Getting Paid

An employer tells employees at hiring what they will be paid, how, and how often, and of any later change. One that does not designate paydays pays on the first and sixteenth days of the month, or as near to them as practicable.

• §La. R.S. 23:633StatutePayment twice monthly for certain occupations; penalty for violationsOpens legis.la.gov ↗

• Manufacturing, oil drilling and mining employers with ten or more employees, and public service corporations, pay at least twice each calendar month.
• A violation carries a fine of $25 to $250 for each day.
• The rules do not cover executive, administrative, supervisory or professional employees, or others exempt under federal law.

• §La. R.S. 23:633StatutePayment twice monthly for certain occupations; penalty for violationsOpens legis.la.gov ↗

No employer may fine employees or deduct fines from their wages, except for goods or property they damaged willfully or negligently, or after a theft of the employer's funds.

• §La. R.S. 23:635StatuteAssessment of fines against employees unlawful; exceptionsOpens legis.la.gov ↗