Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Louisiana

Re: Employer Withholding Final Paycheck

The law provides that if you are owed the wages the employer must pay your attorney. In addition, if the court finds that the employer was arbitrary in failing to pay those wages, he can find that the employer must pay you penalties equal to 1 day's wage for each day he failed to pay you after your notice. There are plenty of attorneys who will take your case for the fees the judge would award and a percentage of the penalties......also, be sure to check on whether you are owed for any vacation time earned but not taken even if you could not use it until 2005. Those are wages as well.

Re: Employer Withholding Final Paycheck

The Louisiana Wage Payment Statute provides that you must be paid all wages within 3 days or before the next regular payday. If your employer doesn't, they can be liable for up to 90 days penalty wages AND attorney's fees, so it won't cost you anything for a lawyer to handle this for you. I've handled several of these cases for other people on this board.