TITLE 23. LABOR AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION

CHAPTER 6. PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEES

23:635     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.

Amended by Acts 2001, No. 768, § 1.