Louisiana’s ‘Behind the Counter Protection Act’: What Retail and Food-Service Employers Need to Know
ogletree.com
On May 22, 2026, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed into law legislation providing employees in customer-facing roles with stronger protections against violence at work. The new law expands employee protections and enhances criminal penalties for violence against retail or food-service workers.

Surprisingly this was written by a REPUBLICAN. Not what I’d expect but hey, if it means next time some lady threatens to stab a Starbucks barista for not putting enough caramel in her Frappuccino she gets fined out the ass I’m for it.

  • TUMBLE_BUS [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
    11·
    4 days ago

    People in those positions are less likely to face direct customer hostility shrug-outta-hecks

    Idk, I think making the penalty steeper for people attack some of the most common victims of this abuse could have a deterring effect.

    • regul [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      22·
      4 days ago

      stiffer penalties have negligible effect on crime

      actually getting caught does

      Louisiana is the most incarcerated state in the nation (which makes it one of, if not the, most-incarcerated place on earth). Longer sentences just means more people in jail for longer to pick cotton at Angola.

      • Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.netEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        stiffer penalties have negligible effect on crime

        on petty interpersonal crime and heat of the moment rages. I’m all for legal torturous deaths for financial criminals or the Sacklers.