House Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations
May 18, 2023
9:30 a.m.
Room 5
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
SB200
DUPLESSIS
EMPLOYMENT
- Provides that retaliation against an employee for an absence from work due to genetic testing or a medically necessary cancer screening shall be an unlawful employment practice. (8/1/23)
HB283
LAFLEUR
LABOR
- Provides relative to employment practices related to wage history, wage disclosure, and retaliation
HB313
LARVADAIN
EMPLOYMENT
- Provides relative to workplace violence in certain commercial settings (OR +$103,939 GF EX See Note)
HB351
MANDIE LANDRY
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- Provides relative to a recommendation of medical marijuana in employment
HB456
CREWS
UNEMPLOYMENT COMP
- Provides relative to the duration of unemployment compensation benefits and creates the job and reemployment act (OR +$318,306 GF EX See Note)
HB596
FREEMAN
EMPLOYMENT
- Creates the Louisiana Family and Medical Leave Benefits Act (OR +$32,986,100 GF EX See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Persons who do not feel comfortable giving testimony in person at this time may submit a prepared statement in accordance with House Rule 14.33 in lieu of appearing before the committee:
A. Any interested person or any committee member may file with the committee a prepared statement concerning a specific instrument or matter under consideration by the committee or concerning any matter within the committee's scope of authority, and the committee records shall reflect receipt of such statement and the date and time thereof.
B. Any person who files a prepared statement which contains data or statistical information shall include in such prepared statement sufficient information to identify the source of the data or statistical information. For the purposes of this Paragraph, the term "source" shall mean a publication, website, person, or other source from which the data or statistical information contained in the prepared statement was obtained by the person or persons who prepared the statement.
NOTE: Only statements mailed to h-lir@legis.la.gov and received prior to noon on Wednesday, May 17, 2022, will be distributed to the committee members prior to the meeting.