HLS 12RS-1239 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 494
BY REPRESENTATIVE TALBOT
EMPLOYMENT: Provides with respect to payment after termination of employment
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 23:631(A)(1)(a), relative to payment of terminated employees;2
to require payment of the amount due to a terminated employee on or before the next3
regular payday for the pay cycle in which the employee was working or no later than4
fifteen days after termination; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 23:631(A)(1)(a) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง631. Discharge or resignation of employees; payment after termination of8
employment9
A.(1)(a) Upon the discharge of any laborer or other employee of any kind10
whatever, it shall be the duty of the person employing such laborer or other11
employee to pay the amount then due under the terms of employment, whether the12
employment is by the hour, day, week, or month, on or before the next regular13
payday for the pay cycle during which the employee was working at the time of14
separation or no later than fifteen days following the date of discharge termination,15
whichever occurs first.16
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HB NO. 494
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Talbot HB No. 494
Abstract: Requires payment of the amount due to a terminated employee on or before the
next regular payday for the pay cycle in which the employee was working or no later
than 15 days after termination, whichever occurs first.
Present law requires an employer, upon the discharge of an employee, to pay the amount
then due to the employee under the terms of employment, whether the employment is by the
hour, day, week, or month, on or before the next regular payday or no later than 15 days
following the date of termination, whichever occurs first.
Proposed law retains present law but specifies that the payday shall be the next regular
payday for the pay cycle during which the employee was working at the time of separation.
(Amends R.S. 23:631(A)(1)(a))