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Provides relative to the Incumbent Worker Training Program. (8/1/26) (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)
Provides protections for employees who become living organ donors. (8/1/26)
Provides for Occupational Accident Insurance for independent contractors. (gov sig)
Repeals provisions relative to the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council. (8/1/26)
Provides relative to dues or fees for teachers and other school employees. (8/1/26)
Provides relative to apprentices. (8/1/26)
Constitutional amendment to establish a state livable wage. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (1/1/27)
Provides relative to the workers' compensation medical treatment schedule. (8/1/26)
Provides relative to the collection of workers' compensation premiums (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission to study changes to the Incumbent Worker Training Account and funds.
Provides relative to the resignation from labor organization dues or fees for teachers and other school employees and public employees (REF SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Provides relative to work search requirements for unemployment benefits (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
Provides relative to payment of employees after termination of employment. (8/1/25)
Provides relative to discrimination based on military status in education, employment, public accommodations and housing options. (8/1/25)
Memorializes congress to modify the H-2A nonimmigrant program to assist with Louisiana's labor workforce shortage.
Prohibits certain services from being classified as employment. (1/1/26) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for adoption of a medical fee reimbursement schedule for workers' compensation (EG +$100,000 SD EX See Note)
Provides for employment practices related to wage history, wage disclosure, and retaliation. (8/1/25)
Provides relative to the state minimum wage. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides for preliminary determination hearings in workers' compensation. (1/1/27)
Establishes the Retail Service Worker Health and Safety Act. (8/1/25) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Prohibits certain services from being classified as employment. (1/1/26)
Removes limitations on total amount of premiums received by LWCC in any calendar year from operations in other states. (8/1/25)
Provides relative to past payments of workers' compensation premiums
Requires a recreation or meal period for minors under sixteen years of age
Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council
Provides relative to certain pre-dispute arbitration agreements in the workplace
Provides relative to criminal penalties for accepting overpayment of unemployment benefits
Provides relative to the final payment after termination of employment
Provides relative to the duration of unemployment compensation benefits and provides for extended benefits (EN +$81,550 FF EX See Note)
Requests the Department of Education and Workforce Commission, along with local school boards and chambers of commerce, to aggressively develop and promote high quality, youth-serving apprenticeship programs and work-based experiences for high school students.
Provides relative to accident reporting and access to medical records and information related to claims
Provides relative to employment discrimination against certain employees being treated with medical marijuana
Provides for workforce training and education initiative for public assistance recipients. (8/1/24)
Provides primary point of contact for workforce solutions. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
Provides relative to the determination of the average weekly wage (RE1 DECREASE SG EX See Note)
Urges the Congress of the United States to amend federal law to allow states to provide for the consolidation of federally funded workforce development services with federally funded social safety net services.
Provides relative to the election of a collective bargaining representative
Provides relative to an injury producing the permanent total disability of an employee (RE SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note)
Provides relative to the resignation from labor organizations dues for teachers and other school employees and public employees
Provides relative to controversion of benefits, preliminary determination hearings, disputed claims, and penalties and attorney fees (RE DECREASE SG EX See Note)
Creates the Employee Secret Ballot Protection Act
Provides relative to certain designated labor organization activities in employment contracts
Provides for adoption of a medical fee reimbursement schedule for workers' compensation (RE +$200,000 SD EX See Note)
Creates the Louisiana Opportunity Youth Task Force.
Provides relative to authorized payroll withholdings for public employees. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to workers' compensation penalties and attorney fees. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to benefits and period of disability. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to right to work policies. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to the final payment after termination of employment. (8/1/24)
Creates recertification requirements for public employee labor organizations. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to accident reporting and access to medical records and information related to claims. (8/1/24)
Provides for payroll deductions for school employees for certain purposes. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the workers' compensation weekly wage. (8/1/24) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Provides for certain payroll deductions for labor organizations from compensation paid to public employees. (8/1/24)
Provides relative to the state minimum wage. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to employment practices related to wage history, wage disclosure, and retaliation. (8/1/24)
Constitutional amendment to establish a state minimum wage. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Repeals certain provisions of the employment standards and conditions act. (8/1/24)
Provides that retaliation against an employee for an absence from work due to genetic testing or a medically necessary cancer screening shall be an unlawful employment practice. (8/1/23)
Memorializes Congress to grant states optional flexibility through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to integrate and improve service delivery of federally funded assistance programs
Provides relative to the state minimum wage. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the duration of unemployment compensation benefits and provides for extended benefits (RE +$81,550 FF EX See Note)
Provides relative to employment practices related to wage history, wage disclosure, and retaliation. (8/1/23)
Requires that any contractor who enters into a contract with a public entity comply with the Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act. (8/1/23) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides relative to employment discrimination against state employees being treated with medical marijuana
Provides relative to the unemployment insurance integrity program (EN NO IMPACT EX See Note)
Establishes a workforce training initiative to serve public assistance recipients. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Re-creates the Louisiana Workforce Commission and re-authorizes the Incumbent Worker Training Program. (6/30/22)
Provides relative to stays in workers' compensation cases
Provides relative to continuances in workers' compensation cases
Provides relative to the Fresh Start Proper Worker Classification Initiative and the Voluntary Disclosure Program (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
Provides relative to the unemployment compensation weekly benefit amount (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to the verification of attendance at employment interviews (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Request La. Workforce Commission to study the current rate structure for vocational rehabilitation services.
Provides for vaccine requirements in the workplace
Provides for unemployment compensation benefits to claimants terminated as a result of vaccination status
Provides for the unemployment compensation procedure to be applied by the administrator for 2023 calendar year (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Re-creates the Louisiana Workforce Commission and re-authorizes the Incumbent Worker Training Program (EN NO IMPACT EX See Note)
Requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission to study the feasibility of creating facilities that provide virtual workshops and training and remote work stations
Repeals the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council
Suspends certain provisions of law relative to unemployment compensation taxes and benefits (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Prohibits employers from discriminating against employees due to their medical history. (8/1/22)
Provides relative to allocation to dependents
Provides a cost-of-living adjustment for any injury producing the temporary, total, or permanent total disability of an employee. (8/1/22) (EG INCREASE EX See Note)
Provides relative to disqualifications of unemployment benefits for temporary workers. (8/1/22)
Amends provisions of the Administrative Code relative to the medical reimbursement schedule and surgery guidelines.
Provides the billing and collections procedure for surgical implants. (8/1/22) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Prohibits certain employment practices related to wage history, wage disclosure, and retaliation. (gov sig)
Constitutional amendment to establish a state minimum hourly wage and index future increases according to the Consumer Price Index or its successor index.
Prohibits contracts that impede an individuals right to work. (8/1/22)
Provides for employee paid sick leave. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (gov sig)
Requires certain employers to designate no less than two percent of the man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices for certain construction projects. (8/1/22)
Provides relative to the reporting and sharing of occupational information and employment information (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the misclassification of employees and a criteria for the classification of employees (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
Provides for reasonable accommodations of employees who become temporarily disabled due to certain pregnancy-related medical conditions.(8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to employment discrimination (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)
Provides relative to employer's unemployment compensation contribution rates
Provides relative to state income tax withholdings on federal disaster unemployment compensation benefits and increases the maximum weekly benefit amount (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to employment for persons with disabilities (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Requests Louisiana congressional delegation to take steps to modify the federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation supplement in a way that will promote individual claiming benefits to return to work.
Memorializes congress to modify the H-2B nonimmigrant program to assist with labor workforce shortage in the state
Provides for the unemployment insurance procedure to be applied by the secretary of the La. Workforce Commission for calendar year 2022. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF RV See Note)
Memorializes congress to discontinue federal unemployment compensation benefits
Suspends the provision of law providing for an unemployment insurance solvency tax. (EN NO IMPACT FF EX See Note)
Suspends certain provisions of law relative to unemployment tax increases and benefit reductions. (EN NO IMPACT OF RV See Note)
Prohibits race discrimination based on natural hairstyles. (8/1/21)
Provides relative to unemployment insurance. (See Act) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the state minimum wage. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the state minimum wage. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the state's unemployment insurance program and data sharing (Item #64) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for the unemployment insurance procedure to be applied by the administrator for calendar year 2021. (gov sig) (Items #8 and #30) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD See Note)
Creates a task force to study and make recommendations for replenishing the unemployment trust fund and increasing the unemployment compensation weekly benefit amount (Item #8)
Suspends certain provisions of law relative to the application of certain wages and benefits for the next calendar year. (Items #8 and #30) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD See Note)
Suspends the provision of law providing for an unemployment insurance solvency tax. (Items #8 and #30) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)
Suspends the unemployment trust fund solvency tax (Item #30) (EG DECREASE SD RV See Note)
Creates a work-sharing program (Item #8)
Provides for definitions of employee and independent contractor. (1/1/21) (Item #24)
Provides relative to the Revenue Estimating Conference certifying a projected unemployment trust fund balance. (gov sig) (Items #8 and #30)
Provides for state income tax withholdings on unemployment compensation benefits (Item #32) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
Requests certain state agencies and private businesses to recognize the value that justice-involved persons bring to the workforce and society, and to act with the intention to empower, train, and employ such individuals
Directs the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council to study and submit a report to the legislature relative to funding and programs for workforce development
Requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission to distribute information regarding the provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act that provides paid sick time to employees who are unable to work due to the effects of COVID-19.
Requests certain state agencies and private businesses in Louisiana to recognize the value that justice-involved persons can bring to the workforce and society and to act with intention to empower, train, and employ such individuals.
Requires short-term COVID-19 occupational forecasts (Item #15)
Provides relative to deferral of certain unemployment insurance benefit charges and employer contributions. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)
Requires a short-term COVID-19 occupational forecast. (Item #15)
Requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission to provide clear, consistent, and easily accessible explanations of unemployment benefits and potential ramifications
Requests the Workforce Investment Council and Occupational Forecasting Conference to immediately work with private sector experts to assess short-term and long-term workforce implications and opportunities resulting from COVID-19
Provides relative to requests made for medical examinations
Provides relative to unemployment compensation requirements
Provides relative to the "Fair Chance Hiring Act". (8/1/20)
Provides relative to workers' compensation claims filed by essential workers in the workplace. (gov sig)
Provides for "Flexible Work for All Act of 2020". (8/1/20)
Provides relative to employment, education, and related service for FITAP participants. (gov sig)
Provides relative to race for discrimination purposes. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to an increase in the state minimum hourly wage.
Provides relative to workers' compensation benefits for hearing loss for classified fire service. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE LF EX See Note)
Requires certain employers who receive state economic development incentives for construction projects to hire a certain number of registered apprentices to complete the project. (8/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides for an increase in the administrative penalties assessed for the misclassification of employees. (2/3 - CA10s18)(8/1/20)
Provides relative to workers' compensation. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to benefits for permanent hearing loss. (8/1/20)
Provides for reasonable accommodations for employees temporarily disabled due to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions in the workplace. (8/1/20)
Provides relative to the state minimum wage. (gov sig)
Constitutional amendment to establish and provide for the gradual increase in the state minimum hourly wage. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Requires a contractor for a state capital outlay project to designate no less than two percent of man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices. (8/1/20) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Provides for an increase in state minimum wage. (gov sig)
Prohibits race discrimination based on natural hairstyles. (8/1/20)
Provides for the creation of a workers' compensation pharmacy formulary. (8/1/20)
Enacts the Louisiana Employment Non-Discrimination Act. (8/15/20)
Provides with respect to wage secrecy and pay discrimination. (8/1/20)
Provides for worker's compensation for volunteer reserve police officers
Provides relative to the workers' compensation medical treatment schedule. (8/1/19)
Adds post traumatic stress disorder to the list of injuries which are compensable for injured public employees. (8/1/19) (EN NO IMPACT APV)
Provides for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Creates the Louisiana Family and Medical Leave Benefits Act. (8/1/19) (EG INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Provides with respect to wage secrecy and pay discrimination. (8/1/19)
Constitutional amendment to establish a state minimum hourly wage of nine dollars, effective July 1, 2020, and authorize the legislature to increase the minimum wage by law. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Prohibits workplace bullying and harassment. (8/1/19)
Constitutional amendment to provide, with certain exceptions, for a state minimum wage effective August 1, 2020. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Requires age and work status verification prior to work in a sexually oriented business to prevent human trafficking
Re-creates the Louisiana Workforce Commission and reauthorizes the Incumbent Worker Training Program. (6/30/18)
Authorizes the office of unemployment insurance administration to send an overpayment notice electronically or by first class mail
Provides for an update to terms and technical corrections
Provides relative to workers' compensation. (8/1/18)
Provides relative to the statutory rights of teachers
Requires advance notice of mass layoffs and closure of certain businesses. (8/1/18)
Provides for an exception relative to contracts in which public entities are participants. (8/1/18)
Provides relative to conditions for charging the employer's experience-rating account for unemployment benefits. (8/1/18)
Prohibits employers from requiring prospective employees to disclose wage information. (8/1/18)
Provides for an increase in the state minimum wage. (2/3 - CAs2.1)(8/1/18)
Requires that any contractor who enters into a contract with a state entity comply with the Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act. (8/1/18)
Changes the name of the Louisiana Workforce Commission to the Louisiana Department of Labor. (gov sig) (EG FF EX See Note)
Requires a contractor for a state construction project to designate no less than two percent of man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices. (8/1/18)
Enacts the Louisiana Employment Non-Discrimination Act. (See Act)
Requires employers who receive economic development incentives from the state to designate no less than two percent of the man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices for a new construction project or the expansion of an existing construction project. (8/1/18)
Constitutional amendment to provide, with certain exemptions, for a state minimum wage effective August 1, 2019. (2/3 - CA13sl(A)) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides for unemployment data to be transmitted for economic research and occupational forcasting. (8/1/18)
Allows employers to receive reimbursement for the costs of employee criminal background checks when certain employees terminate employment in less than ninety days. (8/1/18)
Reauthorizes the Incumbent Worker Training Program. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Deletes obsolete provisions relating to the Office of Unemployment Insurance Administration. (8/1/18)
Provides that a notice of assessment may also be sent electronically or by first-class mail. (8/1/18)
Provides for tort liability for a worker's compensation insurer that causes further injury through the unreasonable denial of medical treatment to an injured worker. (8/1/18)
Provides that the Louisiana Equal Pay Act be applicable to men and private employers and requires government contractors to verify equal pay practices. (8/1/18)
Repeals restrictions which prohibit local governmental subdivisions from enacting local labor ordinances which establish a minimum wage. (8/1/18)
Provides for the classification of certain types of cancer as an occupational disease or infirmity connected with the duties of a firefighter. (8/1/17)
Enacts the Louisiana Employment Non-Discrimination Act. (See Act)
Provides for the creation of a workers' compensation pharmacy formulary
Provides for an increase in the state minimum wage. (2/3-CAs2.1)(8/1/17) (EG +$195,406 EX See Note)
Provides that the Louisiana Equal Pay Act be applicable to men and private employers and requires government contractors to verify equal pay practices. (8/1/17) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
Reauthorizes the Incumbent Worker Training Program. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides with respect to limitations in apprenticeship law
Provides for workers' compensation insurance premium reductions to certain employers. (8/1/16) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for unemployment compensation for military spouses who resign employment to relocate pursuant to a permanent change of station order (EN INCREASE OF EX See Note)
Provides with respect to group self-insurance funds for workers' compensation
Authorizes private employers to provide employment preferences for veterans. (8/1/16) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides with respect to discrimination regarding sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. (gov sig)
Provides relative to employee wages. (8/1/16)
Provides relative to sick leave granted to teachers, school bus drivers, and other public school employees in certain instances (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Provides that the Louisiana Equal Pay Act be applicable to men and private employers and requires government contractors to verify equal pay practices. (8/1/16)
Requests that the governor issue an executive order directing state agencies and local governments to continue to support the Louisiana State Use Program, managed by Employment Development Services.
Enacts the Public Employee Partnership Act. (7/1/16)
Repeals restrictions which bar local governmental subdivisions from enacting local labor ordinances which establish a minimum wage and a minimum number of vacation and sick leave days. (8/1/16)
Provides for an increase in the state minimum wage. (2/3-CA7s2.1)(8/1/16) (EG +$247,982 EX See Note)
Creates the Louisiana Family and Medical Leave Act. (See Act)
Requires employers to give workers paid sick leave. (2/3 - CA7s2.1)(gov sig)
Provides for the Louisiana Secure Choice Savings Plan. (gov sig)
Provides relative to workforce development
Provides relative to franchise relationships
Provides relative to permissible investments of group self-insurance funds
Provides relative to unemployment compensation appeals
Eliminates the benefit deadline in the Workers' Compensation Second Injury Fund. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission to provide information to employers and employees regarding gender discrimination by pay disparity
Requests that the governor issue an executive order directing state agencies and local governments to continue to support the Louisiana State Use Program, managed by Employment Development Services.
Prohibits the automatic deduction of union dues from certain paychecks. (8/1/15)
Creates the Louisiana Family and Medical Leave Benefits Act. (see Act) (2/3-CA7s2.1) (OR INCREASE SD EX See Note)
Requires employers to give workers paid sick leave. (gov sig)(2/3-CA7s2.1) (OR INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Provides relative to the Louisiana Rehabilitation Services.
Limits penalty for failure to pay wages and employment discrimination. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides with respect to employment discrimination. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
Provides relative to reciprocal agreements with federal and state agencies regarding unemployment compensation. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to apprenticeship. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to the Incumbent Worker Training Program. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Repeals provisions relative to shared-work plans (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides with respect to unemployment insurance tax delay periods (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Prohibits an employer benefit account being relieved from payment when the employer failed to timely respond to request for information. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides for auditing of employer records for unemployment compensation. (2/3-CA7s2.1) (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
Provides with respect to the payment of wages (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides relative to membership of Workers' Compensation Advisory Council (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides with respect to payroll reports (EN DECREASE See Note)
Provides with respect to the ability to file quarterly reports by magnetic media (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Provides for technical corrections to various unemployment compensation provisions
Ensures compliance with requirements for mandatory workers' compensation coverage. (8/1/14) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Provides with respect to variable wage employment contracts (RE SEE FISC NOTE)
Reauthorizes the Incumbent Worker Training Program. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Requests public entities to require private persons who contract with the public entity verify employment practices relative to equal pay.
Exempts certain home improvement contractors who have no employees from the requirements of workers' compensation. (8/1/14) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
Requires the "Equal Pay for Women Act" to apply to local governments and political subdivisions. (8/1/14)
Re-creates the Louisiana Workforce Commission (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Requires public contractors to pay certain minimum wages to employees. (8/1/14) (OR INCREASE See Note)
Provides for workers compensation rules and regulations relative to medical benefits. (8/1/14) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
Preempts local government authorities from adopting different employment standards and conditions. (8/1/14)
Provides relative to labor organizations and labor disputes. (8/1/14) (OR SEE FISC NOTE)
Constitutional amendment to provide, with certain exemptions, for a state minimum wage effective January 1, 2015. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to definition of wages. (gov sig) (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Provides for a state minimum wage. (1/1/15) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides with respect to workers' compensation (EN NO IMPACT FF EX See Note)
Provides with respect to the medical treatment schedule (EN +$81,000 SD EX See Note)
Provides with respect to the sunset of the Workers' Compensation Second Injury Fund
Prohibits employers from terminating employment of a veteran for attending medical appointments necessary for veterans benefits
Establishes the Transformation Village Task Force to study the feasibility of repurposing and/or reopening the closed amusement park in New Orleans and the development of employment opportunities for Louisiana citizens.
Directs the secretary of the Department of Economic Development and the executive director of the Louisiana Workforce Commission to provide contractual and employment information relative to business and employers pursuant to the Gulf Opportunity Zone and Quality Jobs Programs.
Provides relative to reciprocal overpayment recovery arrangements with federal and state agencies (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
Provides for notice requirements in unemployment compensation
Provides with respect to the membership of the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council
Provides for the qualifications and duties of the medical director within the office of workers' compensation. (8/1/13) (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to the workers' compensation law. (8/1/12) (EN +$145,900 SD EX See Note)
Provides relative to the employment of minors. (8/1/12)
Provides for death benefit awards to dependent children of deceased employee. (8/1/12)
Prohibits certain employees from being classified as independent contractors. (2/3-CA 7s2.1(A)) (8/1/12) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
Extends developmental injury prescription exception from two years to up to three years from date of accident. (8/1/12)
Provides relative to the eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits. (8/1/12)
Prohibits a parish or municipality from establishing a mandatory, minimum number of employee vacation or sick leave days. (8/1/12)
Provides for payment of medical benefits within 30 days rather than 60 days contingent upon medical providers' adoption and utilization of electronic billing rules and regulations. (8/1/12)
Establishes and provides for the Louisiana Equal Pay Task Force to study and make recommendations relating to equal pay issues in Louisiana. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides for overpayment of benefits and the recovery thereof. (CA-7s2.1(A)) (8/1/12) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
Provides for medical examinations in workers' compensation cases. (8/1/12)
Provides penalties when an employer fails to timely file a complete and accurate quarterly payroll report for the purpose of calculating an employer's contribution for unemployment compensation. (8/1/12)
Provides whistleblower protection to employees who report the sexual abuse of minors. (8/1/12)
To provide relative to workers' compensation, the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Law. (8/1/12)
Provides relative to discrimination regarding certain public contracts including the limitation of categories for nondiscrimination purposes. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
Authorizes the Louisiana Workforce Commission to enter into agreements with private employers to train employees for certain jobs. (8/1/12)
Provides for overpayment of benefits and the recovery thereof.
To provide for civil liability of employers who remove or fail to provide or install adequate safeguards or security measures designed for an employee's protection. (8/1/12)
Requires annual updates to the workers' compensation medical reimbursement schedule. (8/1/12)
Provides prospective application only of new medical treatment schedule. (8/1/12)
Provides relative to the Workers' Compensation Benefits Review Board. (1/1/13)
Provides for exceptions to workers' compensation coverage for certain persons who have an ownership interest in the business that employs the person. (8/1/12)
To provide for the standardization of functional capacity evaluations in workers' compensation claims. (8/1/12)
To provide for limits and responsibility for certain medical treatment. (8/1/12)
Provides relative to the apprenticeships at the Louisiana Workforce Commission. (8/1/12)
Provides for workers' compensation benefits, medical treatment and rehabilitation, and fraudulent conduct. (8/1/12)
Provides for third party claims in workers' compensation cases. (8/1/12)
Provides for the licensed vocational rehabilitation counselor to verify each job identified as suitable and available for the disabled employee. (8/1/12)
Authorizes the medical services section of the office of workers' compensation to procure the injured worker's medical records and information. (8/1/12)
Provides for interruption of prescription by payments of medical or compensation benefits. (8/1/12)
Provides relative to determination of average weekly wage of professional athletes. (8/1/12)
Provides for temporary total disability, permanent total disability, and supplemental earnings benefits. (gov sig)
Vests the office of workers' compensation administration with exclusive jurisdiction over all claims for workers' compensation discrimination. (8/1/12) (OR NO IMPACT FF EX See Note)
Requires reasonable defense attorney fees be placed in trust until approved and authorized by a workers' compensation judge. (8/1/12)
Provides relative to determination of average weekly wage of professional athletes. (8/1/12)
Changes the time for filing an appeal relative to care to the medical director from fifteen to thirty days. (gov sig)
Enacts the Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act. (8/1/12) (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to applicable prescriptive periods when benefit payments are discontinued. (8/1/12)
Repeals the prohibition of smoking discrimination in the workplace. (gov sig)
Prohibits discrimination in state employment based upon sexual identification. (8/1/12)
Prohibits discrimination in state employment based upon sexual identification. (8/1/12)
Prohibits public entities from requiring certain agreements related to labor organizations as a condition of bidding on projects. (gov sig)
Provides an additional exception regarding unemployment benefit payments that are not charged to an employer's experience rating. (8/15/11)
Requires verification of legal work status of employees by private employers seeking to contract with state agencies. (8/15/11) (REF NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Excludes certain unanticipated bonus payments from the determination of payroll, wages, and average weekly wage at the time of the accident. (8/15/11)
Prohibits discrimination in state employment based upon sexual identification. (8/15/11)
Provides relative to provisions in Title 23 which are limited in applicability to political subdivisions or local areas meeting specified population characteristics.
Provides relative to apprentices. (8/15/10)
Provides for regulation and operation of certain group self-insurance funds for workers' compensation. (8/15/10)
Provides relative to the Incumbent Worker Training Program. (8/15/10)
Provides relative to Workers' Compensation Second Injury Fund. (gov sig)
Directs the development of a plan to support state employees who are terminated due to implementation of budget-reduction measures in preparation for reentry to the private sector workforce. (EG NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to employment contracts with restraint provisions. (8/15/10)
Provides relative to employment contracts with restraint provisions. (8/15/10)
Provides with respect to those included in the workers' compensation system. (8/15/10)
Re-creates the Louisiana Workforce Commission. (6/30/10)
Provides relative to membership on the Occupational Forecasting Conference. (8/15/10)
Provides relative to employment records and reports for purposes of unemployment insurance. (8/15/10)
Provides relative to electronic medical billing requirements for workers' compensation matters.(8/15/10) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to workers' compensation. (gov sig)
Provides relative to the state's unemployment and employment programs. (8/15/10)
Provides relative to determinations of average weekly wage of professional athletes. (8/15/10)
Provides relative to bonus payments to employees. (8/15/10)
Provides relative to consumer credit reports being used for employment. (8/15/10)
Provides for the state to contract with a private entity to develop and implement a safety plan to reduce the reportable incident rate of state employees, including accountability for accomplishing such goals. (8/15/10) (OR NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
Provides relative to workers' compensation self-insurance funds. (gov sig)
Provides that certification cards be issued to those who successfully complete a state approved electrical apprenticeship program approved by the La. Workforce Commission. (8/15/10)
Eliminate Workers' Compensation Second Injury Fund. (8/15/10)
Relative to workers' compensation, changes the definition of covered employee to exclude illegal aliens. (8/15/2010)
Provides a workers' compensation exception for owner operators of truck tractors and truck tractor trailers. (8/15/10)
Provides for a credit for compensation benefits payable to a professional athlete who receives payment pursuant to the provisions, including injury provisions, contained in a contract or collective bargaining agreement. (gov sig)
Provides for reciprocity with states who apply Louisiana Workers' Compensation Law to a complaint filed in that state by a professional athlete injured while employed by a Louisiana employer. (8/15/10)
Enacts the Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act. (8/15/10)
Mandates use of the E-verify system for new employees. (8/15/10)
Provides elements of conspiracy to violate the Louisiana Employment Discrimination Law. (8/15/10)
Provides relative to determinations of average weekly wage of professional athletes. (8/15/10) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)