Four new and notable laws affecting Louisiana employers have taken effect this summer, including an expanded statute of limitations for employment torts, required meal breaks for fewer minors, a ban on predispute arbitration agreements for sexual harassment claims, and a ban on nondisclosure agreements regarding sexual harassment or hostile workplace environment claims.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry recently signed into law Act No. 423, which extends the prescriptive period (Louisiana’s term for the statute of limitations) for tort actions to two years from the day the injury or damage is sustained. The new law doubles the previous one-year prescriptive period. Act No. 423 took effect on July 1 and is prospective only. Therefore, this extension of the prescriptive period applies to torts occurring on or after July 1.
This additional year to file suit is significant because it enlarges the time for filing common employment tort claims such as invasion of privacy, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress,...
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