Louisiana Workforce Commission

• Any person conducting a business which consists exclusively of employing individuals directly for the purpose of furnishing contract or temporary help
• Any lawful hiring hall system operated by a labor union, to any lawful referral system operated by a labor union, or to the operation of any labor organization or its officers, agents, employees, and members
• Any person who seeks to or who employs an employee solely for his own use provided that no fee is charged directly or indirectly for employment given
• Any nonprofit corporation, organization, or association that offers an employment service exclusively to its members on a nonprofit basis
• Employer-fee-paid employment services, whether domestic or foreign, or authorize or allow the regulation of the charges made by such employment services to employers

LA Rev Stat. § 23:102

Form 00L-1 Application (not available online)

$300 investigation fee + $200 license fee

• OOL-2 Bond Form
• Proposed applicant's contract
• Certified copy of articles of incorporation or articles of partnership (domestic entities)
• Certificate of authority issued by the Lousiana Secretary of State
• Three notarized statements from character references
• Each proposed licensee must submit a resume detailing his/her business involvement during the preceding 10 years

Form OOL-1 Renewal Application (not available online)

$200

Annually by December 31.

• OOL-2 Bond Form
• Applicant contract

PEO Registration Form & Surety Bond

• All responses must be consistent with all information filed with the State of Louisiana. Conflicting information will result in the rejection of the registration
• Controlling persons is defined as:
  •  (a) An officer or director of a corporation, a shareholder holding ten percent or more of the voting  Stock of a corporation, a general partner of a partnership, or a manager of a limited liability Company
  • (b) An individual who possesses, directly or indirectly the power to direct or cause the direction of the Management or policies of a person or entity through the ownership of voting stock by written Contract. 
• There are two methods of filing. With either method selected, you will be required to complete an Employer Application for LA Unemployment Account.
  • Filing Separately
    • Filing separately for each client, with each client having his own account number and
      experience rate. This method makes both PEO and client jointly and severally liable for taxes.
    • When filing each client separately on the Employer Application, fill in the Employer name with the LEGAL name of the company. Report the DBA name, if any.
    • For the mailing address, put the address of the PEO company.
    • A physical address must be provided for each client. If the employee is working from home, provide the city in Louisiana where he /she resides.
  • Filing Under the PEO’s Account Number
    • Requires posting a $100,000.00 surety bond.
    • This method releases the PEO client from joint and severability. There is no experience rating record transfer between the PEO and client.

• Physical addresses of the principal place of business and any or all branches or subsidiaries of the PEO inside and outside of Louisiana
• Articles or Incorporation,  or other formation.  documents
• The name, social security number, resident address, position and percent of ownership of all persons responsible for the conduct of affairs of the applicant. This list should include all officers, all directors, all partners (in the case of a partnership), all trustees, all executive committee members and all person(s) owning, directly or indirectly ten (10) percent or more of the applicant and any person who excesses control or influence over the affairs of the applicant.
• A list of the PEO's clients, including the name, address, physical address and current or previous Unemployment Insurance (SUTA) account number for each.

Professional Employer Organizations (leasing) electing to file all clients under one employer
account number must obtain a surety bond in the amount of $100,000.

Annually by the date of issuance.

• Renewal forms are sent in the mail.
• All responses must be consistent with all information filed with the State of Louisiana. Conflicting information will result in the rejection of the registration

• Physical addresses of the principal place of business and all branches/subsidiaries
• List of controlling persons, including officers, directors, and shareholders owning more than 10% and individuals who have the power to direct or cause the direction of Management or policies
• $100,000 surety bond if filing with all clients at once for which a list of clients must be provided with unemployment insurance account number

Form 00L-1, not available online.

$600

$200

Annually