§1172. Criminal penalties
A. Any employer who willfully fails to provide security for compensation required
by R.S. 23:1168 shall be subject to a fine of up to two hundred fifty dollars per day that the
employer willfully failed to provide security for compensation or imprisonment with or
without hard labor for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment. All fines
collected shall be deposited in the Office of Workers' Compensation Administrative Fund
established in R.S. 23:1291.1(E).
B. Evidence of two prior penalties assessed by the Louisiana Workforce Commission
pursuant to R.S. 23:1170 and 1171 in any given three-year period shall constitute a prima
facie case of a willful violation.
C.(1) No person acting gratuitously and without malice, fraudulent intent, or bad
faith, shall be subject to civil liability for libel, slander, or any other relevant tort, and no civil
cause of action of any nature shall exist against such person or entity by virtue of the filing
of reports or furnishing of other information, either orally or in writing, relative to a violation
by any person of the provisions of R.S. 23:1168.
(2) The grant of immunity provided by this Subsection shall not abrogate or modify
in any way any statutory or other privilege or immunity otherwise enjoyed by such person
or entity.
Acts 1988, No. 938, §2, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 512, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990;
Acts 1992, No. 447, §1, eff. June 20, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 368, §1, eff. June 16, 1995; Acts
1995, No. 1129, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2010,
No. 288, §1; Acts 2018, No. 612, §7, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2018, 2nd E.S., No. 12, §1, eff.
June 12, 2018; Acts 2019, No. 404, §1, eff. July 1, 2020.
NOTE: See Acts 2018, No. 612 and Acts 2019, No. 404 providing for the effects of
the conversion of certain dedicated funds to special statutorily dedicated fund accounts.