Labor Law Requirements

• Unemployment Insurance (Required)
• Timely Payment of Wages (Required)
• Sickle Cell Trait Discrimination (Required)
• Equal Opportunity (Required)
• Genetic Discrimination (Required)
• Minor Labor Law Placard (Required)
• Age Discrimination (Required)
• Out of State Motor Vehicles (Required)
• National Guard (Required)
• Workers’ Compensation (Recommended)
• Workers’ Compensation Fraud (Recommended)
• Earned Income Credit (Recommended)

• Family and Medical Leave (Required)
• Equal Employment Opportunity (Required)
• USERRA (Required)
• OSHA (Required)
• Federal Minimum Wage (Required)
• Polygraph Protection Test (Required)

Recent Changes

Earned Income Credit - January 2010

The amount to qualify for EIC changed from $40,000 (2009) to $43,000 (2010). The 2010 income limits for eligibility (all changed from 2009).

EEO - August 2009

Non-substantive formatting changes to the EEO notice.

Workers' Compensation Fraud - May 2009

The logo at the bottom of the notice has changed as well as the department name. It is now "Louisiana Workforce Commission".

Minor Labor Law Placard - Sickle Cell Trait Discrimination - Age Discrimination - Equal Opportunity for All - Genetic Discrimination - Earned Income Credit - February 2009

• Minor Labor Law Placard - Non-substantive formatting changes
• Sickle Cell Trait Discrimination - Non-substantive formatting changes
• Age Discrimination - Non-substantive formatting changes
• Equal Opportunity for All - Non-substantive formatting changes
• Genetic Discrimination - Non-substantive formatting changes
• Earned Income Credit - Substantive change: The income limit amounts for eligibility have increased as listed: $40,295, $43,415 for married filing jointly, with two or more qualifying children $35,463, $38,583 for married filing jointly, with one qualifying child and $13,440, $16,560 for married filing jointly, with no qualifying children.
This was a Substantive change

Unemployment Insurance - January 2009

A criterion was added to the Disqualification section: you may now be disqualified from drawing benefits on a claim if you have been discharged for the use of illegal drugs. They have also changed the word “dispute” to “strike” in the same section.
This was a Substantive change

Timely Payment of Wages - Earned Income Credit - January 2008

• Timely Payment of Wages (Non-substantive)- There is a new Attorney General.
• Earned Income Credit (Substantive)- The income amounts for eligibility have changed, and an extra criterion for qualifying for advance EIC payments has been added.
This was a Substantive change