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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE # 29
FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
The Opinion handed down on the 23rd day of April, 2003, is as follows:
BY KNOLL, J.:

2002-C- 2047
BRIAN R. BECHT v. MORGAN BUILDINGS & SPAS, INC. (Parish of E.Baton Rouge)For the foregoing reasons, the lower courts' awards of penaltywages and attorney's fees are affirmed.AFFIRMED.
CALOGERO, C.J., concurs.
JOHNSON, J., concurs.
VICTORY, J., concurs.

04/23/03

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 02-C-2047
BRIAN R. BECHT
versus
MORGAN BUILDING & SPAS, INC.



ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL,
FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE

KNOLL, Justice
Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:631(A)(1)(b) imposes the duty upon an employer to pay any amount due under the terms of employment to an employee, upon his or her resignation, on or before the next regular payday or no later than fifteen days following the date of resignation, whichever occurs first.  We granted this writ for the sole reason of evaluating the correctness of the court of appeal

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