§1541. Notice of benefits charged against employer's experience rating record; employer's right to contest; application for review; procedure

            A. The administrator shall, not later than ninety days after the close of each calendar quarter, render a statement to each employer of benefits paid each individual and charged to his experience-rating record. These benefit charges are conclusive and binding upon the employer unless he files an application to review the charges setting forth his reasons therefor within thirty days after the mailing of the notice to his last known address.

            B. No employer that was a party to the separation determination, reconsidered determination, or decision, or that was issued a notice of chargeablility pursuant to R.S. 23:1541.1 shall have standing to contest the quarterly charge statement.

            C. If an employer who was not a party to the separation determination, reconsidered determination, or decision, or who was not issued a determination of chargeability pursuant to R.S. 23:1541.1, alleges in his application for review of the quarterly charge statement that benefits were not properly charged to his experience-rating record, the administrator shall affirm, modify, or reverse such charges by issuing a determination of chargeability as provided in R.S. 23:1541.1.

            D. The administrator shall establish by October fourteenth of each year the amount to be collected for the Incumbent Worker Training Account pursuant to R.S. 23:1553(B)(6) through (9).

            E. The administrator shall notify each employer, no later than December thirty-first of each year, of his rate of contribution for the forthcoming calendar year as determined for any relevant experience-rating year pursuant to this Part. This determination shall be conclusive and binding upon an employer unless within thirty days after the mailing of notice hereof to his last known address the employer files an application for review and redetermination, setting forth his reasons therefor. If the administrator grants such review, the employer shall be promptly notified thereof and shall be granted an opportunity for a fair hearing, but no employer shall have standing, in any proceeding involving his rate of contribution or contribution liability, to contest the chargeability of any benefits to his experience-rating record as to cases wherein he has previously been notified and had an opportunity for hearing, review, and appeal. The employer shall be promptly notified of the administrator's action which shall become final unless within thirty days after the mailing of notice thereof to his last known address a petition for judicial review is filed in the district court of employer's domicile. In any proceeding under this Subsection, the findings of the administrator as to facts shall be presumed to be prima facie correct if supported by substantial and competent evidence. These proceedings shall be heard in a summary manner and shall be given precedence over all other civil cases except cases arising under Part VI of this Chapter and Chapter 10 of this Title. An appeal may be taken from the decision of the district court in the same manner, but not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter as in other civil cases.

            F.(1) Within thirty days after the mailing to his last known address, the employer may contribute any amount to his experience-rating account.

            (2) Any such payment made by the employer within thirty days after the mailing to his last known address shall be deposited in the Louisiana unemployment compensation fund and credited by the administrator so that the employer's experience rating account as of the previous computation date, and the balance of his account after such credit, shall be used in computing his rate determination for the ensuing experience-rating year.

            (3) This Subsection shall be inapplicable with respect to any calendar year in which any of the additional rates provided for in R.S. 23:1536(D), (E), and (F) and this Section are applicable.

            Amended by Acts 1954, No. 503, §2; Acts 1968, No. 488, §1; Acts 1974, No. 661, §5. Acts 1984, No. 365, §1; Acts 1988, No. 360, §1; Acts 2003, No. 458, §1, eff. June 20, 2003; Acts 2006, No. 116, §1, eff. June 2, 2006; Acts 2007, No. 89, §1, eff. June 22, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 220, §8, eff. June 14, 2008; Acts 2014, No. 349, §1; Acts 2014, No. 529, §1; Acts 2025, No. 340, §1.