New-Hire Wage Notice Requirements in Louisiana

At a glance

Requirements one by one

Covered employees receive three pay facts at hire

La. R.S. 23:633(A) requires an employer subject to the section to inform an employee at hire what wages will be paid, the payment method, and the payment frequency. The required information is the wage rate, how often pay arrives, and how it arrives—not a full offer-letter field list.

Section 23:633(C) excludes an individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, supervisory, or professional capacity and any other employee treated as exempt under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

The individual disclosure need not use a prescribed writing

The statute says the employer must “inform” the employee at hire. It does not require paper, electronic delivery, a signature, a dated acknowledgment, or an agency form for that employee-specific disclosure.

A separate posting duty applies. Section 23:633(D) requires the agency-provided Timely Payment of Wages notice to appear where the employer posts other state or federal employee notices. The poster explains the hire/change duty and the complaint sequence; it does not replace telling the employee's own wage rate, frequency, and method.

Later changes must also be communicated

The same subsection covers “any subsequent changes” to the three disclosed terms. It states no advance period, after-change deadline, special rule for an increase, wage-statement substitute, or required delivery form.

Section 23:633 also states no retention period for the original disclosure, later change communications, or an acknowledgment. A general payroll record kept for another law should not be described as a retained § 23:633 notice.

What trips people up

A workplace poster and an employee's pay terms are two duties. The poster states the general rule. The employer must still tell the covered employee the employee's actual wage rate, payment frequency, and payment method at hire.

The statute does not say “written notice.” A written offer may carry the three facts, but Louisiana does not prescribe an individual form or signature. If a document omits how wages will be paid, it does not contain the complete § 23:633(A) list.

The notice rule excludes FLSA-exempt employees. Section 23:633(C) also specifically names bona fide executive, administrative, supervisory, and professional employees.

Common questions

Must the hire disclosure state an overtime rate?

Section 23:633 requires the wage rate, payment frequency, and payment method. It does not separately list the regular rate, overtime rate, hours, allowances, deductions, or employer contact information.

How far in advance must a pay change be disclosed?

The statute requires the employer to inform the employee of later changes but does not state an advance or after-change number of days.

What happens if the employer does not comply?

The statutory poster tells the employee to complain first to the employer and, if unresolved, report the violation to the workforce office. Section 23:633(E) sets a fine of $25 to $250 for each day of a subsection A or B violation and allows imprisonment of at least ten days for a second violation.

Statutes and sources

• La. R.S. 23:633(A)-(C). Hire/change disclosure, separate payday rules, and employee exclusions. Official statute (accessed July 22, 2026).
• La. R.S. 23:633(D). Workplace poster and complaint sequence. Official statute (accessed July 22, 2026).
• La. R.S. 23:633(E). Daily fine and second-violation consequence. Official statute (accessed July 22, 2026).
• Louisiana Works, Timely Payment of Wages. Official English poster reproducing the substantive disclosure and complaint text. Official poster (accessed July 22, 2026).