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Louisiana has NO state minimum wage law. La. R.S. § 23:642 (fetched from state legislature) prohibits LOCAL minimum wage ordinances but establishes no state minimum wage. Federal FLSA minimum of $7.25/hr applies to covered employers. Multiple proposed bills in recent sessions (HB 209, HB 374, SB 206, SB 530) have sought to establish a state minimum ($12-$14/hr) but none have been enacted. — Source
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Louisiana has no state minimum wage law and its only relevant wage statute (La. R.S. § 23:642) prohibits local minimum wage ordinances — making it a pure-FLSA state with no sub-state or state-level wage floor.
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How Louisiana differs
Louisiana has no state minimum wage law and its only relevant wage statute (La. R.S. § 23:642) prohibits local minimum wage ordinances — making it a pure-FLSA state with no sub-state or state-level wage floor.
Weekly overtime: Louisiana requires time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek. Source.
Louisiana wage payment and collection law
Beyond the minimum wage and overtime rate, Louisiana has its own wage-payment statute governing when workers must be paid, what happens to a final paycheck, and how to recover wages an employer has not paid. The essentials, drawn from Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC), are below.
- How often wages must be paid
- No general private-sector pay-frequency rule verified.
- Final paycheck after separation
- La. R.S. 23:631(A): on discharge or resignation, all amounts then due by the next regular payday or within 15 days of separation, whichever comes first.
- How to file a wage claim
- No state administrative wage-claim process; enforcement is judicial. La. R.S. 23:631(B) directs the employee to file an action in court.
- Other state-specific rules
- No state minimum wage (federal $7.25 applies). Penalty-wage statute R.S. 23:632 exists (not loaded verbatim). Vacation payable at separation if employer policy makes it accrued/eligible (R.S. 23:631(D)).
Primary source: Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC). Statute citations are the state's own; verify your specific situation before acting.