orders, grounds for issuance; proof required
- § RS 23:845. Failure of complainant to attempt settlement of disputes; effect on right to injunctive relief
- § RS 23:846. Findings of fact as basis for injunctive relief; persons affected
- § RS 23:847. Appeals from cases involving temporary injunctions; hearing by preference
- § RS 23:848. Contempt proceedings; rights of accused
- § RS 23:849. Punishment for contempt
- § RS 23:861. Pre-dispute arbitration agreements; sexual harassment; prohibited
- § RS 23:881. Definition
- § RS 23:882. Declaration of public policy
- § RS 23:883. Membership of agricultural laborers in labor organization as condition of employment, illegality
- § RS 23:884. Agreements to violate provisions of law; lockouts or other conduct to force violation of law
- § RS 23:885. Illegal conditions of employment of agricultural laborers
- § RS 23:886. Damages for denying employment in violation of law
- § RS 23:887. Injunctive relief
- § RS 23:888. Right to collective bargaining not impaired
- § RS 23:889. Application of Part
- § RS 23:890. Labor policy
- § RS 23:891. Deposit to guarantee faithful performance; interest paid by employer
- § RS 23:893. Volunteer firefighters; leave without loss of pay, benefits, or employment
- § RS 23:894. Physician employed for employees; election or appointment by employees
- § RS 23:895. Physician's compensation; amounts collected from employees; penalty for unlawful disposition
- § RS 23:896. Removal of tenants or laborers or their effects from premises without owner's consent; penalty
- § RS 23:897. Medical and other examinations, fingerprinting, requiring employee to pay for, prohibited; enforcement of provisions; civil and criminal penalties
- § RS 23:898. Transportation of strikebreakers prohibited; penalty
- § RS 23:899. Application of R.S. 23:898
- § RS 23:900. Definitions
- § RS 23:901. Persons or firms not directly involved in strike or lockout; hiring or recruiting of replacement workers prohibited; exceptions
- § RS 23:902. Importation of replacement workers prohibited
- § RS 23:903. Penalties
- § RS 23:904. Agricultural pursuits exempt
- § RS 23:905. Employee access to records
- § RS 23:921. Restraint of business prohibited; restraint on forum prohibited; competing business; contracts against engaging in; provisions for
- § RS 23:961. Political rights and freedom; restrictions forbidden; penalty; employees' right to recover damages
- § RS 23:962. Discharge because of political opinions; attempt to control votes; penalty
- § RS 23:963. Purchase of merchandise from particular seller; coercion prohibited; penalty
- § RS 23:964. Discharge of or discrimination against employees for testifying at labor investigation; penalties; enforcement
- § RS 23:965. Jury duty; dismissal forbidden; uninterrupted compensation; penalties
- § RS 23:966. Prohibition of smoking discrimination
- § RS 23:967. Employee protection from reprisal; prohibited practices; remedies
- § RS 23:968. Whistleblower protection and cause of action
- § RS 23:981. Declaration of public policy
- § RS 23:982. Labor organization
- § RS 23:983. Freedom of choice
- § RS 23:984. Certain agreements declared illegal; governmental interference prohibited; policy
- § RS 23:985. Penalties
- § RS 23:986. Injunctive relief
- § RS 23:987. Duty to investigate
- § RS 23:991. Purpose; enforcement
- § RS 23:992. Employment of certain aliens; prohibition
- § RS 23:992.1. Exemptions
- § RS 23:992.2. Bar to prosecution
- § RS 23:993. Penalties
- § RS 23:994. Private remedy
- § RS 23:995. Civil penalties
- § RS 23:996. Cease and desist order; injunctive relief
- § RS 23:1001. Preference in hiring veterans for private employers
- § RS 23:1011. Employment of Louisiana residents as a condition of receiving a state or local tax exemption; residence requirement
- § RS 23:1015. Short title; citation
- § RS 23:1015.1. Definitions
- § RS 23:1015.2. School and day care conference and activities leave
- § RS 23:1015.3. Rulemaking authority
- § RS 23:1016. Workers exposed to toxic substances; rights
- § RS 23:1017.1. Definitions
- § RS 23:1017.2. Leave status
- § RS 23:1017.3. Reemployment
- § RS 23:1017.4. Benefits
- § RS 23:1017.5. Pay
- § RS 23:1017.6. Notice to employers
- § RS 23:1018.1. Definitions
- § RS 23:1018.2. Notice to employees of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit
- § RS 23:1019.1. Definitions
- § RS 23:1019.2. Employee and independent contractor eligibility verification
- § RS 23:1019.3. Questionnaire
- § RS 23:1019.4. Mandatory reporting
- § RS 23:1019.5. Notices to be posted
- § RS 23:1019.6. Enforcement; penalties
- § RS 23:1020.1. Citation, purpose; legislative intent; construction
- § RS 23:1021. Terms defined
- § RS 23:1031. Employee's right of action; joint employers, extent of liability; borrowed employees
- § RS 23:1031.1. Occupational disease
- § RS 23:1032. Exclusiveness of rights and remedies; employer's liability to prosecution under other laws
- § RS 23:1032.1. Failure of employer to secure payment; penalties
- § RS 23:1033. Contracts against liability prohibited
- § RS 23:1034. Public employees; exclusiveness of remedies
- § RS 23:1034.1. Law enforcement officers; coverage
- § RS 23:1034.2. Reimbursement schedule
- § RS 23:1035. Employees covered
- § RS 23:1035.1. Extraterritorial coverage
- § RS 23:1035.2. Claims covered by certain federal laws
- § RS 23:1036. Volunteer firefighters
- § RS 23:1036.1. Volunteer firefighters; coverage for posttraumatic stress injury; presumption of compensability
- § RS 23:1036.2. Reserve police officers and deputies; coverage
- § RS 23:1037. Employees of railroads in interstate or foreign commerce; vessels in interstate or foreign commerce
- § RS 23:1044. Presumption of employee status
- § RS 23:1045. Persons exempt from coverage
- § RS 23:1046. Chapter inapplicable to uncompensated officers and uncompensated members of the board of directors of certain nonprofit organizations
- § RS 23:1047. Real estate salesmen exempt from coverage
- § RS 23:1048. Landmen exempt from coverage
- § RS 23:1061. Principal contractors; liability
- § RS 23:1062. Sub-contractors; liability
- § RS 23:1063. Suits against principal contractors; subcontractors as co-defendants
- § RS 23:1081. Defenses
- § RS 23:1101. Employee and employer suits against third persons; effect on right to compensation
- § RS 23:1102. Employee or employer suits against third persons causing injury; notice of filing
- § RS 23:1103. Damages; apportionment of between employer and employee in suits against third persons; compromise of claims; credit
- § RS 23:1104. Quantification of employer fault
- § RS 23:1121. Examination of injured employee
- § RS 23:1122. Employer's duty to cause examination of employee; rights of employee
- § RS 23:1123. Disputes as to condition or capacity to work; additional medical opinion regarding an examination under supervision of the secretary
- § RS 23:1124. Refusal to submit to an additional medical opinion regarding an examination; effect on right to compensation
- § RS 23:1124.1. Cumulative medical testimony; medical examination
- § RS 23:1125. Right of employee to written report of medical examination; penalty for failure to furnish
- § RS 23:1126. Monitoring procedures of toxic substances in places of employment; access to records; penalties
- § RS 23:1127. Release of medical records and information
- § RS 23:1141. Attorney fees; privilege on compensation awards
- § RS 23:1142. Approval of health care providers; fees
- § RS 23:1143. Excessive fees or solicitation of employment; penalty; withholding attorney fees; approval by workers' compensation judge
- § RS 23:1161. Insurance policies; application of provisions; approval by insurance commissioner; admitted carriers; exceptions