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urn: urn:us-la:rs:23:1593
citation: "R.S. 23:1593"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 23 › Chapter 11 › Part V"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1958, number: 382, section: 2, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1972, number: 289, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 1983, number: 2, section: 1, effective_date: 1983-04-03, role: amendment }
---

# Weekly benefits payable; deduction of earnings

An eligible individual who is employed in any week shall be paid with respect to such week a benefit equal to his weekly benefit amount less any wages payable to him with respect to such week in excess of fifty percent of his current weekly benefit amount, or fifty dollars, whichever is lower. This benefit, if not a multiple of one dollar, shall be computed to the nearest multiple of one dollar.