Louisiana

$7.25 / hour

The Louisiana Legislative Fiscal Office states that Louisiana has no state minimum-wage law and presently is under the federal minimum wage enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor through the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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2026-08-10

In Louisiana, the governing rule for overtime is federal: Compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate for employment in excess of forty hours in a workweek (29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1)).

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2026-08-08

Services performed for wages or under a contract of hire are employment unless the worker is free from control or direction, the service is outside the usual course of business or all places of business, and the worker is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession, or business.

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2026-08-10

Manufacturing employers, oil-boring and mining employers with ten or more employees, and public service corporations shall pay covered employees no less than twice each calendar month, with paydays as near as practicable two weeks apart and payment no later than the payday at the conclusion of the next payroll period.

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2026-08-10

Upon discharge or resignation, an employer shall pay the amount then due under the terms of employment on or before the applicable next regular payday or no later than fifteen days after separation, whichever occurs first.

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2026-08-10

No general pay stub requirement for private employers was located in LA's official sources as of 2026-08-13. This records the result of a documented search of 2 official sources, not a statement that no such law exists. Federal requirements continue to apply where applicable.

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2026-08-13

No person shall assess fines against employees or deduct any sum as fines from wages, except for willful or negligent damage to goods, work, or employer property or theft of employer funds, and any permitted fine may not exceed actual damage.

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2026-08-10

An employer subject to R.S. 23:633 shall inform employees at hire what wages they will be paid, the method in which they will be paid, the frequency of payment, and any subsequent changes.

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2026-08-10

No minor under sixteen may work a five-hour period without one thirty-minute meal interval; the break must be documented in the employer's normal timekeeping system, and a time edit must be acknowledged in writing by the minor and the manager.

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2026-08-10

A minor under sixteen who has not graduated from high school may not be employed, permitted, or suffered to work during the prohibited night hours or more than forty hours in one week.

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2026-08-10

No general predictive scheduling requirement for private employers was located in LA's official sources as of 2026-08-13. This records the result of a documented search of one official source, not a statement that no such law exists. Federal requirements continue to apply where applicable.

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2026-08-13

Except for statutory exceptions, a public or private employer may not require an employee or applicant to pay, pass on, or have withheld from pay the cost of fingerprinting, a medical examination, a drug test, or records required as a condition of employment.

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2026-08-10

Commission compensation is an amount then due at separation when it has been earned and not modified in accordance with a written policy addressing the commission; lawful policies may condition earning on receipt of the payment generating the commission.

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2026-08-10

A bonus is due at separation when earned and not modified under a written policy; when its amount depends on annual, quarterly, or other periodic financial information, the employer has a reasonable time not exceeding 120 calendar days after the period ends to determine whether and how much is due.

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2026-08-10

For Louisiana unemployment compensation, wages mean all remuneration for services, including dismissal pay, vacation pay, holiday pay, commissions, and bonuses.

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2026-08-10

For Louisiana unemployment compensation, wages include vacation pay, holiday pay, dismissal pay, commissions, bonuses, and other remuneration for services.

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2026-08-10

No general prevailing wage requirement for private employers was located in LA's official sources as of 2026-08-13. This records the result of a documented search of one official source, not a statement that no such law exists. Federal requirements continue to apply where applicable.

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2026-08-13

No general paid sick leave requirement for private employers was located in LA's official sources as of 2026-08-13. This records the result of a documented search of 2 official sources, not a statement that no such law exists. Federal requirements continue to apply where applicable.

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2026-08-13

No general paid family medical leave requirement for private employers was located in LA's official sources as of 2026-08-13. This records the result of a documented search of 2 official sources, not a statement that no such law exists. Federal requirements continue to apply where applicable.

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2026-08-13

An employer shall grant paid leaves of absence to an employee who seeks to undergo a medical procedure to donate bone marrow; the combined leave may not exceed forty work hours unless agreed to by the employer.

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2026-08-10

3%

For taxable periods beginning on or after January 1, 2025, Louisiana's individual income tax rate is a flat three percent and the former graduated brackets are repealed.

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2025-01-01

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2026-08-10

Louisiana withholding is based on the prescribed tables or formulas and the withholding exemptions and dependent credits the employee provides on Form R-1300, the Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate known as Form L-4.

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2026-08-10

For Louisiana withholding, wages mean all remuneration for services performed by an employee for the employer, including the cash value of remuneration paid in a medium other than cash, subject to the statutory exclusions.

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2026-08-10

Beginning January 1, 2022, wages paid to a qualifying nonresident individual are exempt from Louisiana income tax when employment duties are performed in Louisiana for thirty or fewer days in the calendar year, the individual works in more than one state, and the statutory occupation and other-income exclusions do not apply.

Effective

2022-01-01

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2026-08-10

No general local taxation requirement for private employers was located in LA's official sources as of 2026-08-13. This records the result of a documented search of 2 official sources, not a statement that no such law exists. Federal requirements continue to apply where applicable.

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2026-08-13

Louisiana unemployment contributions accrue and are payable by each covered employer with respect to wages for employment and shall not be deducted in whole or in part from employee wages.

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2026-08-10

No general disability insurance requirement for private employers was located in LA's official sources as of 2026-08-13. This records the result of a documented search of one official source, not a statement that no such law exists. Federal requirements continue to apply where applicable.

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2026-08-13

An employer shall secure compensation to employees by keeping the payment insured with an authorized workers' compensation insurer or through a permitted self-insurance method.

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2026-08-10

Louisiana withholding payment frequency is quarterly when average monthly withholding is less than $500, monthly from $500 to less than $5,000, and semimonthly at $5,000 or more; payments must be electronic.

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2026-08-10

Every employer that withholds or is required to withhold Louisiana income tax must electronically file quarterly Form L-1 for every assigned filing period, including periods with no employees paid, no taxable wages, no withholding, or no tax due.

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2026-08-10

Louisiana employers must file an annual withholding reconciliation electronically; Form L-3 is due January 31 after the calendar year or thirty days after final wages are paid when the business closes during the year.

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2026-08-10

An employer shall report the hiring, rehiring, or return to work of a covered employee no later than twenty days after the hiring or rehiring.

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2026-08-10

75%

For ordinary seizure, seventy-five percent of weekly disposable earnings is exempt, and the exemption may not be less than disposable earnings equal to thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage, adjusted for the pay period.

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2026-08-10

A covered employer may not intentionally pay an employee less than an employee of the opposite sex for equal work requiring equal skill, effort, and responsibility under similar working conditions, and may not reduce another employee's wage to comply.

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2026-08-10

An employer subject to the Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act may not discriminate, retaliate, or take adverse action against an employee for inquiring about, disclosing, comparing, or discussing the employee's wages or another employee's wages.

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2026-08-10

No general salary history requirement for private employers was located in LA's official sources as of 2026-08-13. This records the result of a documented search of 2 official sources, not a statement that no such law exists. Federal requirements continue to apply where applicable.

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2026-08-13

An employer subject to R.S. 23:633 shall inform employees at hire what wages they will be paid, how and how often they will be paid, and any later changes, and shall post the Louisiana Works notice describing that duty.

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2026-08-10

Every employer shall keep conspicuously posted in or about the premises where a worker is employed a printed copy or abstract of the labor laws designated by the secretary, in the form furnished by the secretary.

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2026-08-10

Every person employing minors shall procure and keep on file an employment certificate for each minor, subject to listed program and performing-arts exceptions, and the certificate must remain accessible at the job site or immediate work area to enforcement officers.

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2026-08-10

An employer is not subject to civil penalties under R.S. 23:995 if every employee's work authorization is verified through E-Verify or if each employee provides picture identification plus a listed authorization document that the employer copies and retains.

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2011-08-15

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2026-08-10

A person required to withhold Louisiana income tax from employee wages must register for a Louisiana withholding tax account before filing returns or remitting withholding taxes.

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2026-08-10

Every employer shall keep true and accurate records of each employee's name, address, occupation, daily and weekly hours worked, and wages paid each pay period, and keep those records for at least one year after the date of the record.

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2026-08-10

An employer that fails or refuses to comply with R.S. 23:631 is liable for the lesser of ninety days of wages at the employee's daily rate or full wages from demand until payment or tender; a good-faith dispute limits liability to the disputed wages plus judicial interest from suit filing.

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2026-08-10

An action to recover compensation for services rendered, including salaries, wages, commissions, professional fees, and public-official emoluments, is subject to a three-year liberative prescription.

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2026-08-10