Coverage for Farm Workers: Required (with limitations)

Limitations: Employers that are private unincorporated farms do not have to provide an employee coverage if the employee's annual net earnings is $1,000 or less OR the total net earnings of all the employees do not exceed $2,500.

Statute: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 23:1035(B)(1) (2011)

Coverage for Undocumented Workers: Yes

Case Law: Artiga v. M.A. Patout & Son, 672 So.2d 1138 (La. Ct. App. 1996) (holding that La. Workers' Compensation Act does not exclude illegal aliens from securing workers' compensation benefits when justified); See also Rodriguez v. Integrity Contracting, 38 So.3d 511 (La. App. 2010) (holding undocumented workers are not statutorily excluded from receiving workers' compensation benefits).

Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers: There is no case law answering this question