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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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No state minimum wage statute: 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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Start hereMinimum WageNo state minimum wage law; federal FLSA $7.25/hr applies to all covered employers; La. R.S. § 23:642 prohibits local minimum wage ordinances.
Overtime29 U.S.C. § 207 (FLSA only); Louisiana has no state overtime law; confirmed from Louisiana State Legislature (legis.la.gov).

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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.

Weekly overtime: Louisiana requires time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek. Source.