An earned wage access (EWA) law has gone into effect in
Louisiana. The legislation, passed earlier this year, became law
without the signature of Gov. Jeff Landry.
The legislation's sponsor, state Rep. Vinney St. Blanc told
the Louisiana Radio Network that if you're a health care
provider or a nurse and your child breaks his arm, "I have
something. You can go right to EWA. It's like an ATM."
He told the network that about 80,000 workers in Louisiana have
access to EWA services.
"So we put in guardrails to the program that wasn't in
there. We did something for the working people," St. Blanc
said.
Under the law, EWA providers must develop and implement policies
for responding to questions raised by consumers and for addressing
complaints.
