September 2024

 

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Louisiana Eases Meal Period Rules for Certain Minors

Louisiana has enacted legislation that will no longer require employers to provide meal periods to minors who are 16 or 17 years of age when they work for a five-hour work period. The law (House Bill 156) took effect Aug. 1, 2024.

Louisiana Amends Final Pay Rules

Louisiana has enacted legislation that addresses final pay rules when an employee’s compensation includes commission, incentive pay, or a bonus. The changes are a result of enactment of House Bill 352 and take effect Aug. 1, 2024.

Louisiana Requires Leave for Genetic Testing and Cancer Screening

Louisiana has enacted legislation (Senate Bill 200), which will require employers with 20 or more employees to provide leave to employees for genetic testing and cancer screening when medically necessary. The changes take effect Aug. 1, 2023.

Louisiana Prohibits Hairstyle Discrimination

Louisiana has enacted legislation (House Bill 1083) that expressly prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals based on their natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle. House Bill 1083 takes effect August 1, 2022 and applies to employers with 20 or more employees.

New Orleans bans hairstyle discrimination

New Orleans has enacted an ordinance (Calendar Number 33,184) that expressly prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals because of their protected cultural hairstyles.

Louisiana requires new notice for unemployment insurance

The Louisiana Workforce Commission has adopted an emergency rule that expands the unemployment insurance notice requirements.

Latest News about the Idaho and Louisiana State Poster Changes

The Department of Labor has issued mandatory changes effective March 2017, which impact the states of Idaho and Louisiana.

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