Labor Laws of the State of Louisiana

AN ACT to create the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics of the State of Louisiana, to provide for the appointment of a commissioner to be known as Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics of Louisiana, prescribing his powers and duties, fixing his compensation and authorizing him to appoint deputies and to define their duties and providing a penalty for violation thereof.

Creating Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics, Etc.

SECTION 1. (As amended by Act 186, 1914, p. 351.) Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That the Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint some suitable person who shall be designated "Commissioner of Labor' and said Commissioner of Labor shall appoint with the approval of the Governor two suitable persons who shall be designated "Assistant Commissioners of Labor," said assistant commissioners shall be residents of different sections of the State from each other and from the Com. missioner of Labor. The headquarters of such Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners shall be fixed at such place as the Governor shall designate and they shall hold their offices for a term of four (4) years. The Assistant Commissioners of Labor shall perform their duties under the direction and orders of the Commissioner of Labor.

Duties of Commissioner and Assistants

Sec. 2. (As amended by Act 186, 1914, p. 351.) Be it further enacted, etc., That the duties of said Commissioner and said Assistant Commissioners shall be to visit and inspect manufacturing establishments, work-shops, mills, mercantile establishments, factories and other places where industrial work is being done for the purpose of enforcing the laws regulating or dealing with the conditions of employment of labor of any kind, and to prosecute all persons, firms, associations or corporations violating the labor laws of the State. It shall be the duty of such Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners to collect, assort, systematize, and present annual reports to the Governor to be by him biennially transmitted to the General Assembly, within ten days after the convening thereof, statistical data relating to all departments of labor in the State, especially such data as relate to the commercial, industrial, social, educational and sanitary conditions of the laboring people and to the permanent prosperity of the productive industries of the State. It shall also be the duty of said Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners and they shall have authority to inquire into the causes of strikes, lockouts, or other disturbances of the relation of employers and

employees and to report to the Governor at as early a date as possible thereafter the result of such inquiry.

Powers of the Commissioner; May Administer Oaths

Sec. 3. (As amended by Act 186 of 1914, p. 351.) Be it further enacted, etc., That the Commissioner and his Assistant Commissioners shall have power to take and preserve evidence, examine witnesses under oath and administer same, and in the discharge of his duties may enter any public institution of the State, and at reasonable hours any factory, mill, work-shop, mercantile establishment or other places where labor may be employed. In the City of New Orleans the Mayor shall appoint a factory inspector who may be either male or female. The Commissioner and each Assistant Commissioner shall have power to investigate all cases where violations of the laws pertaining to the conditions of employment of labor is complained of; and it is hereby made the duty of said Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners to order the criminal prosecution in any court of competent jurisdiction of any person, firm, association or corporation, acting in violation of any laws of this State, regulating the conditions of the employment of labor.

State, Parochial and Municipal Authorities to Co-operate

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That all State, parochial, municipal and town officers are hereby directed to furnish said Commissioner, upon his request, all statistical information in reference to labor and industries, which may be in their possession as such officers.

Misdemeanor to Impede the Commissioner or Assistants, etc.

Sec. 5. (As amended by Act 186 of 1914, p. 351.) Be it further enacted, etc., That any person who shall wilfully impede or prevent the Commissioner or Assistant Commissioners in the full and free performance of his or their duties shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction of the same shall be fined not less than ten ($10.00) dollars, nor more than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars or be imprisoned not less than five (5) days or more than twenty-five (25) days in the parish jail, or both, at the discretion of the court.

Salaries and Appropriations

Sec. 6. (As amended by Act 232 of 1918 and Act 144 of 1920.) Be it further enacted, etc., That the Commissioner shall receive a salary of three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars per annum, and each Assistant Commissioner a salary of eighteen hundred ($1,800.00) dollars per annum. The Commissioner shall employ a secretary at a salary of twelve hundred ($1,200.00) dollars per annum. The Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners shall be allowed the sum of six hundred ($600.00) dollars per annum for office expenses and the sum of not to exceed twenty-five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars per annum for traveling expenses and all other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. All of said amounts for salaries and expenses shall be payable out of the general fund upon the warrant of the Commissioner.

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Labor Laws of the State of Louisiana: 1922