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What is Misclassification?
“Taking advantage of relaxed U.S. Department of Labor guidelines that now allow for risk-based audits, the Louisiana Workforce Commission has racked up some impressive numbers in tracking down businesses that improperly classify employees.
To date, LWC audits have identified nearly 9,400 employees statewide that have been misclassified as contract labor.”
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Dozens take part in ‘Fight for 15’ protest in Gert Town
In New Orleans, protesters stormed down Carrollton Avenue at dawn and right into a McDonald’s restaurant as they continue to demand change when it comes to minimum wages in the city, state and nation.
“We have no state minimum wage in Louisiana, but most people are paid the federal minimum wage of $7.25. Even $15 an hour, what folks are asking for, still gets you to only $31,000 a year,” said Erika Zucker, with Workplace Justice Project at the Loyola Law Center
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Women and Pay in Louisiana
“According to Gov. John Bel Edwards, women comprise nearly 80 percent of the minimum wage earners in Louisiana. This, he says, contributes to the state’s extreme gender disparity in pay — America’s largest. It’s one more example of Louisiana finishing at the top of a “bad” list.”
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Fight for $15 Day of Action
Tens of thousands plan to strike and protest on 11/29 in a nation-wide protest to raise the minimum wage.
Fight for $15 National Day of Action
Tens of thousands plan to strike and protest on 11/29 in a nation-wide protest to raise the minimum wage.
Contratista Independiente v. Empleado
El código laboral, la ley que protege a los trabajadores en California, solo aplica a los empleados, no a las contratistas independientes. ¿Qué es un empleado?
Louisiana nursing home operator pays nearly $120K in penalties, back wages, damages to resolve violations following federal investigation – United States Department of Labor
NEW ORLEANS – Two U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigations found that a nursing care operator with multiple southern Louisiana facilities violated the minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Workers, individuals and families needing home care, and employers can find more information about the wage laws that apply by clicking here.
Welders, pipe fitters along Gulf Coast to be paid $516K in back wages – United States Department of Labor
NEW ORLEANS – Two Gulf Coast staffing agencies have agreed to paid 353 workers nearly $516,000 in back wages after U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found they classified employees incorrectly as independent contractors and mislabeled wages as per-diem reimbursement for expenses never incurred.