re: Leaving a job- PTO and extended illness bank payouts

In Louisiana, the Employment Security Law's supplemental policy guidelines state:

Vacation Pay - Payable upon separation
Sick Leave - Not required nor due upon separation
PTO - Not required or due upon separation

This does not mean that some companies do not honor their separating employees by paying Sick or PTO. It just means that as a business owner in the State of Louisiana, there is established policy, precedent and case law that has long ago established that those types of leave are not something you are owed as of your date of separation from your employer.