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Employer defined
“Employer” means a person, association, legal or commercial entity, the state, or any state agency, board, commission, or political subdivision of the state receiving services from an employee and, in return, giving compensation of any kind to an employee.
The discrimination provisions apply only to an employer who employs 20 or more employees within the state for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year.
“Employer” also includes an insurer with respect to appointment of agents, regardless of the character of the agent’s employment.
This law does not apply to the following:
Unlawful employment practices
The unlawful employment practices and exemptions are similar to those under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. For example, the state law includes an exemption for a bona fide occupational qualification, as well as an exemption for a seniority or merit system.
Parishes and municipalities may adopt and enforce ordinances, orders, and resolutions prohibiting all forms of discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age, and to prescribe penalties for violations in addition to the remedial orders and enforcement authorized at the state level. However, no such ordinance, order, or resolution can attempt to exempt more transactions from its coverage than are exempted by state statute.
Posting
Every employer, employment agency, and labor organization must post and keep posted in conspicuous places upon its premises a notice prepared by the Department of Labor setting forth information the department deems appropriate.
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Regulations
Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 23, RS 23:301 et seq., Prohibited Discrimination in Employment
http://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=83864
Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 51, RS 51:2231 et seq., Louisiana Commission on Human Rights
http://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=104274
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Regulations
29 CFR Part 1625, Age Discrimination in Employment Act
29 CFR 1626, Procedures — Age Discrimination in Employment Act
29 CFR 1627, Records to be Made or Kept Relating to Age: Notices to be Posted: Administrative Exemptions