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.

  • Auphorus [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    40·
    4 days ago

    This bill seems suspicious. Like of course retail and food workers should be treated better by customers, but this bill was made by republicans and is in Louisiana (a southern state of vicious racists and lost causers); it will certainly be used against black people overwhelmingly and might even be a tool to funnel more Hispanic people too ICE. Louisiana is also a major user of prison labor (slave labor under the 13th amendment); any bill that increases criminalization, even for good reasons, should be opposed under such circumstances.

    • nfreak@lemmy.mlEnglish
      9·
      3 days ago

      Yeah this feels off. When was the last time these assholes legitimately had any empathy for retail/food workers?

      On paper this seems like a good thing, but the source makes it incredibly suspicious.