Louisiana § 23:1668 State employment service; creation, duties and powers; establishment and financing

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§ 23:1668 — State employment service; creation, duties and powers; establishment and financing

Louisiana § 23:1668

Title 23Labor and Workers' Compensation

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La. Stat. Ann. § 23:1668 (2026).

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§1668. State employment service; creation, duties and powers; establishment and financing of employment offices

A.The Louisiana State Employment Service is established in the office of workforce development. The administrator, in the conduct of such service, shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such number and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of this Chapter and for the purposes of performing such duties as are within the purview of the Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system, and for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such system, and for other purposes", approved June 6, 1933 (29 U.S.C. 49(c)), as amended. The administrator shall cooperate with any official or

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§1668. State employment service; creation, duties and powers; establishment and financing
of employment offices
A. The Louisiana State Employment Service is established in the office of workforce
development. The administrator, in the conduct of such service, shall establish and maintain
free public employment offices in such number and in such places as may be necessary for
the proper administration of this Chapter and for the purposes of performing such duties as
are within the purview of the Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the
establishment of a national employment system, and for cooperation with the states in the
promotion of such system, and for other purposes", approved June 6, 1933 (29 U.S.C. 49(c)),
as amended. The administrator shall cooperate with any official or agency of the United
States having powers or duties under the provisions of the said Act of Congress, and do and
perform all things necessary to secure to this state the benefits of the said Act of Congress
in the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices. The provisions
of the said Act of Congress are accepted by this state, in conformity with Section 4 of said
Act, and this state will observe and comply with the requirements thereof. Louisiana Works
is designated and constituted the agency of this state for the purposes of the said Act. The
administrator may cooperate with or enter into agreements with the Railroad Retirement
Board with respect to the establishment, maintenance, and use of free employment service
facilities.
B. All monies received by this state under the said Act of Congress shall be paid into
the employment security administration fund. For the purpose of establishing and
maintaining free public employment offices, the administrator may enter into agreements
with the Railroad Retirement Board, or any other agency of the United States charged with
the administration of an employment security law, with any political subdivision of this state,
or with any private, nonprofit organization, and as a part of any such agreement the
administrator may accept monies, services or quarters as contributions to the employment
security administration fund. These monies are hereby made available to the administrator
to be expended as provided by this Section and by the said Act of Congress.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 42, §5; Acts 1992, No. 447, §1, eff. June 20, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 1172, §4, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008.