La. Civ. Code art. 2745
This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 2745, part of Louisiana’s Civil Code — louisiana's civil law tradition codifies persons, property, obligations, and family relations here rather than in a separate statutory code.
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Kinds of lease of services or labor.
Official statutory text
Labor may be let out in three ways:
1. Laborers may hire their services to another person.
2. Carriers and watermen hire out their services for the conveyance either of persons or of goods and merchandise.
3. Workmen hire out their labor or industry to make buildings or other works.
Acts 2004, No. 821, ยง5, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
1. Laborers may hire their services to another person.
2. Carriers and watermen hire out their services for the conveyance either of persons or of goods and merchandise.
3. Workmen hire out their labor or industry to make buildings or other works.
Acts 2004, No. 821, ยง5, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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