Title 23, Labor and Worker's Compensation

§187. Signing of certificate by minor; return by employer after termination of employment The employment certificate shall be signed by the minor in the presence of the issuing authority and then it shall be returned to the minor for delivery to the employer. An employment certif…

§188. Records kept by issuing authority A copy of each employment certificate shall be retained in the office of the issuing authority together with the papers required to be submitted by the applicants under R.S. 23:184. The issuing authority shall also keep a record of all appl…

§19. Delegation of functions The secretary shall, to the extent allowed under state or federal law, delegate all or part of the administration of a program integrated pursuant to R.S. 23:17 that is eligible for funding to a local workforce development board in an area in which a …

§191. Revocation The secretary may revoke any employment or other certificate if in his judgment it was improperly issued or if the minor is illegally employed. If the certificate is revoked, the issuing authority, the employer, and the minor, shall be notified and the minor shal…

§192. Certificates as evidence of age of minors Employment certificates issued in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart shall be conclusive evidence of the age of the minor for whom issued in any proceeding involving the employment of the minor subsequent to the issuance…

§2. Domicile of department The domicile of Louisiana Works shall be in Baton Rouge. Acts 1989, No. 512, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 447, §1, eff. June 20, 1992; Acts 2008, No. 743, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2025, No. 478, §7, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.

§20. State and local planning process; local workforce development boards The secretary shall design and implement a state and local planning process for workforce training and services, including the certification of business/career solution centers and the chartering of local w…

§2021. Equal Pay Commission; creation; purposes A. There is hereby created the Equal Pay Commission, hereafter referred to as the "commission". B. The purpose of the commission is to serve as a collaborative working group to make a full and complete study of: (1) The extent of wa…

§2022. Composition of commission A. The following shall serve as members of the commission: (1) The secretary of Louisiana Works or his designee as a nonvoting ex officio member. (2) Two representatives of business and industry appointed by the governor. (3) Two representatives o…

§2023. Meetings; staff; data A. Within thirty days after the governor makes her appointments, the commission shall hold its first meeting and select a chairman. The commission shall meet at least four times per year and at the call of the chairman. B. Louisiana Works shall provid…

§2024. Findings and recommendations; termination of commission A. The commission shall make a final report of its findings and recommendations on or before February 1, 2006, to the House and Senate Committees on Labor and Industrial Relations. B. The authority and operation provi…

§2041. Legislative declaration The legislature hereby declares: (1) That the existing vocational, technical, basic and remedial education, support services, employment, and job training programs systems lack statewide coordination and that this lack of statewide coordination make…

§2042. Louisiana Workforce Investment Council; creation; purpose The Louisiana Workforce Investment Council is hereby created in the department as the state workforce development board for the purposes of: (1) Meeting the requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Oppor…

§2043. Members A. The council shall consist of members as follows: (1) The governor. (2) The secretary of Louisiana Works. (3) The secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services. (4) The secretary of Louisiana Economic Development. (5) The state superintendent of edu…

§2044. Qualifications Each member of the council shall be a registered voter in and a domiciliary of Louisiana and shall have completed the same training as provided to local workforce development board members pursuant to R.S. 23:2194. Acts 1997, No. 1, §1, eff. April 30, 1997; …

§2045. Chairman and vice chairman The governor shall appoint the chairman of the council from members representing business and industry appointed pursuant to R.S. 23:2043(A)(11). The council shall elect the vice chairman. The chairman and vice chairman shall serve one-year terms…

§2046. Terms A. Of the initial members appointed pursuant to R.S. 23:2043(A)(5), (6), and (11), not more than thirty-four percent of the members shall serve a term of two years, not more than thirty-three percent of the members shall serve a term of three years, and not more than…

§2047. Vacancies A. When a vacancy on the council occurs among the appointed members, the council shall notify by certified mail the nominating entity within ten days, and the vacancy shall be filled by gubernatorial appointment in the same manner as the original appointment. The…

§2048. Removal of members The governor may remove any appointed member of the council for cause including misconduct, incompetency, neglect of duty, or absence from any two out of four consecutive meetings. Acts 1997, No. 1, §1, eff. April 30, 1997; Acts 2008, No. 743, §2, eff. J…

§2049. Council meetings A. All meetings of the council shall be open and subject to the provisions of R.S. 42:11 et seq. A record of all proceedings at regular and special meetings of the council shall be kept and shall be open to public inspection, as provided in R.S. 42:20. B. …

§2050. Domicile The council shall be domiciled in East Baton Rouge Parish. Acts 1997, No. 1, §1, eff. April 30, 1997; Acts 2008, No. 743, §2, eff. July 1, 2008.

§2051. Designees A. Each council member may appoint a designee to serve in his stead. Each council member who desires to have a designee shall provide written notice of such to the chairman of the council. Such written notice shall name the individual who shall be the official de…

§2052. Compensation No council member shall receive compensation for his services. However, members may be reimbursed expenses incurred for necessary travel when attending to official business of the council as provided for state employees by division of administration regulation…

§2053. Staff The department shall allocate staff for the council personnel. In addition, if funding is made available, the council may hire additional personnel. The council may also request assignment of staff from the division of administration and affected departments, or the …

§2054. Funding A. Federal funding for the operation of the federal advisory councils shall be allocated to the council according to federal requirements. B. The council shall develop a budget to carry out its duties and responsibilities under this Chapter. The council shall submi…

§2055. Rulemaking authority The council, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, shall promulgate such rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter. Acts 1997, No. 1, §1, eff. April 30, 1997; Acts 2008, No. 743, §2, eff. July 1, 2008…

§2056. Executive organization For the purposes of executive branch organization, the council is placed within the executive office of the secretary, pursuant to R.S. 36:301(C)(1). Acts 1997, No. 1, §1, eff. April 30, 1997; Acts 2008, No. 743, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No.…

§2061. Definitions As used in this Chapter, the following terms have the meaning herein ascribed to them: (1) "Agency" means any state office, department, board, council, institution, division, officer or other person, or functional group, presently existing or created in the fut…

§2062. Goals The goals of the council are: (1) To promote the development of a well-educated, highly skilled workforce in Louisiana through literacy, adult basic education, community education, apprenticeship, and state-of-the-art occupational skills education and training and pr…

§2063. Strategic plan A.(1) The council shall develop, prepare, adopt, and submit to the governor a comprehensive state combined plan that establishes strategic goals, objectives, and measures that provide direction for the provision of services and coordination of resources by t…

§2065. Council duties and functions A. The council shall: (1) Develop and regularly update recommended strategy for the provision of a coordinated comprehensive workforce development delivery system using a multiagency cooperative approach to ensure that state workforce efforts a…

§2066. Job placement information; occupational information A. The council shall establish, supervise, and control a comprehensive labor market information system as specifically provided for in Part IV of Chapter 1 of this Title. B. The council shall use the information developed…

§2067. Integration of job training programs Annually the council shall prepare and submit to the governor and the legislature a report that describes how additional job training programs not under the jurisdiction of a standing committee created pursuant to Part III of this Chapt…

§2069. Required information; exceptions A.(1) All agencies of all branches of government and all units of local government shall cooperate with the council in providing and maintaining information required by the council. (2) Should the council determine by a majority vote that a…

§2070. Authority A. The provisions of this Chapter shall not be construed so as to impair or diminish the constitutional authority of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, including budgetary responsibility for all funds appropriated or allocated for technical sc…

§2091. Transfer of state advisory council responsibilities A. The council shall perform the responsibilities assigned to the state advisory council under the following federal laws: (1) The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq. (2) The Carl D. P…

§2092. Organizational structure of standing committees A.(1) The council shall create standing and ad hoc committees as it deems appropriate. Generally, the council, through its standing committees, shall carry out the duties and functions currently prescribed for existing state …

§2100. Federal support and waivers The standing committees, through the council, shall assist the department in seeking federal support and waivers, if necessary for implementing the provisions of this Part. Acts 1997, No. 1, §1, eff. April 30, 1997; Acts 2008, No. 743, §2, eff. …

§211. Minors; maximum hours in general No minor under the age of sixteen shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any gainful occupation more than eight hours in any one day, nor more than six consecutive days in any one week. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 624, §2, eff. A…

§213. Minors under sixteen; recreation or meal period No minor under sixteen years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work for any five-hour period without one interval of at least thirty minutes within such period for meals. If the period of work before the inte…

§214. Minors under sixteen; maximum hours when school in session A. Minors under sixteen years of age shall not be employed, permitted, or suffered to work more than three hours each day on any day when school is in session, nor more than eighteen hours in any week when school is…

§215. Minors; minors under sixteen; prohibited hours; maximum work week A.(1) No minor sixteen years of age who has not graduated from high school shall be employed, or permitted, or suffered to work between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. prior to the start of any school d…

§2151. Council recommendations; cooperation with state agencies, departments, and offices A. The council, through its standing committees, shall develop recommendations periodically in each of the committees' areas of responsibility and shall submit the recommendations to the gov…

§2152. Provision of services by state agencies A. An affected agency shall provide workforce development services in accordance with the council's plans and recommendations and shall implement rules and policies consistent with the plan or recommendation. B. Affected agencies are…

§2153. Data; standardization A. The council shall develop a plan that, whenever possible, requires the use of common definitions, common outcome measures, common eligibility standards, and common funding cycles for education, job training, and placement programs. B. The council s…

§217. Records to be kept by employers Every employer of minors shall keep conspicuously posted at the place of employment: (1) A printed abstract of the provisions of this Part prepared and furnished by the secretary. (2) A list of the occupations prohibited to such minors, prepa…

§2191. Workforce development boards A. There shall be a local workforce development board for every workforce development area. B. The governor shall designate local areas within the state after consulting with the state Workforce Investment Council, chief elected officials, and …

§2192. Designation of workforce development areas A.(1) For the first two operating years of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, the governor shall approve a request for initial designation as a local area from any area that was designated as a local area for pu…

§2193. Creation of local workforce development boards A. The chief elected officials in a workforce development area may form, in accordance with rules established by the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council, a local workforce development board to do the following: (1) Plan and…

§2194. Training for local workforce development board members A. The office of workforce development shall provide management, diversity, and board development training for all members of local workforce development boards that includes information regarding the importance of hig…