Labor and Worker's Compensation
La. Laws div. RS, tit. 23
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section23:1. Louisiana Works established; purpose; definitionssection23:2. Domicile of departmentsection23:3. Employees; performance evaluations; salaries and expensessection23:4. Divisions of the commissionsection23:5. Right of entrysection23:6. Powers and dutiessection23:7. Access to books, accounts, records, etc.section23:8. Rulemaking powersection23:9. Application to the courts for aidsection23:10. Court reviewsection23:11. Power of secretary as to witnessessection23:12. Electronic digitized recordssection23:13. Employers' duty as to safetysection23:14. Employers to furnish information; keeping of recordssection23:15. Posting of labor lawssection23:16. Penaltiessection23:17. Integration of workforce development programssection23:19. Delegation of functionssection23:20. State and local planning process; local workforce development boardssection23:33. Administration fundingsection23:41. Louisiana state board of boiler inspector examinerssection23:42. Membership of boardsection23:43. Appointment; compensationsection23:44. Powers and dutiessection23:45. Examinationssection23:46. Certificate of competency and commission as boiler inspector; identification cardssection23:47. Revocation of certificate and commissionsection23:48. Certificate of competency and commission and valid identification card requiredsection23:49. Violations; penaltysection23:61. Purposesection23:62. Definitionssection23:63. Community action agency; appointment, responsibilitiessection23:64.1. Governing boardsection23:65. Financial assistancesection23:66. Louisiana Works, administrative rulessection23:71. Legislative intent and public policysection23:72. Definitionssection23:73. Comprehensive labor market information systemsection23:74. Customer informationsection23:75. Data dashboard; data exchange agreements; data distribution; personal identification prohibitedsection23:76. Forecastingsection23:77. Workforce system information technology; principles and information sharingsection23:78. Workforce information systemssection23:101. Terms definedsection23:102. Employment service exclusionssection23:104. Application for licensesection23:105. License fee; renewalsection23:106. Bond; conditionssection23:107. Issuance of license; time for grantingsection23:108. Violations by licensee; revocation or suspensionsection23:109. Revocation of license; effectsection23:111. Regulation; restrictions and prohibitionssection23:112. Regulations; public hearings; assistant secretarysection23:113. Violations of provisions; penaltysection23:114. Disposition of fees collected; expensessection23:115. Enforcement of this Part through court actionsection23:151. Application of provisionssection23:152. Enforcement of provisionssection23:153. Regulationssection23:161. Minors; prohibited employmentssection23:162. Minors under fourteen; general prohibition against employmentsection23:163. Minors under sixteen; prohibited employmentssection23:166. Minors fourteen and fifteen years of age; employments permittedsection23:171. Minors; employment on vesselssection23:181. Secretary to furnish formssection23:182. Employers to keep recordssection23:183. Persons authorized to issuesection23:184. Requirements for issuancesection23:184.1. Blanket work permitssection23:187. Signing of certificate by minor; return by employer after termination of employmentsection23:188. Records kept by issuing authoritysection23:191. Revocationsection23:192. Certificates as evidence of age of minorssection23:211. Minors; maximum hours in generalsection23:213. Minors under sixteen; recreation or meal periodsection23:214. Minors under sixteen; maximum hours when school in sessionsection23:215. Minors; minors under sixteen; prohibited hours; maximum work weeksection23:217. Records to be kept by employerssection23:231. Specific violations; penalties; enforcementsection23:232. Parents or tutors inducing violations by minors; penaltysection23:233. Presence of minor at place of employment; presumption of employmentsection23:234. Continuing violations; penaltysection23:251. Minors under sixteen; prohibited employments or occupations; penaltysection23:252. Violations by exhibitor; additional penaltiessection23:255. Bond as prerequisite to issuance of permitsection23:258. Travelling theatrical companies; application of provisionssection23:291. Disclosure of employment related information; liability for hiring certain employees; presumptions; causes of action; definitionssection23:291.1. Certificate of employabilitysection23:291.2. Criminal history; hiring decisionssection23:301. Short titlesection23:302. Definitionssection23:303. Civil suits authorizedsection23:311. Applicationsection23:312. Prohibition of age discrimination; exceptionssection23:314. Notices to be postedsection23:315. [Reserved]section23:322. Definitionssection23:323. Discriminationsection23:324. Defensessection23:326. [Reserved]section23:331. Veteranssection23:332. Intentional discrimination in employmentsection23:334. Affirmative action programs; applicable definitionsection23:335. [Reserved]section23:341. Applicationsection23:341.1. Definitionssection23:342. Unlawful practice by employers prohibited; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition; benefits and leaves of absence; transfer of positionsection23:352. Prohibition of sickle cell trait discrimination; exceptionssection23:354. Notices to be postedsection23:368. Prohibition of genetic discrimination in the workplace; privacysection23:369. Notices to be postedsection23:370. Genetic testing and cancer screening leave of absencesection23:381. Purposessection23:382. Apprenticeship councilsection23:383. Director of apprenticeshipsection23:384. Powers and duties of directorsection23:385. Apprenticeship programs; registration and functionsection23:386. Apprentice definedsection23:387. Contents of apprenticeship agreementssection23:388. Approval of apprenticeship agreements; signaturesection23:389. Rotation of employmentsection23:390. Settlement of controversies or complaintssection23:391. Limitationsection23:392. Civil penaltiessection23:481. Facilities for protection; duty to providesection23:482. Physical examination of workerssection23:483. Equipment for decompressionsection23:484. Shifts; maximum pressuresection23:485. Maximum hourssection23:486. Minimum rest intervalsection23:487. Rate of decompressionsection23:488. Penalty for violationssection23:511. Type-casting machines; exhaust fans and flues; penaltiessection23:531. Assistant secretary of office of state fire marshal, code enforcement and building safety to make rulessection23:532. Adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations; effective datesection23:533. Printing of laws, rules, and regulationssection23:534. Duties of assistant secretarysection23:535. Special inspectorssection23:536. Annual inspection of boilerssection23:537. Certificates of inspection; fees; issuance and suspensionsection23:538. Operation of boiler without inspection certificate; penaltysection23:539. Installation of boilerssection23:540. Exemptions from provisionssection23:541. Fees for inspectionsection23:542. Fidelity bonds of employeessection23:543. Installation, moving, or reinstallation of power boilers, steam heating, or hot water boilers; licensing; examination; feessection23:544. Application for installation, moving, or reinstallation of a boiler, except in New Orleans; feesection23:545. Penaltiessection23:546. Disposition of feessection23:631. Discharge or resignation of employees; payment after termination of employmentsection23:632. Liability of employer for failure to pay; attorney fees; good-faith exceptionsection23:633. Payment twice monthly for certain occupations; penalty for violationssection23:634. Contract forfeiting wages on discharge unlawfulsection23:635. Assessment of fines against employees unlawful; exceptionssection23:636. Penalty for violationssection23:637. Non-resident plantation owners; suits against for wages, etc.; venue; service of citationsection23:638. Payment under retirement or other benefit plans; discharge of insurer, trustee or employeesection23:639. Venue in suits for past wagessection23:640. Fringe benefits payable under collective bargaining agreementssection23:641. Liability of publishers; employing agents' failure to pay wages or commissions of door to door solicitorssection23:642. Setting minimum wage or employee benefits; prohibitedsection23:651. Definitionssection23:652. Designation formsection23:653. Applicationsection23:661. Short title; citationsection23:662. Declaration of public policysection23:663. Definitionssection23:664. Prohibited actssection23:665. Complaint proceduresection23:666. Damagessection23:667. Limitation of actionssection23:668. Records to be kept by employerssection23:669. Supplemental applicationsection23:691. Maximum interest rate; penalty for violationssection23:731. Assignment of earningssection23:821. Definitionssection23:822. Freedom of organization and other activities; declaration of policysection23:823. Labor organizations; contracts in restraint of membership contrary to public policysection23:824. Coercion of employees regarding membership in labor organizations; penaltysection23:841. Injunctions; limitation on courts' authority to issuesection23:842. Responsibility for unlawful actssection23:843. Injunctive relief; declaration of policy regarding procedure for grantingsection23:844. Injunctions and restraining orders, grounds for issuance; proof requiredsection23:845. Failure of complainant to attempt settlement of disputes; effect on right to injunctive reliefsection23:846. Findings of fact as basis for injunctive relief; persons affectedsection23:847. Appeals from cases involving temporary injunctions; hearing by preferencesection23:848. Contempt proceedings; rights of accusedsection23:849. Punishment for contemptsection23:861. Pre-dispute arbitration agreements; sexual harassment; prohibitedsection23:881. Definitionsection23:882. Declaration of public policysection23:883. Membership of agricultural laborers in labor organization as condition of employment, illegalitysection23:884. Agreements to violate provisions of law; lockouts or other conduct to force violation of lawsection23:885. Illegal conditions of employment of agricultural laborerssection23:886. Damages for denying employment in violation of lawsection23:887. Injunctive reliefsection23:888. Right to collective bargaining not impairedsection23:889. Application of Partsection23:890. Labor policysection23:891. Deposit to guarantee faithful performance; interest paid by employersection23:893. Volunteer firefighters; leave without loss of pay, benefits, or employmentsection23:894. Physician employed for employees; election or appointment by employeessection23:895. Physician's compensation; amounts collected from employees; penalty for unlawful dispositionsection23:896. Removal of tenants or laborers or their effects from premises without owner's consent; penaltysection23:897. Medical and other examinations, fingerprinting, requiring employee to pay for, prohibited; enforcement of provisions; civil and criminal penaltiessection23:898. Transportation of strikebreakers prohibited; penaltysection23:899. Application of R.S. 23:898section23:900. Definitionssection23:901. Persons or firms not directly involved in strike or lockout; hiring or recruiting of replacement workers prohibited; exceptionssection23:902. Importation of replacement workers prohibitedsection23:903. Penaltiessection23:904. Agricultural pursuits exemptsection23:905. Employee access to recordssection23:921. Restraint of business prohibited; restraint on forum prohibited; competing business; contracts against engaging in; provisions forsection23:961. Political rights and freedom; restrictions forbidden; penalty; employees' right to recover damagessection23:962. Discharge because of political opinions; attempt to control votes; penaltysection23:963. Purchase of merchandise from particular seller; coercion prohibited; penaltysection23:964. Discharge of or discrimination against employees for testifying at labor investigation; penalties; enforcementsection23:965. Jury duty; dismissal forbidden; uninterrupted compensation; penaltiessection23:966. Prohibition of smoking discriminationsection23:967. Employee protection from reprisal; prohibited practices; remediessection23:968. Whistleblower protection and cause of actionsection23:981. Declaration of public policysection23:982. Labor organizationsection23:983. Freedom of choicesection23:984. Certain agreements declared illegal; governmental interference prohibited; policysection23:985. Penaltiessection23:986. Injunctive reliefsection23:987. Duty to investigatesection23:991. Purpose; enforcementsection23:992. Employment of certain aliens; prohibitionsection23:992.1. Exemptionssection23:992.2. Bar to prosecutionsection23:993. Penaltiessection23:994. Private remedysection23:995. Civil penaltiessection23:996. Cease and desist order; injunctive reliefsection23:1001. Preference in hiring veterans for private employerssection23:1011. Employment of Louisiana residents as a condition of receiving a state or local tax exemption; residence requirementsection23:1015. Short title; citationsection23:1015.1. Definitionssection23:1015.2. School and day care conference and activities leavesection23:1015.3. Rulemaking authoritysection23:1016. Workers exposed to toxic substances; rightssection23:1017.1. Definitionssection23:1017.2. Leave statussection23:1017.3. Reemploymentsection23:1017.4. Benefitssection23:1017.5. Paysection23:1017.6. Notice to employerssection23:1018.1. Definitionssection23:1018.2. Notice to employees of the federal Earned Income Tax Creditsection23:1019.1. Definitionssection23:1019.2. Employee and independent contractor eligibility verificationsection23:1019.3. Questionnairesection23:1019.4. Mandatory reportingsection23:1019.5. Notices to be postedsection23:1019.6. Enforcement; penaltiessection23:1020. Terminated on June 30, 2006, by Acts 2006, No. 193, eff. June 2, 2006.section23:1020.1. Citation, purpose; legislative intent; constructionsection23:1021. Terms definedsection23:1031. Employee's right of action; joint employers, extent of liability; borrowed employeessection23:1031.1. Occupational diseasesection23:1032. Exclusiveness of rights and remedies; employer's liability to prosecution under other lawssection23:1032.1. Failure of employer to secure payment; penaltiessection23:1033. Contracts against liability prohibitedsection23:1034. Public employees; exclusiveness of remediessection23:1034.1. Law enforcement officers; coveragesection23:1034.2. Reimbursement schedulesection23:1035. Employees coveredsection23:1035.1. Extraterritorial coveragesection23:1035.2. Claims covered by certain federal lawssection23:1036. Volunteer firefighterssection23:1036.1. Volunteer firefighters; coverage for posttraumatic stress injury; presumption of compensabilitysection23:1036.2. Reserve police officers and deputies; coveragesection23:1037. Employees of railroads in interstate or foreign commerce; vessels in interstate or foreign commercesection23:1044. Presumption of employee statussection23:1045. Persons exempt from coveragesection23:1046. Chapter inapplicable to uncompensated officers and uncompensated members of the board of directors of certain nonprofit organizationssection23:1047. Real estate salesmen exempt from coveragesection23:1048. Landmen exempt from coveragesection23:1061. Principal contractors; liabilitysection23:1062. Sub-contractors; liabilitysection23:1063. Suits against principal contractors; subcontractors as co-defendantssection23:1081. Defensessection23:1101. Employee and employer suits against third persons; effect on right to compensationsection23:1102. Employee or employer suits against third persons causing injury; notice of filingsection23:1103. Damages; apportionment of between employer and employee in suits against third persons; compromise of claims; creditsection23:1104. Quantification of employer faultsection23:1121. Examination of injured employeesection23:1122. Employer's duty to cause examination of employee; rights of employeesection23:1123. Disputes as to condition or capacity to work; additional medical opinion regarding an examination under supervision of the secretarysection23:1124. Refusal to submit to an additional medical opinion regarding an examination; effect on right to compensationsection23:1124.1. Cumulative medical testimony; medical examinationsection23:1125. Right of employee to written report of medical examination; penalty for failure to furnishsection23:1126. Monitoring procedures of toxic substances in places of employment; access to records; penaltiessection23:1127. Release of medical records and informationsection23:1141. Attorney fees; privilege on compensation awardssection23:1142. Approval of health care providers; feessection23:1143. Excessive fees or solicitation of employment; penalty; withholding attorney fees; approval by workers' compensation judgesection23:1161. Insurance policies; application of provisions; approval by insurance commissioner; admitted carriers; exceptionssection23:1161.1. Workers' compensation claims office or licensed claims adjusters; waiversection23:1162. Contents of insurance contract; enforcement by employee; subrogation of insurersection23:1163. Premium; contribution by employees prohibited; penaltysection23:1164. Insolvency of employer; employee's rights against insurersection23:1165. Additional compensation agreements; insurancesection23:1166. Issuance of policies; liabilitysection23:1167. Insolvency of unauthorized ceding insurer; claim against assuming insurersection23:1168. Ways of securing compensation to employeessection23:1168.1. Self-insurancesection23:1168.3. Grounds for default; forfeiture of security; records of claimssection23:1168.4. Duties of the assistant secretarysection23:1168.5. Deposit of monies collectedsection23:1168.6. Appointment of assistantssection23:1168.7. Priority of claimssection23:1168.8. Time to file claimssection23:1168.9. Proof and allowance of claimssection23:1168.10. Appeal of a decision of the assistant secretarysection23:1168.11. Confidentiality of certain proceedings and records; immunity of certain staffsection23:1168.12. Cooperation of officers, owners, and employees; civil penaltiessection23:1169. Failure of employer to secure payment; power of secretarysection23:1170. Penalty for failure to secure workers' compensation insurance; assessment and collectionsection23:1171. Appeal of the decision of the workers' compensation judgesection23:1171.1. Discontinuance of business; injunction; proceduresection23:1171.2. Default of employer; additional liabilitysection23:1172. Criminal penaltiessection23:1172.1. Willful misrepresentation by employer; aiding or abetting; criminal penalties; civil immunitysection23:1172.2. Unlawful practicessection23:1172.3. Collection of payments of workers' compensation premiums prohibited; premium auditssection23:1173. Rules and regulationssection23:1174. Certificate of compliancesection23:1174.1. Workers' compensation programs; ability to contractsection23:1175. Short title; legislative intentsection23:1176. Definitionssection23:1177. Collection of information; target listsection23:1178. Cost containment meeting; incentive discountsection23:1179. Occupational safety and health program; incentive discountsection23:1180. Evaluationsection23:1181. Insured experience informationsection23:1191. Definitionssection23:1195. Authorization; trade or professional association; initial financial requirementssection23:1196. Requirements; excess insurance; administrative and service companies; status; liability; refundssection23:1196.1. Investmentssection23:1197. Authority of Department of Insurancesection23:1198. Licensing of agents; claims against insurance agentssection23:1199. Ratessection23:1200. Review of rate determinationsection23:1200.1. Rules and regulationssection23:1200.2. Prohibited activities and sanctions; duties of group self-insurance funds and others; civil immunity; definitionssection23:1200.3. Exclusive use of expirationssection23:1200.4. Consecutive net lossessection23:1200.5. Insolvenciessection23:1200.6. Examination of group self-insurance fund for workers' compensation programsection23:1200.7. Examination reportssection23:1200.8. Review and examination expense; how paidsection23:1200.9. Authority to employ examiners and other assistantssection23:1200.10. Group self-insurance fund's right to contest expensesection23:1200.11. Failure to pay expenses; penaltysection23:1200.12. Scope of examinationsection23:1200.13. Production of books and recordssection23:1200.14. Power to examine under oath; subpoena witnessessection23:1200.15. Commissioner of insurance authorized to employ investigatorssection23:1200.16. Disclosuresection23:1200.17. Departmental complaint directives; failure to comply; fines; hearingsection23:1201. Time and place of payment; failure to pay timely; failure to authorize; penalties and attorney feessection23:1201.1. Controversion of compensation and medical benefitssection23:1201.3. Failure to pay compensation; judgment and execution; interest; revocation or suspension of insurer's licensesection23:1201.4. Forfeiture of benefits while incarcerated; exclusions; medical expensessection23:1202. Maximum and minimum amounts payablesection23:1203. Duty to furnish medical and vocational rehabilitation expenses; prosthetic devices; other expensessection23:1203.1. Definitions; medical treatment schedule; medical advisory councilsection23:1203.1.1. Medical director and associate medical directorsection23:1203.2. Electronic medical billing and paymentsection23:1204. Furnishing of medical services or advancing voluntary payments not admission of liabilitysection23:1205. Claim for payments; privilege of employee; non-assignability; exemption from seizure; payment of denied medical expensessection23:1206. Voluntary payments; deductions from benefitssection23:1207. Rival claimants; payment; discharge of employersection23:1208. Misrepresentations concerning benefit payments; penaltysection23:1208.1. Employer's inquiry into employee's previous injury claims; forfeiture of benefitssection23:1208.2. Duty to report fraud; immunity from civil liabilitysection23:1209. Prescription; timeliness of filing; dismissal for want of prosecutionsection23:1210. Burial expenses; duty to furnishsection23:1211. Special compensation benefits for injury or death of member of national guardsection23:1212. Medical expense offsetsection23:1221. Temporary total disability; permanent total disability; supplemental earnings benefits; permanent partial disability; schedule of paymentssection23:1222. Probable duration of disability not basis for awardsection23:1223. Deductions from benefitssection23:1224. Payments not recoverable for first week; exceptionssection23:1225. Reductions when other benefits payablesection23:1226. Rehabilitation of injured employeessection23:1231. Death of employee; payment to dependents; surviving parentssection23:1232. Allocation to dependents; schedule of paymentssection23:1233. Death or marriage of dependent; age limit of minor dependentsection23:1234. Minors and mental incompetents; rights and privileges, by whom exercised; prescriptions applicablesection23:1235. Payments to minor dependents; how madesection23:1236. Payments to employee before death; effect on payments to dependentssection23:1251. Persons conclusively presumed dependentssection23:1252. Determination of dependency in other casessection23:1253. Membership in family or relationshipsection23:1254. Dependency at the time of accident and deathsection23:1255. Widow or widower; living with spouse at time of injury or deathsection23:1271. Right of parties to settle or compromisesection23:1272. Approval of lump sum or compromise settlements by the workers' compensation judgesection23:1274. Lump sum settlements; necessity for approvalsection23:1291. Creation, powers, and duties of the office of workers' compensation administrationsection23:1291.1. Annual reports; assessment; collectionsection23:1291.2. Access to payors' records; fraud identificationsection23:1292. Statistical data; required reports; penaltiessection23:1293. Confidentiality of records; exceptions; penalties for violationsection23:1294. Workers' Compensation Advisory Councilsection23:1295. Investigationssection23:1296. Administrator; powerssection23:1297. Subpoenassection23:1301. Notice as prerequisite to institution of proceedingssection23:1302. Employer's duty to advise employees as to necessity of noticesection23:1303. Contents of noticesection23:1304. Persons to whom notice givensection23:1305. Inaccuracies as to time, nature, place, or cause, of injury; effect of delay or lack of noticesection23:1306. Employer reportssection23:1307. Information to injured employeesection23:1310. Initial filing of claim with office of workers' compensation administrationsection23:1310.1. Workers' compensation judges; creation; tenure; qualification; presiding officer; rules and regulations; hearings; assistant secretarysection23:1310.2. Duties of assistant secretarysection23:1310.3. Initiation of claims; voluntary mediation; proceduresection23:1310.4. Place hearings to be heldsection23:1310.5. Hearing and appellate procedures; reported opinionssection23:1310.5.1. Continuancessection23:1310.5.2. Stayssection23:1310.6. Assistant secretary ; powers and dutiessection23:1310.7. Orders; subpoenas; judgments; enforcement; contemptsection23:1310.8. Jurisdiction continuing; determining as to final settlementsection23:1310.9. Costssection23:1310.10. Report to governor, supreme court, and legislaturesection23:1310.11. Deposit of fees in Workers' Compensation Administration Fundsection23:1310.13. Expenses of assistant secretary; penalties imposed by Act; payment into special state treasury fundsection23:1310.14. Securing informationsection23:1310.15. Employer's records and books; subject to inspection; self-incriminating evidencesection23:1311. Contents of petitionsection23:1312. Suits against the state; filing; proceduresection23:1314. Necessary allegations; dismissal of premature petition; dispute of benefitssection23:1316.1. Default judgmentsection23:1317. Hearing on the merits; rules of procedure; effect of judgment; costs; fees of medical witnessessection23:1317.1. Additional medical opinion regarding medical examinationssection23:1318. Assistant secretary and office employees not subject to subpoenasection23:1319. Evidence; depositions in advance of hearingsection23:1332. Awards in favor of minors or interdicts; tutor's bond and reportsection23:1333. Employer's insolvency or failure to pay after award; acceleration of paymentssection23:1361. Unlawful discrimination prohibitedsection23:1371. Purpose and intentsection23:1371.1. Definitionssection23:1372. Louisiana Workers' Compensation Second Injury Board; creation, domicile, membershipsection23:1373. Meetings; quorum; officerssection23:1374. Salary; expensessection23:1375. Personnelsection23:1376. power; reportssection23:1377. Workers' Compensation Second Injury Fundsection23:1378. Determination of liability of fundsection23:1379. Annual reportsection23:1391. Purposesection23:1392. Definitionssection23:1393. Creation of Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporationsection23:1394. Applicability of other lawssection23:1395. Exemptions; rate regulation; surplus; reserves; guaranty fundssection23:1397. Incurring of debt for operations and cash flow; pledge of full faith and credit of statesection23:1398. Board of directorssection23:1399. Duties of the boardsection23:1400. Policy applications; risk classificationsection23:1401. Discontinuation of Louisiana Workers' Compensation Assigned Risk Plansection23:1403. Policy programssection23:1404. Allocation of surplus; full faith and credit; exemptions; sunsetsection23:1404.1. State reportingsection23:1405. Corporation investmentssection23:1405.1. Conversion to stock corporation; conditions; approval; laws applicablesection23:1406. Conflict of interestsection23:1407. Sales of policies; agents not liablesection23:1407.1. Issuance or renewal of policies not backed by full faith and credit of state; disclosuresection23:1409. Denial, cancellation, and terminationsection23:1410. Fraud divisionsection23:1411. Ratessection23:1412. Workplace safety programsection23:1413. Workplace accident and injury reduction plansection23:1414. Annual reportsection23:1415. Appeal to insurance commissionersection23:1471. Short title; declaration of public policysection23:1472. Definitionssection23:1473. Concurrent employment by two or more corporationssection23:1474. Administrator; Revenue Estimating Conference; "wages"; weekly benefit amountssection23:1491. Establishment and controlsection23:1492. Accounts and depositssection23:1493. Use and operation; withdrawalssection23:1494. Management of fund upon discontinuance of unemployment trust fundsection23:1511. Creation of fundsection23:1512. Replacement of funds lost or expended for purposes other than administrationsection23:1513. Penalty and interest accountsection23:1513.1. Reed Act accountsection23:1513.2. Louisiana Works administration accountsection23:1514. Worker training fund; purpose; training programs; eligibility criteria; program administrationsection23:1515. Employment security administration accountsection23:1531. Basis of employer contributions; time for payment; computationsection23:1531.1. Electronic filing of contribution, occupational information, and wage reports; employer registrationssection23:1532. Rate and base of contributionssection23:1532.1. Legislative findings and intent; temporary employer special assessment; creation and pledge thereofsection23:1533. Experience rating records; administrator's duty to preparesection23:1534. Standard ratessection23:1535. Variation from standard ratessection23:1536. Determination of rate; ratio of reserves to payroll as a basissection23:1537. Adjustment in ratessection23:1538. Payroll reports; failure of employer to file; incorrect reports; determination of ratessection23:1539. Merger of employing units; determination of ratesection23:1539.1. State unemployment tax avoidance; penaltiessection23:1540. Appeal of liability or tax rate determinationsection23:1541. Notice of benefits charged against employer's experience rating record; employer's right to contest; application for review; proceduresection23:1541.1. Notice of chargeability of benefits to base-period employers; employer's right to contest; appeals; proceduresection23:1542. Definition of termssection23:1543. Delinquent contributions; interest and penalties; jeopardy assessments; bonds; amnesty; forfeiture of right to do business; delinquency of Indian tribessection23:1544. Suit to enforce payment of delinquent contributions; hearing by preference; proceduresection23:1545. Failure of employer to file report; determination of contributions recoverablesection23:1546. Default in payment of contributions; privilege against property of employer; recordation and ranksection23:1547. Proceedings for collection of contributions; burden of proofsection23:1548. Costs of proceedings and other fees not required from administratorsection23:1549. Priority of contributions in insolvency proceedingssection23:1550. Payment of contributions prior to delivery of property or dissolution of partnershipssection23:1551. Refunds and adjustments; correction of administrative errorssection23:1552. Financing benefits paid to employees of nonprofit organizations and of the state, its instrumentalities and political subdivisions and Indian tribes or tribal unitssection23:1553. Noncharging of benefits; recoupment; social charge account; social charge tax ratesection23:1553.1. Prohibitions of noncharging due to employer faultsection23:1554. Rounding of employee wages and total wagessection23:1571. Duration of employer status in generalsection23:1572. Termination of employer status; application for termination of coverage; termination by administratorsection23:1573. Election of coverage by unit not subject to law; termination of coveragesection23:1574. Election of coverage by unit for service not constituting employment; termination of coveragesection23:1576. Notice of separationsection23:1591. Payment of benefits in generalsection23:1592. Weekly benefit amountsection23:1593. Weekly benefits payable; deduction of earningssection23:1594. Benefits for fractional weeksection23:1595. Duration of benefitssection23:1596. Rounding of benefits to next nearest dollarsection23:1597. Benefits due deceased claimant; payment to dependents or representativessection23:1598. Wages earned but unpaid as basis for benefits payablesection23:1599. Waiver of certified mail requirementsection23:1600. Benefit eligibility conditionssection23:1601. Disqualification for benefitssection23:1602. Denial of benefits to individuals taking approved training prohibited; ineligibility of certain students; benefits payable to individuals taking approved training not to be charged to experience rating record of base period employerssection23:1603. Prohibition against disqualification of individuals in approved trainingsection23:1604. Self-employment assistance programsection23:1605. Unemployment insurance integrity programsection23:1606. Extended benefits for training; definitions; eligibility; weekly extended benefit amount; total extended benefit amount; termination of extended benefitssection23:1611. Definitionssection23:1612. Effect of other provisions of this Chapter relating to regular benefits on claims for, and the payment of, extended benefitssection23:1613. Eligibility requirements for extended benefitssection23:1614. Weekly extended benefit amountsection23:1615. Total extended benefit amountsection23:1616. Beginning and termination of extended benefit periodsection23:1617. Cessation of extended benefits when paid under an interstate claim in a state where extended benefit period is not in effectsection23:1618. Requirements governing suitable work and search for worksection23:1619. Limitation on the amount of combined unemployment insurance and trade readjustment allowance benefits receivedsection23:1621. Posting of information concerning rights and claims; duty of employerssection23:1622. Filing of claimsection23:1623. Minors' claims; procedure for filingsection23:1624. Monetary determination and notice of claimsection23:1624.1. Reply to notice of eligibility; enforcement; penaltysection23:1625. Notice of determination on claimssection23:1625.1. Prompt determination of claims; duty of employerssection23:1626. Redetermination; noticesection23:1627. Determination in labor dispute casessection23:1628. Appeal referees; appointment and qualification of memberssection23:1629. Appeals to appeal referee; time for filing; notice of hearing and decisionsection23:1630. Review of decision by board of review; notice of board's decisionsection23:1631. Appeals; conduct of hearings; proceduresection23:1632. Conclusiveness of determination and decisionsection23:1633. decisionsection23:1634. Judicial review; proceduresection23:1635. Prompt payment of claimssection23:1636. Hearing officers; effects of findingssection23:1651. Office of unemployment insurance administration; creationsection23:1652. Board of review; appointment and qualification of members; per diem compensationsection23:1653. Duties and powers of administrator in generalsection23:1654. Regulations; general and special rules; effective datesection23:1655. Publication of laws and regulations, etc.section23:1656. Personnel; appointment, compensation, duties and powerssection23:1657. Merit system covering department personnel; applicability of state civil service lawssection23:1657.1. Criminal history information; access to federal tax informationsection23:1658. Local advisory councilssection23:1659. Employment stabilizationsection23:1660. Employment records and reports; inspection by administrator; confidentiality of records; prohibition against subpoenasection23:1661. Oaths; witnessessection23:1662. Subpoenassection23:1663. Protection against self-incriminationsection23:1664. Federal-state cooperationsection23:1665. Reciprocal arrangements with federal and state agenciessection23:1665.1. Definitionssection23:1665.2. Recovery of state or federal benefit overpaymentssection23:1665.3. Combined wage claims; recovery of outstanding overpayment in transferring statesection23:1666. Cooperation with State and Federal agencies; Wage Combiningsection23:1667. Reciprocal arrangements with foreign governmentssection23:1668. State employment service; creation, duties and powers; establishment and financing of employment officessection23:1669. Representation in court; civil and criminal actionssection23:1670. Lease-purchase agreements, land and buildingssection23:1671. Death reportssection23:1691. Waiver of rights to benefits; agreements to pay employer contributions; discrimination against employees; penaltysection23:1692. Fees and costs against claimants; limitations; penaltysection23:1693. Assignment of benefits; exemption of benefits from levy or execution; deduction for support; deduction for overissuance of SNAP benefitssection23:1711. False statements or representations; failure to file reports or maintain records; duties of officers and agents; presumptive proof; penaltiessection23:1711.1. Independent contractor; rebuttable presumptionsection23:1712. Violations of provisions, regulations or orders when penalty not otherwise prescribedsection23:1713. Waiver of recovery and recovery of benefits improperly received by beneficiarysection23:1714. Penaltiessection23:1721. Alternative remedies for the collection of contributionssection23:1722. Determination and notice of liability and contributions duesection23:1723. Appeal of determination; procedure; content; delays; hearingssection23:1724. Assessmentsection23:1725. Notice of assessment; reassessmentsection23:1726. Legal effect of assessments; when collectiblesection23:1727. Recordation and effect of notice of assessmentsection23:1728. Appeals; delays; venue; burden of proofsection23:1729. Authority for assessments to be made executory by the courtssection23:1730. Procedure for making assessment executory and execution thereofsection23:1731. Injunction to arrest execution of assessment made executorysection23:1732. Prescription of assessments as judgmentssection23:1733. Offset of assessments against tax refundssection23:1740. Alternative remedies for collection of benefit overpaymentssection23:1740.1. Costs of proceedings and other fees not required from administratorsection23:1741. Assessmentsection23:1742. Notice of assessment; reassessmentsection23:1743. Legal effect of assessments; when collectiblesection23:1744. Recordation and effect of notice of assessmentsection23:1745. Authority for assessment to be made executorysection23:1746. Procedure for making assessment executory and execution thereofsection23:1747. Injunction to arrest execution of assessment made executorysection23:1748. Prescription of assessments as judgmentssection23:1749. Offset of assessments against tax refundssection23:1749.1. Definitionssection23:1749.2. Notice of overpayment delinquency; suspension of licensesection23:1749.3. Objection to suspension of licensesection23:1749.4. Administrative hearingsection23:1749.5. Certification of noncompliancesection23:1749.6. Suspension of licensesection23:1749.7. Subsequent compliance with overpayment obligation; compliance releasessection23:1749.8. Reissuance of licensesection23:1761. Definitionssection23:1762. Exemptions and exceptionssection23:1763. Rights and responsibilitiessection23:1764. Registrationsection23:1765. Application for registrationsection23:1766. Rejection of application for registrationsection23:1767. Terms of registration; renewal; revocationsection23:1768. Professional employer services agreement requirementssection23:1769. Electronic registration; registration through an approved assurance organizationsection23:1771. Definitionssection23:1773. Louisiana Voluntary Disclosure Programsection23:1775. Voluntary Disclosure Agreements; unemployment taxsection23:1801. Workforce solutions; development; coordination with employerssection23:2021. Equal Pay Commission; creation; purposessection23:2022. Composition of commissionsection23:2023. Meetings; staff; datasection23:2024. Findings and recommendations; termination of commissionsection23:2041. Legislative declarationsection23:2042. Louisiana Workforce Investment Council; creation; purposesection23:2043. Memberssection23:2044. Qualificationssection23:2045. Chairman and vice chairmansection23:2046. Termssection23:2047. Vacanciessection23:2048. Removal of memberssection23:2049. Council meetingssection23:2050. Domicilesection23:2051. Designeessection23:2052. Compensationsection23:2053. Staffsection23:2054. Fundingsection23:2055. Rulemaking authoritysection23:2056. Executive organizationsection23:2061. Definitionssection23:2062. Goalssection23:2063. Strategic plansection23:2065. Council duties and functionssection23:2066. Job placement information; occupational informationsection23:2067. Integration of job training programssection23:2069. Required information; exceptionssection23:2070. Authoritysection23:2091. Transfer of state advisory council responsibilitiessection23:2092. Organizational structure of standing committeessection23:2100. Federal support and waiverssection23:2151. Council recommendations; cooperation with state agencies, departments, and officessection23:2152. Provision of services by state agenciessection23:2153. Data; standardizationsection23:2191. Workforce development boardssection23:2192. Designation of workforce development areassection23:2193. Creation of local workforce development boardssection23:2194. Training for local workforce development board memberssection23:2195. Certification of boardssection23:2196. Board membershipsection23:2197. Removal of workforce development board memberssection23:2198. Presiding officersection23:2199. Responsibility of the boardsection23:2200. Board dutiessection23:2201. Board committeessection23:2202. Technical advisory groupssection23:2203. Components of local workforce development systemsection23:2204. Local and regional workforce development planssection23:2205. Budgetsection23:2206. Reportsection23:2207. Approval of fiscal agentsection23:2208. Contracting for service deliverysection23:2209. Conflicts of interestsection23:2210. Incentives and waiverssection23:2211. Nonprofit status; ability to solicit fundssection23:2212. Staffsection23:2213. Conflict of lawssection23:3001. Acceptance of federal act to promote vocational rehabilitationsection23:3002. State treasurer as custodian of federal fundssection23:3003. Donations; department's authority to receivesection23:3004. Fees for vocational work evaluation services performed by Louisiana Workssection23:3021. Prevention of blindness; vocational training and rehabilitationsection23:3022. Powers of Louisiana Rehabilitation Servicessection23:3023. Priority to individuals who are blind in operation of concessions in public buildingssection23:3032. Exemption of persons who are blind from license, privilege, or vocational tax; limitationsection23:3033. Exemptions; when applicablesection23:3041. Purposesection23:3042. Definitionssection23:3043. Blind Vendors Trust Fundsection23:3044. Blind Vendors Trust Fund Board; creation; membershipsection23:3045. Expendituressection23:3061. 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