---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:23:1169
citation: "R.S. 23:1169"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 23 › Chapter 10 › Part I › Subpart H"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1988, number: 938, section: 2, effective_date: 1989-07-01, role: enactment }
  - { year: 2008, number: 743, section: 7, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
---

# Failure of employer to secure payment; power of secretary

Failure on the part of any employer to secure the payment of compensation provided in the Worker's Compensation Act shall have the effect of enabling the secretary , or his designee, to proceed against the employer, and to collect penalties as provided in R.S. 23:1170 et seq.