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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 443
BY SENATOR MURRAY
EMPLOYMENT. Requires the "Equal Pay for Women Act" to apply to local governments
and political subdivisions. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 23:663(3), relative to the "Equal Pay for Women Act"; to2
provide for prohibited discrimination in employment; to provide for applicability to3
local governments and local political subdivisions; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 23:663(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง663. Definitions7
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the definitions8
ascribed in this Section unless the context indicates otherwise:9
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(3) "Employer" means any department, office, division, agency, commission,11
board, committee or other organizational unit of the state or any political12
subdivision as provided for in Article VI of the Constitution of Louisiana and13
as defined in Article VI, Section 44(1) of the constitution.14 SB NO. 443
SLS 14RS-813 ORIGINAL
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Carla S. Roberts.
DIGEST
Murray (SB 443)
Present law prohibits any employer, whether public or private, from intentionally
discriminating against an employee on the basis of sex.
Present law prohibits employment discrimination against women who are state government
employees, whether the discrimination is intentional or unintentional, and is known as the
"Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act".
Proposed law retains present law but makes the "Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act" also
applicable to local governments and political subdivisions.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 23:663(3))