Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations
March 15, 2018
Upon Adjournment
Room A-B
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
May 17, 2017
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SB256
PEACOCK
EMPLOYMENT
- Allows employers to receive reimbursement for the costs of employee criminal background checks when certain employees terminate employment in less than ninety days. (8/1/18)
SB159
TROY CARTER
EMPLOYMENT
- Repeals restrictions which prohibit local governmental subdivisions from enacting local labor ordinances which establish a minimum wage. (8/1/18)
SB162
TROY CARTER
EMPLOYMENT
- Provides for an increase in the state minimum wage. (2/3 - CAs2.1)(8/1/18)
SB219
TROY CARTER
DISCRIMINATION
- Enacts the Louisiana Employment Non-Discrimination Act. (See Act)
SB221
TROY CARTER
WORKFORCE COMMISSION
- Changes the name of the Louisiana Workforce Commission to the Louisiana Department of Labor. (gov sig) (EG FF EX See Note)
SB252
TROY CARTER
EMPLOYMENT
- Constitutional amendment to provide, with certain exemptions, for a state minimum wage effective August 1, 2019. (2/3 - CA13sl(A)) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB117
MORRELL
PUBLIC CONTRACTS
- Requires that any contractor who enters into a contract with a state entity comply with the Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act. (8/1/18)
SB149
MORRELL
EMPLOYMENT
- Prohibits employers from requiring prospective employees to disclose wage information. (8/1/18)
SB118
MORRELL
EMPLOYMENT
- Provides that the Louisiana Equal Pay Act be applicable to men and private employers and requires government contractors to verify equal pay practices. (8/1/18)
SB158
COLOMB
EMPLOYMENT
- Requires employers who receive economic development incentives from the state to designate no less than two percent of the man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices for a new construction project or the expansion of an existing construction project. (8/1/18)
SB234
COLOMB
EMPLOYMENT
- Requires a contractor for a state construction project to designate no less than two percent of man-hours in any apprenticeable occupation to registered apprentices. (8/1/18)
SB336
RISER
WORKFORCE COMMISSION
- Re-creates the Louisiana Workforce Commission and reauthorizes the Incumbent Worker Training Program. (6/30/18)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE