2015 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation
RS 23:635 - Assessment of fines against employees unlawful; exceptions
§635. Assessment of fines against employees unlawful; exceptions
No person, acting either for himself or as agent or otherwise, shall assess any fines against his employees or deduct any sum as fines from their wages. This Section shall not apply in cases where the employees wilfully or negligently damage goods or works, or in cases where the employees wilfully or negligently damage or break the property of the employer, or in cases where the employee is convicted or has pled guilty to the crime of theft of employer funds, but in such cases the fines shall not exceed the actual damage done.
Acts 2001, No. 768, §1.
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