Louisiana employment law compliance requirements

Employers with more than 25 employees must provide up to six weeks of unpaid leave for normal pregnancy and childbirth, and up to four months of unpaid leave for disability related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.

La. R.S. § 23:342 · effective Jul 1997 · source

Employers with 20 or more employees must provide paid leave of up to 40 hours to an employee who donates bone marrow.

La. R.S. § 23:1017.2 · effective Jun 1992 · source

Employers must grant employees called to jury service a leave of absence of up to one day without loss of wages or use of accrued leave.

La. R.S. § 23:965 · effective Sep 1987 · source

Employers must allow employees to take up to 16 hours of unpaid leave during any 12-month period to attend, observe, or participate in school-related activities of their children.

La. R.S. § 23:1015.2 · effective Aug 1993 · source

Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination prohibited under Title VII.

42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2 · effective Jan 2020

Prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. · effective Jan 2020

WARN notices must include: whether closing/layoff is permanent or temporary, expected date, whether bumping rights exist, name/contact for company representative.

29 U.S.C. § 2102 · effective Jan 2020

Applicable Large Employers (50+ full-time and full-time-equivalent employees) must offer affordable, minimum-value health coverage to full-time employees and their dependents or risk an employer shared responsibility payment.

26 U.S.C. § 4980H · effective Jan 2015

Agreement must advise employee to consult with attorney

29 U.S.C. § 626(f)(1)(E) · effective Oct 1990

Eligible employees entitled to 12 weeks unpaid leave

29 U.S.C. § 2612(a)(1) · effective Aug 1993

Employers must maintain anti-harassment policies

42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2 · effective Jul 1964

Upon discharge or resignation, employers must pay all earned wages to the employee by the next regular payday or within 15 days, whichever is earlier.

La. R.S. § 23:631 · effective Jun 2001 · source

Employees 40+ must be given 21 days to consider individual severance agreements

29 U.S.C. § 626(f)(1)(F)(i) · effective Oct 1990

Employees 40+ in group terminations must be given 45 days to consider

29 U.S.C. § 626(f)(1)(F)(ii) · effective Oct 1990

Employees 40+ must be given 21 days to consider a separation agreement that includes a release of age discrimination claims.

29 U.S.C. § 626(f)(1)(F) · effective Jan 2020

In group terminations, employees 40+ must be given 45 days to consider a separation agreement.

29 U.S.C. § 626(f)(1)(H) · effective Jan 2020

Employers must provide 60 days advance notice of plant closings (50+ employees) or mass layoffs (500+ or 50-499 if 33% of workforce).

29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq. · effective Jan 2020

60 days advance notice for plant closings and mass layoffs

29 U.S.C. § 2102 · effective Feb 1989

Applicable Large Employers (50+ full-time and full-time-equivalent employees) must file annual information returns (Forms 1094-C and 1095-C) with the IRS and furnish Form 1095-C to each full-time employee.

26 U.S.C. § 6056 · effective Jan 2015

Private employers with 100 or more employees (and certain federal contractors with 50 or more) must annually file the EEO-1 Component 1 Report with the EEOC, reporting workforce demographic data by job category, sex, race, and ethnicity.

42 U.S.C. § 2000e-8(c) · effective Jan 1966

Employers must provide written notice to employees at the time of hire about the availability of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) if their anticipated annual wages are below a certain threshold.

La. R.S. § 23:15 · effective Jun 2005 · source

Group terminations must disclose job titles and ages of affected employees

29 U.S.C. § 626(f)(1)(H) · effective Oct 1990

Non-compete agreements are void unless they strictly limit the restriction to a maximum of two years and specify the exact parishes, municipalities, or parts thereof where the employer conducts business.

La. R.S. § 23:921 · effective Aug 2020 · source

Employees 40+ must have 7 days to revoke after signing

29 U.S.C. § 626(f)(1)(G) · effective Oct 1990

Federal minimum wage rate

29 U.S.C. § 206(a)(1) · effective Jul 2009

Overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek

29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1) · effective Oct 1938

Employers must provide a meal period of at least 30 continuous minutes to any employee under the age of 18 who works a shift of five hours or more.

La. R.S. § 23:213 · effective Aug 2011 · source