Ind. Code § 22-5-1.7-3 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 5 / Chapter 1.7 / Section 22-5-1.7-3
"E-Verify program"
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "E-Verify program" means the electronic verification of work authorization program of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-208), Division C, Title IV, s. 403(a), as amended, operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security or a successor work authorization program designated by the United States Department of Homeland Security or other federal agency authorized to verify the work authorization status of newly hired employees under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-603).

As added by P.L.171-2011, SEC.16.
Ind. Code § 22-4-31-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 31 / Section 22-4-31-1
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. (a) If any contributions, interest, penalties, or damages assessed under this article, or any portion thereof, be not paid within one hundred twenty (120) days after the same is found to be due, a receiver may be appointed by the circuit or superior court of the county in which such employer resides or in which the employer is doing business or in which the employer's resident agent is located in a proceeding requesting such appointment instituted against the said employer in the name of the state of Indiana, brought by the attorney general for the state of Indiana at the request of the department.

(b) The court shall appoint a receiver when it finds that the employer has not paid the contributions or amounts due imposed by this article within one hundred twenty (120) days after the same is found to be due, and that contributions, interest, penalties, or damages, or any portion thereof, is unpaid and delinquent. Such cause for the appointment of a receiver shall be in addition to all other causes or grounds provided by law for the appointment of receivers and shall be in addition to all other methods for the enforcement of this article.

(c) Each such receiver shall give bond and be sworn as provided for by law and shall have power under the control of the court to bring and defend actions, to take and keep possession of the property of the employer, to receive all funds and collect any debts due to the employer, in the receiver's name, and generally to do such acts respecting the property as the court shall authorize, and shall have all the powers granted to, or shall be subject to all the duties of, receivers under the laws of this state.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.3201. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.133; P.L.108-2006, SEC.51.
Ind. Code § 22-15-1-4 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 15 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-15-1-4
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.22-2005, SEC.43; P.L.1-2006, SEC.383. Repealed by P.L.187-2021, SEC.95.
Ind. Code § 22-4.1-27-8 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4.1 / Chapter 27 / Section 22-4.1-27-8
Establishment of workforce diploma reimbursement program fund
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. (a) The workforce diploma reimbursement program fund is established for the purpose of providing payments under the program to approved eligible program providers that assist adults who are more than twenty-two (22) years of age in:

(1) developing employability and career technical skills; and

(2) obtaining high school diplomas.

(b) The fund consists of the following:

(1) Appropriations made by the general assembly.

(2) Gifts, grants, devises, or bequests made to the department to achieve the purposes of the fund.

(c) The department shall administer the fund.

(d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.

(e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested. Interest that accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.

As added by P.L.237-2019, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.213-2025, SEC.286.
Ind. Code § 22-11-21-7 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 11 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-11-21-7
"Qualifying property"
Status: in_force

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "qualifying property" means any property subject to this chapter.

As added by P.L.104-2018, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-14-7-25 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 14 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-14-7-25
Compliance inspections
Status: in_force

Sec. 25. (a) The:

(1) department of state revenue, in the regular course of conducting inspections of wholesale dealers, agents, and retail dealers, as authorized under IC 6-7; and

(2) alcohol and tobacco commission;

may inspect cigarettes to determine if the cigarettes are marked as required by section 23 of this chapter.

(b) The department of state revenue and the alcohol and tobacco commission shall notify the state fire marshal upon the discovery of cigarettes that are not marked as required.

As added by P.L.82-2008, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-12-1-17.7 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-12-1-17.7
"Outdoor event equipment"
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.7. "Outdoor event equipment" means any temporary or permanent towers, booms, ramps, platforms, overhead assemblies, or other structures, including ancillary rigging, that are used or are intended to be used in connection with an outdoor performance and that are not otherwise attached or anchored to, or otherwise a part of, another Class 1 structure.

As added by P.L.92-2012, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.142-2013, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 22-3-3-10 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-3-3-10
Injuries schedule
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. (a) With respect to injuries in the following schedule occurring on and after July 1, 1990, and before July 1, 1991, the employee shall receive, in addition to temporary total disability benefits not exceeding seventy-eight (78) weeks on account of the injury, a weekly compensation of sixty percent (60%) of the employee's average weekly wages, not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) average weekly wages, for the period stated for the injury.

(1) Amputation: For the loss by separation of the thumb, sixty (60) weeks, of the index finger forty (40) weeks, of the second finger thirty-five (35) weeks, of the third or ring finger thirty (30) weeks, of the fourth or little finger twenty (20) weeks, of the hand by separation below the elbow joint two hundred (200) weeks, or the arm above the elbow two hundred fifty (250) weeks, of the big toe sixty (60) weeks, of the second toe thirty (30) weeks, of the third toe twenty (20) weeks, of the fourth toe fifteen (15) weeks, of the fifth or little toe ten (10) weeks, for loss occurring on and after April 1, 1959, by separation of the foot below the knee joint, one hundred seventy-five (175) weeks and of the leg above the knee joint two hundred twenty-five (225) weeks. The loss of more than one (1) phalange of a thumb or toes shall be considered as the loss of the entire thumb or toe. The loss of more than two (2) phalanges of a finger shall be considered as the loss of the entire finger. The loss of not more than one (1) phalange of a thumb or toe shall be considered as the loss of one-half (1/2) of the thumb or toe and compensation shall be paid for one-half (1/2) of the period for the loss of the entire thumb or toe. The loss of not more than one (1) phalange of a finger shall be considered as the loss of one-third (1/3) of the finger and compensation shall be paid for one-third (1/3) the period for the loss of the entire finger. The loss of more than one (1) phalange of the finger but not more than two (2) phalanges of the finger, shall be considered as the loss of one-half (1/2) of the finger and compensation shall be paid for one-half (1/2) of the period for the loss of the entire finger.

(2) For the loss by separation of both hands or both feet or the total sight of both eyes, or any two (2) such losses in the same accident, five hundred (500) weeks.

(3) For the permanent and complete loss of vision by enucleation or its reduction to one-tenth (1/10) of normal vision with glasses, one hundred seventy-five (175) weeks.

(4) For the permanent and complete loss of hearing in one (1) ear, seventy-five (75) weeks, and in both ears, two hundred (200) weeks.

(5) For the loss of one (1) testicle, fifty (50) weeks; for the loss of both testicles, one hundred fifty (150) weeks.

(b) With respect to injuries in the schedule set forth in subsection (e) occurring on and after July 1, 1979, and before July 1, 1988, the employee shall receive, in addition to temporary total disability benefits not exceeding fifty-two (52) weeks on account of the injury, a weekly compensation of sixty percent (60%) of the employee's average weekly wages not to exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) average weekly wages for the period stated for the injury.

(c) With respect to injuries in the schedule set forth in subsection (e) occurring on and after July 1, 1988, and before July 1, 1989, the employee shall receive, in addition to temporary total disability benefits not exceeding seventy-eight (78) weeks on account of the injury, a weekly compensation of sixty percent (60%) of the employee's average weekly wages, not to exceed one hundred sixty-six dollars ($166) average weekly wages, for the period stated for the injury.

(d) With respect to injuries in the schedule set forth in subsection (e) occurring on and after July 1, 1989, and before July 1, 1990, the employee shall receive, in addition to temporary total disability benefits not exceeding seventy-eight (78) weeks on account of the injury, a weekly compensation of sixty percent (60%) of the employee's average weekly wages, not to exceed one hundred eighty-three dollars ($183) average weekly wages, for the period stated for the injury.

(e) With respect to injuries in the following schedule occurring on and after July 1, 1990, and before July 1, 1991, the employee shall receive, in addition to temporary total disability benefits not exceeding seventy-eight (78) weeks on account of the injury, a weekly compensation of sixty percent (60%) of the employee's average weekly wages, not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) average weekly wages, for the period stated for the injury.

(1) Loss of use: The total permanent loss of the use of an arm, hand, thumb, finger, leg, foot, toe, or phalange shall be considered as the equivalent of the loss by separation of the arm, hand, thumb, finger, leg, foot, toe, or phalange, and compensation shall be paid for the same period as for the loss thereof by separation.

(2) Partial loss of use: For the permanent partial loss of the use of an arm, hand, thumb, finger, leg, foot, toe, or phalange, compensation shall be paid for the proportionate loss of the use of such arm, hand, thumb, finger, leg, foot, toe, or phalange.

(3) For injuries resulting in total permanent disability, five hundred (500) weeks.

(4) For any permanent reduction of the sight of an eye less than a total loss as specified in subsection (a)(3), compensation shall be paid for a period proportionate to the degree of such permanent reduction without correction or glasses. However, when such permanent reduction without correction or glasses would result in one hundred percent (100%) loss of vision, but correction or glasses would result in restoration of vision, then in such event compensation shall be paid for fifty percent (50%) of such total loss of vision without glasses, plus an additional amount equal to the proportionate amount of such reduction with glasses, not to exceed an additional fifty percent (50%).

(5) For any permanent reduction of the hearing of one (1) or both ears, less than the total loss as specified in subsection (a)(4), compensation shall be paid for a period proportional to the degree of such permanent reduction.

(6) In all other cases of permanent partial impairment, compensation proportionate to the degree of such permanent partial impairment, in the discretion of the worker's compensation board, not exceeding five hundred (500) weeks.

(7) In all cases of permanent disfigurement which may impair the future usefulness or opportunities of the employee, compensation, in the discretion of the worker's compensation board, not exceeding two hundred (200) weeks, except that no compensation shall be payable under this subdivision where compensation is payable elsewhere in this section.

(f) With respect to injuries in the following schedule occurring on and after July 1, 1991, the employee shall receive in addition to temporary total disability benefits, not exceeding one hundred twenty-five (125) weeks on account of the injury, compensation in an amount determined under the following schedule to be paid weekly at a rate of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the employee's average weekly wages during the fifty-two (52) weeks immediately preceding the week in which the injury occurred.

(1) Amputation: For the loss by separation of the thumb, twelve (12) degrees of permanent impairment; of the index finger, eight (8) degrees of permanent impairment; of the second finger, seven (7) degrees of permanent impairment; of the third or ring finger, six (6) degrees of permanent impairment; of the fourth or little finger, four (4) degrees of permanent impairment; of the hand by separation below the elbow joint, forty (40) degrees of permanent impairment; of the arm above the elbow, fifty (50) degrees of permanent impairment; of the big toe, twelve (12) degrees of permanent impairment; of the second toe, six (6) degrees of permanent impairment; of the third toe, four (4) degrees of permanent impairment; of the fourth toe, three (3) degrees of permanent impairment; of the fifth or little toe, two (2) degrees of permanent impairment; by separation of the foot below the knee joint, thirty-five (35) degrees of permanent impairment; and of the leg above the knee joint, forty-five (45) degrees of permanent impairment.

(2) Amputations: For the loss by separation of any of the body parts described in subdivision (1) on or after July 1, 1997, and for the loss by separation of any of the body parts described in subdivision (3), (5), or (7), on or after July 1, 1999, the dollar values per degree applying on the date of the injury as described in subsection (g) shall be multiplied by two (2). However, the doubling provision of this subdivision does not apply to a loss of use that is not a loss by separation.

(3) The loss of more than one (1) phalange of a thumb or toe shall be considered as the loss of the entire thumb or toe. The loss of more than two (2) phalanges of a finger shall be considered as the loss of the entire finger. The loss of not more than one (1) phalange of a thumb or toe shall be considered as the loss of one-half (1/2) of the degrees of permanent impairment for the loss of the entire thumb or toe. The loss of not more than one (1) phalange of a finger shall be considered as the loss of one-third (1/3) of the finger and compensation shall be paid for one-third (1/3) of the degrees payable for the loss of the entire finger. The loss of more than one (1) phalange of the finger but not more than two (2) phalanges of the finger shall be considered as the loss of one-half (1/2) of the finger and compensation shall be paid for one-half (1/2) of the degrees payable for the loss of the entire finger.

(4) For the loss by separation of both hands or both feet or the total sight of both eyes or any two (2) such losses in the same accident, one hundred (100) degrees of permanent impairment.

(5) For the permanent and complete loss of vision by enucleation, thirty-five (35) degrees of permanent impairment.

(6) For the permanent and complete loss of hearing in one (1) ear, fifteen (15) degrees of permanent impairment, and in both ears, forty (40) degrees of permanent impairment.

(7) For the loss of one (1) testicle, ten (10) degrees of permanent impairment; for the loss of both testicles, thirty (30) degrees of permanent impairment.

(8) Loss of use: The total permanent loss of the use of an arm, a hand, a thumb, a finger, a leg, a foot, a toe, or a phalange shall be considered as the equivalent of the loss by separation of the arm, hand, thumb, finger, leg, foot, toe, or phalange, and compensation shall be paid in the same amount as for the loss by separation. However, the doubling provision of subdivision (2) does not apply to a loss of use that is not a loss by separation.

(9) Partial loss of use: For the permanent partial loss of the use of an arm, a hand, a thumb, a finger, a leg, a foot, a toe, or a phalange, compensation shall be paid for the proportionate loss of the use of the arm, hand, thumb, finger, leg, foot, toe, or phalange.

(10) For injuries resulting in total permanent disability, the amount payable for impairment or five hundred (500) weeks of compensation, whichever is greater.

(11) Visual impairments shall be based on the Functional Vision Score (FVS) assessing the visual acuity and visual field to evaluate any reduction in ability to perform vision-related Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Unless such loss is otherwise specified in subdivision (5), visual impairments shall be paid as a whole person rating.

(12) For any permanent reduction of the hearing of one (1) or both ears, less than the total loss as specified in subsection (e)(5), compensation shall be paid in an amount proportionate to the degree of a permanent reduction.

(13) In all other cases of permanent partial impairment, compensation proportionate to the degree of a permanent partial impairment, in the discretion of the worker's compensation board, not exceeding one hundred (100) degrees of permanent impairment.

(14) In all cases of permanent disfigurement which may impair the future usefulness or opportunities of the employee, compensation, in the discretion of the worker's compensation board, not exceeding forty (40) degrees of permanent impairment except that no compensation shall be payable under this subdivision where compensation is payable elsewhere in this section.

(g) Compensation for permanent partial impairment shall be paid according to the degree of permanent impairment for the injury determined under subsection (f) and the following:

(1) With respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2010, and before July 1, 2014, for each degree of permanent impairment from one (1) to ten (10), one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from eleven (11) to thirty-five (35), one thousand six hundred dollars ($1,600) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from thirty-six (36) to fifty (50), two thousand seven hundred dollars ($2,700) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment above fifty (50), three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) per degree.

(2) With respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2014, and before July 1, 2015, for each degree of permanent impairment from one (1) to ten (10), one thousand five hundred seventeen dollars ($1,517) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from eleven (11) to thirty-five (35), one thousand seven hundred seventeen dollars ($1,717) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from thirty-six (36) to fifty (50), two thousand eight hundred sixty-two dollars ($2,862) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment above fifty (50), three thousand six hundred eighty-seven dollars ($3,687) per degree.

(3) With respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2015, and before July 1, 2016, for each degree of permanent impairment from one (1) to ten (10), one thousand six hundred thirty-three dollars ($1,633) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from eleven (11) to thirty-five (35), one thousand eight hundred thirty-five dollars ($1,835) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from thirty-six (36) to fifty (50), three thousand twenty-four dollars ($3,024) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment above fifty (50), three thousand eight hundred seventy-three dollars ($3,873) per degree.

(4) With respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2016, and before July 1, 2023, for each degree of permanent impairment from one (1) to ten (10), one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from eleven (11) to thirty-five (35), one thousand nine hundred fifty-two dollars ($1,952) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from thirty-six (36) to fifty (50), three thousand one hundred eighty-six dollars ($3,186) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment above fifty (50), four thousand sixty dollars ($4,060) per degree.

(5) With respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2023, and before July 1, 2024, for each degree of permanent impairment from one (1) to ten (10), one thousand eight hundred three dollars ($1,803) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from eleven (11) to thirty-five (35), two thousand eleven dollars ($2,011) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from thirty-six (36) to fifty (50), three thousand two hundred eighty-two dollars ($3,282) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment above fifty (50), four thousand one hundred eighty-two dollars ($4,182) per degree.

(6) With respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2024, and before July 1, 2025, for each degree of permanent impairment from one (1) to ten (10), one thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($1,857) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from eleven (11) to thirty-five (35), two thousand seventy-one dollars ($2,071) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from thirty-six (36) to fifty (50), three thousand three hundred eighty dollars ($3,380) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment above fifty (50), four thousand three hundred seven dollars ($4,307) per degree.

(7) With respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2025, and before July 1, 2026, for each degree of permanent impairment from one (1) to ten (10), one thousand nine hundred thirteen dollars ($1,913) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from eleven (11) to thirty-five (35), two thousand one hundred thirty-three dollars ($2,133) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from thirty-six (36) to fifty (50), three thousand four hundred eighty-one dollars ($3,481) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment above fifty (50), four thousand four hundred thirty-six dollars ($4,436) per degree.

(8) With respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2026, for each degree of permanent impairment from one (1) to ten (10), one thousand nine hundred seventy dollars ($1,970) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from eleven (11) to thirty-five (35), two thousand one hundred ninety-seven dollars ($2,197) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from thirty-six (36) to fifty (50), three thousand five hundred eighty-five dollars ($3,585) per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment above fifty (50), four thousand five hundred sixty-nine dollars ($4,569) per degree.

(h) The average weekly wages used in the determination of compensation for permanent partial impairment under subsections (f) and (g) shall not exceed the following:

(1) With respect to injuries occurring on or after July 1, 2009, and before July 1, 2014, nine hundred seventy-five dollars ($975).

(2) With respect to injuries occurring on or after July 1, 2014, and before July 1, 2015, one thousand forty dollars ($1,040).

(3) With respect to injuries occurring on or after July 1, 2015, and before July 1, 2016, one thousand one hundred five dollars ($1,105).

(4) With respect to injuries occurring on or after July 1, 2016, and before July 1, 2023, one thousand one hundred seventy dollars ($1,170).

(5) With respect to injuries occurring on or after July 1, 2023, and before July 1, 2024, one thousand two hundred five dollars ($1,205).

(6) With respect to injuries occurring on or after July 1, 2024, and before July 1, 2025, one thousand two hundred forty-one dollars ($1,241).

(7) With respect to injuries occurring on or after July 1, 2025, and before July 1, 2026, one thousand two hundred seventy-eight dollars ($1,278).

(8) With respect to injuries occurring on or after July 1, 2026, one thousand three hundred sixteen dollars ($1,316).

Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.31; Acts 1943, c.136, s.8; Acts 1947, c.162, s.5; Acts 1949, c.243, s.5; Acts 1951, c.294, s.3; Acts 1955, c.325, s.1; Acts 1957, c.298, s.1; Acts 1959, c.315, s.1; Acts 1963, c.387, s.7; Acts 1971, P.L.353, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.261, SEC.1; Acts 1979, P.L.227, SEC.2; P.L.223-1985, SEC.1; P.L.95-1988, SEC.5; P.L.3-1989, SEC.132; P.L.170-1991, SEC.6; P.L.258-1997(ss), SEC.6; P.L.235-1999, SEC.2; P.L.31-2000, SEC.3; P.L.134-2006, SEC.4; P.L.3-2008, SEC.156; P.L.275-2013, SEC.6; P.L.139-2020, SEC.3; P.L.32-2021, SEC.63; P.L.160-2022, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 22-12-6-11 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-12-6-11
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.222-1989, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.119-2002, SEC.32.
Ind. Code § 22-10-2-2.5 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 10 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-10-2-2.5
Maps; inspection; confidentiality
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.5. (a) The coal mine map required by section 1.5 of this chapter and any revision of or supplement to the coal mine map shall be available for inspection by:

(1) the director or the director's authorized representative;

(2) miners in the mine;

(3) operators of adjacent coal mines; and

(4) persons owning, leasing, or residing on surface areas of such mines or areas adjacent to such mines.

(b) The operator shall furnish to the director one (1) or more copies of each map and of any revision or supplement.

(c) Every map, revision, or supplement furnished to the director shall be kept confidential, and the contents shall not be divulged to any person except to the extent necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

As added by P.L.231-1983, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.35-2007, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 22-11-18-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 11 / Chapter 18 / Section 22-11-18-1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter:

"Bodily injury" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-31.5-2-29.

"Dwelling" means a residence with at least one (1) dwelling unit as set forth in IC 22-12-1-4(a)(1)(B) and IC 22-12-1-5(a)(1).

"Hotels and motels" means buildings or structures kept, maintained, used, advertised, or held out to the public as inns or places where sleeping accommodations are furnished for hire for transient guests.

"Landlord" has the meaning set forth in IC 32-31-3-3.

"Owner" means a person having control or custody of any building covered by this chapter.

"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity.

"Rental premises" has the meaning set forth in IC 32-31-7-3.

"Rental unit" has the meaning set forth in IC 32-31-3-8.

"Smoke detector" means a device which senses visible or invisible particles of combustion and conforms to the minimum standards for type, components, and maintenance prescribed by the National Fire Protection Association.

"Seasonally occupied dwellings" means hotels and motels open to the public for occupancy by guests only during any period of time between April 15 and October 15 each year.

"Single level dwellings" means all single level (no more than one (1) level above ground) hotels and motels that have no interior corridors, and whose individual rooms have exterior exits.

"Tenant" has the meaning set forth in IC 32-31-3-10.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.141, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.237-1983, SEC.2; P.L.176-1991, SEC.1; P.L.17-2008, SEC.1; P.L.114-2012, SEC.45.
Ind. Code § 22-12-3-5 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-12-3-5
Chairperson; vice chairperson; secretary
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. The education board shall annually elect a chairperson, a vice chairperson, and a secretary from among its members.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-12-3-6 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-12-3-6
Meetings; quorum; actions
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. (a) The education board shall meet as it determines necessary.

(b) Meetings of the education board shall be called upon the request of its chairperson or the written request of seven (7) of its members.

(c) Meetings of the education board must be held in Indiana.

(d) A quorum of the education board consists of seven (7) voting members. IC 4-21.5-3-3 applies to an education board action governed by IC 4-21.5. The education board may take other actions by an affirmative vote of:

(1) seven (7) members, if less than twelve (12) members are present and voting on the action; or

(2) eight (8) members, if at least twelve (12) members are present and voting on the action.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.40-2015, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 22-12-2-6 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-12-2-6
Meetings; quorum; voting; electronic participation
Status: in_force

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this chapter, effective 7-1-2027.

Sec. 6. (a) The commission shall meet at least quarterly.

(b) A quorum of the commission consists of seven (7) members. IC 4-21.5-3-3 applies to a commission action governed by IC 4-21.5.

(c) The affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the commission members present and voting is necessary for purposes of adopting a rule under IC 4-22-2.

(d) A commission member may participate in a meeting by electronic means in accordance with IC 5-14-1.5-3.6.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.225-1989, SEC.2; P.L.118-1994, SEC.2; P.L.226-1995, SEC.2; P.L.119-2002, SEC.5; P.L.22-2005, SEC.35; P.L.155-2023, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 22-10-12-6 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 10 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-10-12-6
Repealed
Status: repealed

Formerly: Acts 1935, c.130, s.6. Repealed by P.L.35-2007, SEC.26.
Ind. Code § 22-8-1.1-12 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 8 / Chapter 1.1 / Section 22-8-1.1-12-b
Repealed
Status: repealed

Note: This repeal of section effective 7-1-2027. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2027.

Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.356, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.34-1988, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.152-2026, SEC.328.
Ind. Code § 22-12-6-2 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-12-6-2
Expired
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.167-1997, SEC.1; P.L.1-2006, SEC.353; P.L.107-2007, SEC.13. Expired 7-1-2013 by P.L.78-2013, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 22-11-14.5-11 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 11 / Chapter 14.5 / Section 22-11-14.5-11
Violations; death; Level 6 felony
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. A person who causes the death of a person as a result of a reckless violation of a rule adopted under this chapter commits a Level 6 felony.

As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.257.
Ind. Code § 22-8-1.1-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 8 / Chapter 1.1 / Section 22-8-1.1-1-b
Definitions
Status: in_force

Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2027. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2027.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, unless otherwise provided:

"Board" means the board of safety review created by this chapter.

"Commissioner" means the commissioner of labor or the commissioner's duly designated representative.

"Department" means the department of labor.

"Employee" means a person permitted to work by an employer in employment.

"Employer" means any individual or type of organization, including the state and all its political subdivisions, that has in its employ one (1) or more individuals.

"INSafe" means the division of the department created by section 40 of this chapter.

"Safety order" refers to a notice issued to employers by the commissioner of labor for alleged violations of this chapter, including any health and safety standards.

"Standard" refers to both health and safety standards.

"Voluntary protection program" means a program offered by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration to employers subject to this chapter that exempts the employers from general scheduled inspections.

Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.356, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.241, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.263, SEC.1; P.L.37-1985, SEC.33; P.L.225-1995, SEC.1; P.L.32-2008, SEC.1; P.L.152-2026, SEC.322.
Ind. Code § 22-1-1-23 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-1-1-23
Expired
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.147-2020, SEC.13. Expired 7-1-2022 by P.L.147-2020, SEC.13.
Ind. Code § 22-9.5-6-3 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 9.5 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-9.5-6-3
Complaints referred and subject matter jurisdiction deferred by federal government; investigation by commission; time limitations
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. (a) If the federal government has referred a complaint to the commission or has deferred jurisdiction over the subject matter of the complaint to the commission, the commission shall promptly investigate the allegations set forth in the complaint.

(b) The commission shall investigate all complaints, and except as provided by subsection (c), shall complete an investigation not later than one hundred (100) days after the date the complaint is filed, or if the commission is unable to complete the investigation within the one hundred (100) day period, shall dispose of all administrative proceedings related to the investigation not later than one (1) year after the date the complaint is filed.

(c) If the commission is unable to complete an investigation within the time periods prescribed by subsection (b), the commission shall notify the complainant and the respondent in writing of the reasons for the delay.

As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 22-4-16-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 16 / Section 22-4-16-1
Repealed
Status: repealed

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.1601; Acts 1953, c.177, s.21. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2216; Acts 1980, P.L.158, SEC.9. Repealed by P.L.108-2006, SEC.66.
Ind. Code § 22-12-6-3 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-12-6-3-b
Statewide fire and building safety education fund
Status: in_force

Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2027. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2027.

Sec. 3. (a) The statewide fire and building safety education fund is established to provide money to:

(1) local fire and building inspection departments for enrollment in education and training programs approved by the department; and

(2) the department for:

(A) enrollment in education and training programs approved by the department; and

(B) the sponsoring of training conferences.

(b) The department shall administer the fund. The department shall distribute money from the fund in accordance with the rules adopted under IC 4-22-2 by the department.

(c) The fund consists of:

(1) money allocated under section 6(d) of this chapter; and

(2) fees collected under subsection (e).

(d) Money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.

(e) The department may charge a fee for a person's participation in a training conference. The department shall deposit the fees collected under this subsection in the fund. The department shall pay all expenses associated with training conferences out of the fund.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.222-1989, SEC.7; P.L.167-1997, SEC.2; P.L.3-2001, SEC.1; P.L.141-2003, SEC.6; P.L.1-2006, SEC.354; P.L.187-2021, SEC.70; P.L.152-2026, SEC.362.
Ind. Code § 22-2-15-3 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 22-2-15-3
Use of Internal Revenue Code definitions; use of Internal Revenue Service factors
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. In developing the guidelines and procedures under this chapter, the department shall use:

(1) the definition of "employee" used in Section 3401(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; and

(2) the following factors used by the Internal Revenue Service to determine whether a worker is an independent contractor:

(A) Instructions. A worker who is required to comply with other persons' instructions about when, where, and how he or she is to work is ordinarily an employee. This control factor is present if the person or persons for whom the services are performed have the right to require compliance with instructions. See, for example, Rev. Rul. 68-598, 1968-2 C.B. 464, and Rev. Rul. 66-381, 1966-2 C.B. 449.

(B) Training. Training a worker by requiring an experienced employee to work with the worker, by corresponding with the worker, by requiring the worker to attend meetings, or by using other methods, indicates that the person or persons for whom the services are performed want the services performed in a particular method or manner. See Rev. Rul. 70-630, 1970-2 C.B. 229.

(C) Integration. Integration of the worker's services into the business operations generally shows that the worker is subject to direction and control. When the success or continuation of a business depends to an appreciable degree upon the performance of certain services, the workers who perform those services must necessarily be subject to a certain amount of control by the owner of the business. See United States v. Silk, 331 U.S. 704 (1947), 1947-2 C.B. 167.

(D) Services rendered personally. If the services must be rendered personally, presumably the person or persons for whom the services are performed are interested in the methods used to accomplish the work as well as in the results. See Rev. Rul. 55-695, 1955-2 C.B. 410.

(E) Hiring, supervising, and paying assistants. If the person or persons for whom the services are performed hire, supervise, and pay assistants, that factor generally shows control over the workers on the job. However, if one (1) worker hires, supervises, and pays the other assistants under a contract under which the worker agrees to provide materials and labor and under which the worker is responsible only for the attainment of a result, this factor indicates an independent contractor status. Compare Rev. Rul. 63-115, 1963-1 C.B. 178, with Rev. Rul. 55-593 1955-2 C.B. 610.

(F) Continuing relationship. A continuing relationship between the worker and the person or persons for whom the services are performed indicates that an employer-employee relationship exists. A continuing relationship may exist where work is performed at frequently recurring although irregular intervals. See United States v. Silk.

(G) Set hours of work. The establishment of set hours of work by the person or persons for whom the services are performed is a factor indicating control. See Rev. Rul. 73-591, 1973-2 C.B. 337.

(H) Full time required. If the worker must devote substantially full time to the business of the person or persons for whom the services are performed, such person or persons have control over the amount of time the worker spends working and impliedly restrict the worker from doing other gainful work. An independent contractor on the other hand, is free to work when and for whom he or she chooses. See Rev. Rul. 56-694, 1956-2 C.B. 694.

(I) Doing work on employer's premises. If the work is performed on the premises of the person or persons for whom the services are performed, that factor suggests control over the worker, especially if the work could be done elsewhere. Rev. Rul. 56-660, 1956-2 C.B. 693. Work done off the premises of the person or persons receiving the services, such as at the office of the worker, indicates some freedom from control. However, this fact by itself does not mean that the worker is not an employee. The importance of this factor depends on the nature of the service involved and the extent to which an employer generally would require that employees perform such services on the employer's premises. Control over the place of work is indicated when the person or persons for whom the services are performed have the right to compel the worker to travel a designated route, to canvass a territory within a certain time, or to work at specific places as required. See Rev. Rul. 56-694.

(J) Order of sequence set. If a worker must perform services in the order or sequence set by the person or persons for whom the services are performed, that factor shows that the worker is not free to follow the worker's own pattern of work but must follow the established routines and schedules of the person or persons for whom the services are performed. Often, because of the nature of an occupation, the person or persons for whom the services are performed do not set the order of the services or set the order infrequently. It is sufficient to show control, however, if such person or persons retain the right to do so. See Rev. Rul. 56-694.

(K) Oral or written reports. A requirement that the worker submit regular or written reports to the person or persons for whom the services are performed indicates a degree of control. See Rev. Rul. 70-309, 1970-1 C.B. 199, and Rev. Rul. 68-248, 1968-1 C.B. 431.

(L) Payment by hour, week, month. Payment by the hour, week, or month generally points to an employer-employee relationship, if this method of payment is not just a convenient way of paying a lump sum agreed upon as the cost of a job. Payment made by the job or on a straight commission generally indicates that the worker is an independent contractor. See Rev. Rul. 74-389, 1974-2 C.B. 330.

(M) Payment of business and traveling expenses. If the person or persons for whom the services are performed ordinarily pay the worker's business or traveling expenses or business and traveling expenses, the worker is ordinarily an employee. An employer, to be able to control expenses, generally retains the right to regulate and direct the worker's business activities. See Rev. Rul. 55-144, 1955-1 C.B. 483.

(N) Furnishing of tools and materials. The fact that the person or persons for whom the services are performed furnish significant tools, materials, and other equipment tends to show the existence of an employer-employee relationship. See Rev. Rul. 71-524, 1971-2 C.B. 346.

(O) Significant investment. If the worker invests in facilities that are used by the worker in performing services and are not typically maintained by employees (such as the maintenance of an office rented at fair value from an unrelated party), that factor tends to indicate that the worker is an independent contractor. On the other hand, lack of investment in facilities indicates dependence on the person or persons for whom the services are performed for such facilities and, accordingly, the existence of an employer-employee relationship. See Rev. Rul. 71-524. Special scrutiny is required with respect to certain types of facilities, such as home offices.

(P) Realization of profit or loss. A worker who can realize a profit or suffer a loss as a result of the worker's services (in addition to the profit or loss ordinarily realized by employees) is generally an independent contractor, but the worker who cannot is an employee. See Rev. Rul. 70-309. For example, if the worker is subject to a real risk of economic loss due to significant investments or a bona fide liability for expenses, such as salary payments to unrelated employees, that factor indicates that the worker is an independent contractor. The risk that a worker will not receive payment for his or her services, however, is common to both independent contractors and employees and thus does not constitute a sufficient economic risk to support treatment as an independent contractor.

(Q) Working for more than one (1) firm at a time. If a worker performs more than de minimis services for a multiple of unrelated persons or firms at the same time, that factor generally indicates that the worker is an independent contractor. See Rev. Rul. 70-572, 1970-2 C.B. 221. However, a worker who performs services for more than one (1) person may be an employee of each of the persons, especially where such persons are part of the same service arrangement.

(R) Making service available to general public. The fact that a worker makes his or her services available to the general public on a regular and consistent basis indicates an independent contractor relationship. See Rev. Rul. 56-660.

(S) Right to discharge. The right to discharge a worker is a factor indicating that the worker is an employee and the person possessing the right is an employer. An employer exercises control through the threat of dismissal, which causes the worker to obey the employer's instructions. An independent contractor, on the other hand, cannot be fired so long as the independent contractor produces a result that meets the contract specifications. Rev. Rul. 75-41, 1975-1 C.B. 323.

(T) Right to terminate. If the worker has the right to end his or her relationship with the person for whom the services are performed at any time he or she wishes without incurring liability, that factor indicates an employer-employee relationship. See Rev. Rul. 70-309.

(U) Any other guidelines under IC 22-3-6-1(b) and IC 22-3-7-9(b)(5).

As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.22.
Ind. Code § 22-14-2-8 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 14 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-14-2-8
Investigations; powers; subpoenas; discovery orders; per diem and mileage allowance
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. (a) Regardless of the extent of the investigation conducted by a fire department under IC 36-8-17-7, the state fire marshal or a department fire investigator may conduct an investigation into the causes and circumstances surrounding any fire or explosion.

(b) To carry out this section, the state fire marshal or a department fire investigator may:

(1) exercise its powers under section 4 of this chapter and subsection (e);

(2) assist a prosecuting attorney with any criminal investigation;

(3) subpoena witnesses and order the production of books, documents, and other evidence;

(4) give oaths and affirmations;

(5) take depositions and conduct hearings;

(6) separate witnesses and otherwise regulate the course of proceedings; and

(7) obtain and secure evidence.

(c) Subpoenas, discovery orders, and protective orders issued under this section shall be enforced under IC 4-21.5-6-2.

(d) A person who is summoned and testifies under this section is entitled to receive a minimum salary per diem and a mileage allowance from the fire and building services fund. The budget agency shall set the amount of the per diem and mileage allowance.

(e) The state fire marshal and department fire investigators are law enforcement officers while discharging their duties as employees of the department.

(f) The executive director of the department is a law enforcement officer while discharging the duties of the executive director.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.5-1988, SEC.120; P.L.38-1990, SEC.5; P.L.13-1994, SEC.10; P.L.167-1997, SEC.5; P.L.30-1998, SEC.2; P.L.1-2006, SEC.367; P.L.187-2021, SEC.85; P.L.238-2025, SEC.69.
Ind. Code § 22-8-1.1-42 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 8 / Chapter 1.1 / Section 22-8-1.1-42
INSafe; staff
Status: in_force

Sec. 42. The director and staff of INSafe shall be selected and appointed by the commissioner under IC 4-15-2.2.

Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.356, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.241, SEC.48. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.176; P.L.32-2008, SEC.4; P.L.6-2012, SEC.159.
Ind. Code § 22-4-4-4 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-4-4
Previously uncovered services
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. With respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after January 1, 1978, wages for insured work includes wages paid for previously uncovered services. For the purposes of this section, the term "previously uncovered services" means services:

(1) which are not employment as defined in IC 22-4-8-1 and are not services covered pursuant to IC 22-4-9-5 at any time during the one (1) year period ending December 31, 1975; and

(2)(A) which are agricultural labor as defined in IC 22-4-8-2(l) or domestic service as defined in IC 22-4-8-2(m); or

(B) which are services performed by an employee of this state or a political subdivision of this state, as provided in IC 22-4-8-2(i), or by an employee of a not-for-profit educational institution which is not an eligible postsecondary educational institution, as provided in IC 22-4-8-2(j), except to the extent that assistance under Title II of the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 was paid on the basis of the services.

As added by Acts 1977, P.L.262, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.290.
Ind. Code § 22-10-3-4 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 10 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-10-3-4
Repealed
Status: repealed

Formerly: Acts 1955, c.168, s.18. Repealed by P.L.37-1985, SEC.60.
Ind. Code § 22-8-1.1-7 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 8 / Chapter 1.1 / Section 22-8-1.1-7-b
Repealed
Status: repealed

Note: This repeal of section effective 7-1-2027. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2027.

Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.356, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.241, SEC.6. As amended by P.L.37-1985, SEC.34. Repealed by P.L.152-2026, SEC.323.
Ind. Code § 22-9-8-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 9 / Chapter 8 / Section 22-9-8-1
Appeal procedures
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. Either party to a dispute filed under IC 22-9 may, not more than thirty (30) days after the date of receipt of the commission's final appealable order, appeal to the court of appeals under the same terms, conditions, and standards that govern appeals in ordinary civil actions.

As added by P.L.14-1994, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 22-1-5-4 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 22-1-5-4
"Consumer notice"
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "consumer notice" means the notice described in section 14 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.19.
Ind. Code § 22-4-21-2 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-4-21-2
Public works or assistance; administration; reports
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. Upon request therefor the department shall furnish to any agency of the United States charged with the administration of public works or assistance through public employment the name, address, ordinary occupation, and employment status of each recipient of benefits and such recipient's rights to further benefits under this article.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2202. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.116; P.L.171-2016, SEC.31.
Ind. Code § 22-4-3-4 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-4-3-4
Exception; vacation period with remuneration
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. An individual is not totally unemployed, part-totally unemployed, or partially unemployed for any week in which the department finds that the individual:

(1) is on a vacation week; and

(2) is receiving, or has received, remuneration from the employer for that week.

As added by P.L.2-2011, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.6-2012, SEC.151; P.L.121-2014, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 22-6-2-6 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 6 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-6-2-6
Conciliators; hearings; strikes, slowdowns, or lockouts pending negotiations
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. The conciliator so named shall expeditiously meet with the disputing parties and shall exert every reasonable effort to effect a prompt settlement of such dispute. From and after the filing of a petition with the governor as provided for in section 5 of this chapter, and unless the governor should determine that the failure to settle the dispute with respect to which such petition relates would not cause severe hardship to be inflicted on a substantial number of persons, there shall be no interruption of work and no strikes or slowdowns by the employees, and there shall be no lockout or other work stoppage by the employer, until such time as all procedure provided for by this chapter has been exhausted or during the effective period of any order issued by a board of arbitration under this chapter.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.6. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.167.
Ind. Code § 22-2-15-4 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 22-2-15-4
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.22. Repealed by P.L.53-2014, SEC.137.
Ind. Code § 22-12-6-8 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-12-6-8
Application fees; fireworks manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, or importer permit; fireworks retail stand permit
Status: in_force

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027.

Sec. 8. (a) The application fee for a fireworks manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, or importer permit issued under IC 22-11-14-5 shall be set by rules adopted by the commission under IC 4-22-2.

(b) The application fee for a fireworks retail stand permit issued under IC 22-11-14-7 shall be set by rules adopted by the commission under IC 4-22-2. The rules must exempt a nonprofit corporation incorporated under IC 23-7-1.1 (before its repeal on August 1, 1991) or IC 23-17 from the fee.

(c) The fees set for applications under this section must be sufficient to pay all the direct and indirect costs of processing an application for which the fee is set. In setting the fees, the commission may consider differences in the degree or complexity of the activity being performed for each fee.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.38-1990, SEC.4; P.L.179-1991, SEC.25; P.L.1-1992, SEC.113.
Ind. Code § 22-4-13-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-4-13-1
Overpayments resulting from fraud, failure to report wages received, or other reason; collection; repayment waiver
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. (a) Whenever an individual receives benefits or extended benefits to which the individual is not entitled under this article or the unemployment insurance law of the United States, the department shall establish that an overpayment has occurred by issuing a determination of eligibility and shall establish the amount of the overpayment. For an overpayment described in:

(1) subsections (c) and (d), the department has four (4) years from the date of the department's discovery of the overpayment to send notification to the individual of possible overpayment; and

(2) subsection (e), the department has four (4) years from the date of the overpayment to send notification to the individual of possible overpayment.

(b) An individual described in subsection (a) is liable to repay the established amount of the overpayment.

(c) Any individual who knowingly:

(1) fails to disclose amounts earned during any week in the individual's waiting period, benefit period, or extended benefit period;

(2) fails, or causes another to fail, to disclose a material fact; or

(3) falsifies, or causes another to falsify, a material fact;

that would disqualify the individual for benefits, reduce the individual's benefits, or render the individual ineligible for benefits or extended benefits, and as a result thereof has received any amount as benefits to which the individual is not entitled under this article, shall be liable to repay such amount, with interest at the rate of one-half percent (0.5%) per month, to the department for the unemployment insurance benefit fund or to have such amount deducted from any benefits otherwise payable to the individual under this article.

(d) Any individual who fails to report wages received during a week in which benefits were paid or because of the subsequent receipt of income deductible from benefits which is allocable to the week or weeks for which benefits were paid and as a result is not entitled to such benefits under this article shall be liable to repay such amount to the department for the unemployment insurance benefit fund or to have such amount deducted from any benefits otherwise payable to the individual under this article.

(e) An individual who for any reason not described in subsection (c) or (d) has received any amount as benefits to which the individual is not entitled under this article is liable to repay that amount to the department for the unemployment insurance benefit fund or to have that amount deducted from any benefits otherwise payable to the individual under this article.

(f) When benefits are paid to an individual who was eligible or qualified to receive such payments, but when such payments are made because of the failure of representatives or employees of the department to transmit or communicate to such individual notice of suitable work offered, through the department, to such individual by an employing unit, then and in such cases, the individual shall not be required to repay or refund amounts so received, but such payments shall be deemed to be benefits improperly paid.

(g) Where it is finally determined by a deputy, an administrative law judge, the review board, or a court of competent jurisdiction that an individual has received benefits to which the individual is not entitled under this article, the department shall relieve the affected employer's experience account of any benefit charges directly resulting from such overpayment, except as provided under IC 22-4-11-1.5. However, an employer's experience account will not be relieved of the charges resulting from an overpayment of benefits which has been created by a retroactive payment by such employer directly or indirectly to the claimant for a period during which the claimant claimed and was paid benefits unless the employer reports such payment by the end of the calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in which the payment was made or unless and until the overpayment has been collected. Those employers electing to make payments in lieu of contributions shall not have their account relieved as the result of any overpayment unless and until such overpayment has been repaid to the unemployment insurance benefit fund.

(h) Where any individual is liable to repay any amount to the department for the unemployment insurance benefit fund for the restitution of benefits to which the individual is not entitled under this article, the amount due may be collectible without interest, except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), by civil action in the name of the state of Indiana, on relation of the department, which remedy by civil action shall be in addition to all other existing remedies and to the methods for collection provided in this article. The department must commence a civil action as described in this subsection not later than ten (10) years following the date the determination of eligibility becomes final, including the exhaustion of all appeals.

(i) Except as provided in subsection (l), liability for repayment of benefits paid to an individual for any week may be waived upon the request of the individual if:

(1) payment of the benefits was without fault of the individual, regardless of intent; and

(2) repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience.

(j) An individual's repayment of an overpayment is contrary to equity and good conscience under subsection (i) when the individual's combined household gross income is sixty-five percent (65%) or less of the current Federal Poverty Guidelines for a household of the individual's household size for the first two (2) of the last three (3) completed calendar quarters before the date the waiver request is reviewed.

(k) The following apply to subsection (j):

(1) The size of the household is calculated using the same time period of the first two (2) of the last three (3) completed calendar quarters.

(2) The individual's household consists of the individual as well as the following persons, if they share the use of the individual's dwelling:

(A) The individual's spouse or partner, a person the individual has claimed or plans to claim as a dependent, and a person the individual's spouse or partner has claimed or plans to claim as a dependent.

(B) A military member away on active duty so long as the military member:

(i) is the head or co-head of the household;

(ii) is the spouse of the individual; or

(iii) has left behind a spouse or dependent child in the dwelling.

(C) A child who is:

(i) in joint custody agreements; and

(ii) in the dwelling at least fifty percent (50%) of the time.

(l) A request for waiver under subsection (i) will not be considered in the following circumstances:

(1) An overpayment of benefits paid under any state or federal unemployment compensation law, which were due to a final determination or decision made under:

(A) section 1.1(a) of this chapter; or

(B) any federal unemployment compensation law which subjects individuals to prosecution under 18 U.S.C. 1001.

(2) An overpayment of benefits or extended benefits paid to an individual employed by an employer electing to make payments in lieu of contributions, except that this subdivision does not apply to programs for which the employer is not chargeable for benefit payments.

(m) Beginning July 1, 2025, a request for waiver under subsection (i) must be submitted:

(1) in a form and manner prescribed by the department; and

(2) within fifteen (15) days of the date the determination creating the overpayment becomes final.

(n) If a request for waiver under subsection (i) is denied or partially denied, the individual may submit a request for reconsideration if the individual believes that there has been a significant change in circumstances which would cause repayment to be contrary to equity and good conscience. However, the following apply to this subsection:

(1) At least six (6) months must have elapsed between the final determination on the waiver request and the request for reconsideration.

(2) No individual may submit more than two (2) requests for reconsideration for a particular overpayment.

(o) Unless explicitly required by other state or federal unemployment compensation law, no amounts paid toward an overpayment of benefits that is subsequently waived will be refunded.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.1301; Acts 1953, c.177, s.13; Acts 1957, c.129, s.1; Acts 1971, P.L.355, SEC.28; Acts 1973, P.L.239, SEC.4. As amended by Acts 1979, P.L.229, SEC.2; P.L.228-1983, SEC.3; P.L.18-1987, SEC.40; P.L.135-1990, SEC.2; P.L.21-1995, SEC.77; P.L.290-2001, SEC.6; P.L.108-2006, SEC.23; P.L.183-2015, SEC.3; P.L.122-2019, SEC.27; P.L.34-2021, SEC.1; P.L.200-2025, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 22-2-5-3 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 22-2-5-3
Agricultural workers; criminal offenders; exemptions
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. The following shall be specifically exempt from the provisions of this chapter:

(1) Farmers and those engaged in the business of agriculture and horticulture.

(2) Criminal offenders in a facility operated by the department of correction (as established by IC 11-8-2-1) or operated by a private operator under contract with the department of correction.

Formerly: Acts 1933, c.47, s.3. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.9; P.L.223-2013, SEC.5.
Ind. Code § 22-4-11.5-9 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 11.5 / Section 22-4-11.5-9
Violation of chapter; civil penalties
Status: in_force

Sec. 9. (a) A person who knowingly or recklessly:

(1) violates or attempts to violate:

(A) section 7 or 8 of this chapter; or

(B) any other provision of this article related to determining the assumption or assignment of an employer's contribution rate; or

(2) advises another person in a way that results in a violation of:

(A) section 7 or 8 of this chapter; or

(B) any other provision of this article related to determining the assumption or assignment of an employer's contribution rate;

is subject to a civil penalty under this chapter.

(b) If the department determines that an employer (as defined under IC 22-4-7) is subject to a civil penalty under subsection (a)(1), the department shall assign an employer contribution rate equal to one (1) of the following as a civil penalty:

(1) The highest employer contribution rate assignable under this article for the year in which the violation occurred and the following three (3) years.

(2) An additional employer contribution rate of two percent (2%) of the employer's taxable wages (as defined in IC 22-4-4-2) for the year in which the violation occurred and the following three (3) years, if:

(A) an employer is already paying the highest employer contribution rate at the time of the violation; or

(B) the increase in the contribution rate described in subdivision (1) is less than two percent (2%).

(c) If the department determines that a person who is not an employer (as defined in IC 22-4-7) is subject to a civil penalty under subsection (a)(2), the department shall assess a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(d) All civil penalties collected under this section shall be deposited in the unemployment insurance benefit fund established by IC 22-4-26-1.

(e) Any written determination made by the department is conclusive and binding on the employing unit, employer, or person unless the employing unit, employer, or person files a written protest with the department setting forth all reasons for the protest. A protest under this section must be filed not later than fifteen (15) days after the date the department sends the initial determination to the employing unit, employer, or person. The protest shall be heard and determined under this section and IC 22-4-32-1 through IC 22-4-32-15. The employing unit, employer, or person, and the department shall be parties to the hearing before the liability administrative law judge and are entitled to receive copies of all pleadings and the decision.

As added by P.L.98-2005, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.108-2006, SEC.20.
Ind. Code § 22-2-15-6 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 22-2-15-6
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.22. Repealed by P.L.53-2014, SEC.138.
Ind. Code § 22-8-1.1-13 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 8 / Chapter 1.1 / Section 22-8-1.1-13
Commission; meetings
Status: in_force

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this section, effective 7-1-2027.

Sec. 13. The commission shall meet at the call of the commissioner or the chairman or upon the written request of any four (4) members. However, the commission shall meet at least one (1) time per year at the call of the commissioner to conduct the business that comes before the commission.

Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.356, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.241, SEC.9. As amended by P.L.219-1995, SEC.1; P.L.113-2014, SEC.116.
Ind. Code § 22-4-12-4 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-4-12-4
Computation; maximum amount
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. (a) Benefits shall be computed upon the basis of wage credits of an individual in the individual's base period. Wage credits shall be reported by the employer and credited to the individual in the manner prescribed by the department. With respect to initial claims filed for any week beginning on and after July 7, 1991, the maximum total amount of benefits payable to any eligible individual during any benefit period shall not exceed twenty-six (26) times the individual's weekly benefit, or twenty-eight percent (28%) of the individual's wage credits with respect to the individual's base period, whichever is less. If such maximum total amount of benefits is not a multiple of one dollar ($1), it shall be computed to the next lower multiple of one dollar ($1).

(b) Except as provided in subsection (d), the total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible individual with respect to the individual's applicable benefit period shall be fifty percent (50%) of the total amount of regular benefits which were payable to the individual under this article in the applicable benefit year, or thirteen (13) times the weekly benefit amount which was payable to the individual under this article for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year, whichever is the lesser amount.

(c) This subsection applies to individuals who file a disaster unemployment assistance claim. An individual may be eligible for thirteen (13) weeks of additional benefits if:

(1) the individual has established:

(A) a disaster unemployment assistance claim under the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; or

(B) a state unemployment insurance claim as a direct result of a major disaster;

(2) all regular benefits and all disaster unemployment assistance benefits:

(A) have been exhausted by the individual; or

(B) are no longer payable to the individual due to the expiration of the disaster assistance period; and

(3) the individual remains unemployed as a direct result of the disaster.

(d) For purposes of this subsection, "high unemployment period" means a period during which an extended benefit period would be in effect if IC 22-4-14-6.9(d)(1) were applied by substituting "eight percent (8%)" for "six and five-tenths percent (6.5%)". Effective with respect to weeks beginning in a high unemployment period, the total extended benefit amount payable to an eligible individual with respect to the applicable benefit year is equal to the least of the following amounts:

(1) Eighty percent (80%) of the total amount of regular benefits that were payable to the eligible individual under this article in the applicable benefit year.

(2) Twenty (20) times the weekly benefit amount that was payable to the eligible individual under this article for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year.

(3) Forty-six (46) times the weekly benefit amount that was payable to the eligible individual under this article for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year, reduced by the regular unemployment compensation benefits paid (or deemed paid) during the benefit year.

This subsection expires on the later of December 5, 2009, or the week ending four (4) weeks before the last week for which federal sharing is authorized by Section 2005(a) of Division B, Title II (the federal Assistance to Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act) of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5).

(e) For purposes of this subsection, "high unemployment period" means a period during which an extended benefit period would be in effect if IC 22-4-14-6.9(h)(1) were applied by substituting "eight percent (8%)" for "six and one-half percent (6.5%)". Effective with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after March 1, 2011, and ending on the later of December 10, 2011, or the week ending four (4) weeks before the last week for which federal sharing is authorized by Section 2005(a) of Division B, Title II (the federal Assistance to Unemployed and Struggling Families Act) of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5), in a high unemployment period, the total extended benefit amount payable to an eligible individual with respect to the applicable benefit year is equal to the lesser of the following amounts:

(1) Eighty percent (80%) of the total amount of regular benefits that were payable to the eligible individual under this article in the applicable benefit year.

(2) Twenty (20) times the weekly benefit amount that was payable to the eligible individual under this article for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.1204; Acts 1959, c.97, s.3; Acts 1967, c.310, s.17; Acts 1971, P.L.355, SEC.27. As amended by P.L.171-1991, SEC.4; P.L.172-1991, SEC.2; P.L.1-1992, SEC.110; P.L.175-2009, SEC.17; P.L.12-2011, SEC.3; P.L.171-2016, SEC.8; P.L.200-2025, SEC.7; P.L.113-2026, SEC.14.
Ind. Code § 22-13-2-7 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 13 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-13-2-7
Review of variances and orders of state agencies or political subdivisions
Status: in_force

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027.

Sec. 7. (a) The commission may review and modify or reverse any variance or other order that:

(1) is issued by a state agency or political subdivision; and

(2) covers a subject governed by this article, IC 22-12, IC 22-14, IC 22-15, a fire safety rule, or a building rule.

(b) The commission shall review variances granted by a political subdivision to the fire safety laws and building laws adopted in its ordinances. The variance is not effective until it is approved by the commission.

(c) The commission shall review orders under this section that:

(1) are issued by a political subdivision; and

(2) concern a Class 2 structure;

if a person aggrieved by the order petitions for review under IC 4-21.5-3-7 within thirty (30) days after the political subdivision has issued the order.

(d) A copy of the petition under subsection (c) shall be delivered to the political subdivision issuing the order.

(e) Review of an order under this section does not suspend the running of the time period under any statute in which a person must petition a court for judicial review of the order.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 22-14-7-19 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 14 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-14-7-19
Exemption for existing cigarettes and consumer testing
Status: in_force

Sec. 19. The requirements of section 12 of this chapter do not prohibit any of the following:

(1) A wholesale or retail dealer from selling the dealer's existing inventory of cigarettes on or after July 1, 2009, if the wholesale or retail dealer can establish that state tax stamps (as defined in IC 6-7-1-9) were affixed to the cigarettes before the effective date and if the wholesale or retailer dealer can establish that the inventory was purchased before the effective date in comparable quantity to the inventory purchased during the same period of the prior year.

(2) The sale of cigarettes solely for the purpose of consumer testing. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "consumer testing" means an assessment of cigarettes that is conducted by a manufacturer (or under the control and direction of a manufacturer) for the purpose of evaluating consumer acceptance of the cigarettes, using only the quantity of cigarettes that is reasonably necessary for the assessment.

As added by P.L.82-2008, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-4-29-12 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-4-29-12
Applicability of exemption laws for relief of debtors
Status: in_force

Sec. 12. The liability for any contributions, interest, penalties, and damages imposed by this chapter, or costs incidental to execution of warrants, shall not be subject to any of the provisions of the exemption laws of the state of Indiana for the relief of debtors.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.3012. As amended by P.L.131-1983, SEC.5; P.L.52-1998, SEC.7; P.L.290-2001, SEC.22; P.L.42-2011, SEC.43.
Ind. Code § 22-9-5-25 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 9 / Chapter 5 / Section 22-9-5-25
Posting notices; provisions of chapter
Status: in_force

Sec. 25. Each employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee covered under this chapter shall post notices in a format accessible to applicants, employees, and members describing the applicable provisions of this chapter, in the manner prescribed by Section 711 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-10).

As added by P.L.111-1992, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 22-14-7-22 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 14 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-14-7-22
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.82-2008, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.57-2020, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 22-4.1-20-5 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4.1 / Chapter 20 / Section 22-4.1-20-5
Services to students with disabilities
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. An eligible provider shall provide a student with a disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8):

(1) who is at least eighteen (18) years of age; and

(2) whom the eligible provider elects to educate;

with an appropriate special educational program.

As added by P.L.7-2011, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.322.
Ind. Code § 22-2-20-3 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Chapter 20 / Section 22-2-20-3
"Employee"
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "employee" means a person employed or permitted to work or perform services for remuneration under a contract of hire, written or oral, by an employer.

As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-4-11.5-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 11.5 / Section 22-4-11.5-1
Applicability
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, this chapter applies to the assignment of contribution rates and transfers of employer experience accounts after December 31, 2005.

As added by P.L.98-2005, SEC.9.
Ind. Code § 22-9-10-11 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 9 / Chapter 10 / Section 22-9-10-11
Employment preference; religious organizations; educational institutions; conformity to religious tenets
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. IC 22-9-5-22 applies to an employer that gives preference in employment to individuals of a particular religion.

As added by P.L.136-2014, SEC.5.
Ind. Code § 22-10-3-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 10 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-10-3-1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. As used in this article:

"Active workings" means all places in a mine that are ventilated and inspected regularly.

"Board" refers to the mining board established under IC 22-10-1.5-2.

"Commercial mine" means any underground mine from which coal is produced for sale, exchange, or commercial use.

"Director" means the director of the bureau of mines and mine safety established under IC 22-1-1-4.

"Hoisting engineer" means an individual who is capable of transporting people and material in and out of a mine by means of a hoist.

"Interested persons" means the director, safety personnel designated by the operator, state and federal coal mine inspectors, and, to the extent required by law, any other person.

"Mine" means an underground commercial coal mine.

"Mine electrician" means a properly certified individual who can perform electrical work in:

(1) a surface coal mine;

(2) surface areas of underground coal mines; and

(3) underground coal mines.

"Mine examiner" means a properly certified person designated by the mine foreman to examine the mine for gas and other dangers. A mine examiner may temporarily act as a section foreman if designated to act as such by the mine foreman.

"Mine foreman" means the person charged with the responsibility of the general supervision of the underground working of a mine and the persons employed in the mine and for the health and safety of those employees.

"Mine inspector" means the person appointed to assist in administering this article.

"Mine Safety Administration" refers to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor.

"Mining laws" means:

(1) this article;

(2) IC 22-1-1-5(a);

(3) 30 CFR part 75; and

(4) 30 CFR part 77.

"Operator" means an individual, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation operating an underground coal mine or any part of a mine.

"Shot-firer" means a properly certified person designated by the mine foreman to perform the functions as required in this article in connection with breaking down coal or rock.

Formerly: Acts 1955, c.168, s.15; Acts 1975, P.L.257, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1979, P.L.231, SEC.1; P.L.37-1985, SEC.47; P.L.243-1987, SEC.1; P.L.112-1992, SEC.5; P.L.8-1993, SEC.295; P.L.35-2007, SEC.12; P.L.10-2012, SEC.1; P.L.91-2026, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 22-4-19-11 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-4-19-11
Records; destruction
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. The commissioner may destroy or otherwise dispose of under IC 5-15-5.1-14 such reports or records as have been properly recorded or summarized in the records of the department.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2011. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.113; P.L.18-1987, SEC.59; P.L.121-1995, SEC.3; P.L.21-1995, SEC.100.
Ind. Code § 22-4-4-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-4-1
Definitions; remuneration
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. "Remuneration" whenever used in this article, unless the context clearly denotes otherwise, means all compensation for personal services, including but not limited to commissions, bonuses, dismissal pay, vacation pay, sick pay (subject to the provisions of section 2(c)(1) of this chapter) payments in lieu of compensation for services, and cash value of all compensation paid in any medium other than cash. Such term shall not, however, include the value of meals, lodging, books, tuition, or educational facilities furnished to a student while such student is attending an established school, college, university, hospital, or training course for services performed within the regular school term or school year, including the customary vacation days or periods falling within such school term or school year.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.401; Acts 1955, c.317, s.1; Acts 1969, c.300, s.1. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.95; P.L.171-2016, SEC.3; P.L.122-2019, SEC.8; P.L.121-2026, SEC.12.
Ind. Code § 22-2-18.1-13 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Chapter 18.1 / Section 22-2-18.1-13
Employment of minors as referees, umpires, or officials
Status: in_force

Sec. 13. (a) If the conditions of subsections (b) and (c) are satisfied, a minor who is less than eighteen (18) years of age is exempt from the requirements of this chapter whenever the minor is employed or works as a youth athletic program referee, umpire, or official.

(b) A minor must satisfy all of the following:

(1) The minor is at least twelve (12) years of age.

(2) The minor is certified as a referee, umpire, or official by a national certification program.

(3) The minor is a referee, umpire, or official for an age bracket younger than the minor's own age.

(c) In addition to the requirements of subsection (b), one (1) of the following must be satisfied:

(1) The minor:

(A) works with a person who is:

(i) at least eighteen (18) years of age; and

(ii) also working as a referee, umpire, or official at the same athletic event at which the minor is working as a referee, umpire, or official; and

(B) has on file with the person responsible for assigning the minor to officiate for the youth athletic program the original or a copy of a written consent to the minor's employment as a referee, umpire, or official signed by the minor's parent or guardian.

(2) A minor's parent or guardian is present during the athletic event at which the minor is working as a referee, umpire, or official.

As added by P.L.147-2020, SEC.16.
Ind. Code § 22-9.5-8.1-4 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 9.5 / Chapter 8.1 / Section 22-9.5-8.1-4
Enforcement of subpoena by attorney general
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. The attorney general, on behalf of the commission or other party at whose request a subpoena is issued under this chapter, may enforce the subpoena in appropriate proceedings in the court in which the action is filed.

As added by P.L.111-1992, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 22-4-17-2 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 17 / Section 22-4-17-2
Filing; determination of status; disputed claims; hearings
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. (a) When a claimant files an initial claim, the department shall promptly make a determination of the claimant's status as an insured worker. A notice of the determination of insured status shall be furnished to the claimant promptly. Each determination shall be based on and include a statement showing the amount of wages paid to the claimant for insured work by each employer during the claimant's base period and shall include a finding as to whether the wages meet the requirements for the claimant to be an insured worker, and, if so, the week ending date of the first week of the claimant's benefit period, the claimant's weekly benefit amount, and the maximum amount of benefits that may be paid to the claimant for weeks of unemployment in the claimant's benefit period. For the claimant who is not insured, the notice shall include the reason for the determination. The following apply in regard to the determination:

(1) Unless the claimant, within fifteen (15) days after the determination was sent by the department to the claimant, asks for a hearing before an administrative law judge, the determination shall be final and benefits shall be paid or denied in accordance with the determination.

(2) If a claimant asks for a wage investigation, the unemployment insurance tax division shall promptly perform an investigation to determine whether wages from insured work should be added or subtracted from the claim. A determination of the wage investigation shall be furnished to the claimant promptly upon completion. Unless the claimant, within fifteen (15) days after the determination was sent by the unemployment insurance tax division, requests an appeal to a liability administrative law judge under IC 22-4-32-1, the determination shall be final.

(b) The department shall promptly furnish the claimant's last employer prior to filing of a claim and each employer in the base period whose experience or reimbursable account is potentially chargeable with benefits to be paid to the claimant with a notice of the employer's benefit liability. The notice shall contain the date, the name and Social Security account number of the claimant, the ending date of the claimant's base period, and the week ending date of the first week of the claimant's benefit period. The notice shall further contain information as to the proportion of benefits chargeable to the employer's experience or reimbursable account in ratio to the earnings of the claimant from the employer. Unless the employer within fifteen (15) days after the notice of benefit liability was sent by the department to the employer, asks for a hearing before a liability administrative law judge, the determination shall be final and benefits paid shall be charged in accordance with the determination.

(c) An employing unit, including an employer, having knowledge of any facts which may affect a claimant's eligibility or right to waiting period credits or benefits, shall notify the department in the form and manner prescribed by the department of those facts within ten (10) days after the claim for benefits was sent by the department.

(d) If the claimant has been separated for any of the following reasons, the employer shall notify the department of the separation circumstances in the form and manner prescribed by the department:

(1) Voluntarily left the employment without good cause in connection with the work.

(2) Was discharged for just cause.

(3) Was discharged for gross misconduct in connection with the claimant's work.

(4) Left due to the claimant's physical condition.

(5) Left to accept other employment.

(6) Left to enter self-employment.

(e) An employer shall notify the department when the following circumstances exist with regard to a separated claimant in the form and manner prescribed by the department:

(1) The claimant is entitled to:

(A) vacation pay;

(B) payment in lieu of vacation;

(C) standby pay; or

(D) wages in lieu of notice.

(2) The claimant is receiving, or will receive, retirement pay.

(3) There are other circumstances, of which the employer is aware, that are potentially disqualifying for claimant benefits.

(f) In addition to the foregoing determination of insured status by the department, the deputy shall, throughout the benefit period, determine the claimant's eligibility with respect to each week for which the claimant claims waiting period credit or benefit rights, the validity of the claimant's claim, and the cause for which the claimant left the claimant's work, or may refer the claim to an administrative law judge who shall make the initial determination in accordance with the procedure in section 3 of this chapter.

(g) In cases where the claimant's benefit eligibility or disqualification is disputed, the department shall promptly notify the claimant and the employer or employers directly involved or connected with the issue raised as to the validity of the claim, the eligibility of the claimant for waiting period credit or benefits, or the imposition of a disqualification period or penalty, or the denial of the claim, and of the cause for which the claimant left the claimant's work, of the determination and the reasons for the determination.

(h) Except as otherwise provided in this section regarding parties located in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, unless the claimant or the employer, within fifteen (15) days after the notification required by subsection (g), was sent by the department to the claimant or the employer, asks for a hearing before an administrative law judge, the decision shall be final and benefits shall be paid or denied in accordance with the decision.

(i) For a notice of disputed administrative determination or decision sent by the department to the claimant or employer either of whom is located in Alaska, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico, unless the claimant or employer, within fifteen (15) days after the notification required by subsection (g) was sent to the claimant or employer, asks for a hearing before an administrative law judge, the decision shall be final and benefits shall be paid or denied in accordance with the decision.

(j) If a claimant or an employer requests a hearing under subsection (h) or (i), the request shall be filed with the department within the prescribed periods provided in this section and shall be in the form and manner prescribed by the department. The party requesting the hearing shall include with its request a copy of the determination being appealed or the identification number of the determination being appealed. In the event a hearing is requested by an employer or the department after it has been administratively determined that benefits should be allowed to a claimant, entitled benefits shall continue to be paid to the claimant unless the administrative determination has been reversed by a due process hearing. Benefits with respect to any week not in dispute shall be paid promptly regardless of any appeal.

(k) A person may not participate on behalf of the department in any case in which the person is an interested party.

(l) Solely on the ground of obvious administrative error appearing on the face of an original determination, and within the benefit year of the affected claims, the commissioner, or a representative authorized by the commissioner to act in the commissioner's behalf, may reconsider and direct the deputy to revise the original determination so as to correct the obvious error. Time for filing an appeal and requesting a hearing before an administrative law judge regarding the determinations handed down pursuant to this subsection shall begin on the date following the date of revision of the original determination and shall be filed with the commissioner in the form and manner prescribed by the department within the prescribed periods provided in subsection (c).

(m) Notice to the employer and the claimant that the determination of the department is final if a hearing is not requested shall be prominently displayed on the notice of the determination which is sent to the employer and the claimant.

(n) If an allegation of the applicability of IC 22-4-15-1(c)(8) is made by the claimant at the time of the claim for benefits, the department shall not notify the employer of the claimant's current address or physical location.

(o) All claimants who have not previously verified their identity with the department shall, prior to filing a new claim for unemployment benefits, verify their identity in the form and manner prescribed by the department.

(p) No claimant will be eligible for a monetary determination of benefits without first providing the department with the claimant's Social Security number.

(q) A claimant is ineligible for unemployment benefits or extended benefits unless the claimant has verified the claimant's identity in the form and manner prescribed by the department.

(r) Once a valid claim has been filed by a claimant, during the benefit period established the claimant cannot cancel, withdraw, or change the time of filing of:

(1) the initial claim;

(2) a reopened claim; or

(3) an additional claim;

for any purpose, other than administrative error on the part of department staff or to backdate a combined wage claim to the effective date of a combined wage claim originally filed in another state.

(s) The date listed under date sent on a determination of eligibility issued under this section is prima facie evidence that the determination was sent to the party on that date.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.1802; Acts 1953, c.177, s.22; Acts 1955, c.317, s.10; Acts 1965, c.190, s.11; Acts 1969, c.300, s.5; Acts 1971, P.L.355, SEC.42; Acts 1972, P.L.174, SEC.2. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.262, SEC.27; P.L.18-1987, SEC.47; P.L.135-1990, SEC.6; P.L.1-1991, SEC.152; P.L.21-1995, SEC.86; P.L.290-2001, SEC.10; P.L.189-2003, SEC.5; P.L.273-2003, SEC.5; P.L.97-2004, SEC.84; P.L.108-2006, SEC.29; P.L.175-2009, SEC.27; P.L.110-2010, SEC.31; P.L.1-2010, SEC.88; P.L.42-2011, SEC.41; P.L.154-2013, SEC.7; P.L.122-2019, SEC.29; P.L.200-2025, SEC.22; P.L.113-2026, SEC.17; P.L.121-2026, SEC.41.
Ind. Code § 22-12-2.5-3 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Chapter 2.5 / Section 22-12-2.5-3
Commission's review of building codes
Status: in_force

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this chapter, effective 7-1-2027.

Sec. 3. The commission shall decide which building codes shall be reviewed each calendar year, focusing on the oldest building codes for review. Except as permitted under section 4(b) of this chapter, the commission may not adopt a final rule under IC 4-22-2-29 for more than three (3) building codes during any twelve (12) month period.

As added by P.L.155-2023, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.238-2025, SEC.63.
Ind. Code § 22-2-18.1-3 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Chapter 18.1 / Section 22-2-18.1-3
Application of chapter
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. This chapter applies to a minor less than eighteen (18) years of age who is employed or is seeking employment in Indiana.

As added by P.L.147-2020, SEC.16.
Ind. Code § 22-10-2-7 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 10 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-10-2-7
Repealed
Status: repealed

Formerly: Acts 1955, c.168, s.13. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.181. Repealed by P.L.35-2007, SEC.26.
Ind. Code § 22-12-1-12 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-12-1-12
"Fire department"
Status: in_force

Sec. 12. "Fire department" means a paid fire department or volunteer fire department that renders fire prevention or fire protection services to a political subdivision.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-1999, SEC.54.
Ind. Code § 22-3-7-34.5 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 3 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-3-7-34.5
Independent contractors seeking exemption from chapter; filing statement; fees; certificate of exemption
Status: in_force

Sec. 34.5. (a) As used in this section, "independent contractor" refers to a person described in section 9(b)(5) of this chapter.

(b) As used in this section, "person" means an individual, a proprietorship, a partnership, a joint venture, a firm, an association, a corporation, or other legal entity.

(c) An independent contractor who does not make an election under section 9(b)(2) of this chapter or section 9(b)(3) of this chapter is not subject to the compensation provisions of this chapter and must file a statement with the department of state revenue and obtain a certificate of exemption.

(d) An independent contractor shall file with the department of state revenue, in the form prescribed by the department of state revenue, a statement containing the information required by IC 6-3-7-5.

(e) Together with the statement required in subsection (d), an independent contractor shall file annually with the department documentation in support of independent contractor status before being granted a certificate of exemption. The independent contractor must obtain clearance from the department of state revenue before issuance of the certificate.

(f) An independent contractor shall pay a filing fee in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15) with the certificate filed under subsection (h). The fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the worker's compensation supplemental administrative fund and shall be used for all expenses the board incurs.

(g) The worker's compensation board shall maintain a data base consisting of certificates received under this section and on request may verify that a certificate was filed.

(h) A certificate of exemption must be filed with the worker's compensation board. The board shall indicate that the certificate has been filed by stamping the certificate with the date of receipt and returning a stamped copy to the person filing the certificate. A certificate becomes effective as of midnight seven (7) business days after the date file stamped by the worker's compensation board. The board shall maintain a data base containing information required in subsections (e) and (g).

(i) A person who contracts for services of another person not covered by this chapter to perform work must secure a copy of a stamped certificate of exemption filed under this section from the person hired. A person may not require a person who has provided a stamped certificate to have worker's compensation coverage. The worker's compensation insurance carrier of a person who contracts with an independent contractor shall accept a stamped certificate in the same manner as a certificate of insurance.

(j) A stamped certificate filed under this section is binding on and holds harmless for all claims:

(1) a person who contracts with an independent contractor after receiving a copy of the stamped certificate; and

(2) the worker's compensation insurance carrier of the person who contracts with the independent contractor.

The independent contractor may not collect compensation under this chapter for an injury from a person or the person's worker's compensation carrier to whom the independent contractor has furnished a stamped certificate.

As added by P.L.75-1993, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.202-2001, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 22-4-3-2 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-4-3-2
"Partially unemployed" defined
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. An individual is "partially unemployed" when, because of lack of available work, he is working less than his normal customary full-time hours for his regular employer and his remuneration is less than his weekly benefit amount in any calendar week, but no individual shall be deemed totally, part-totally, or partially unemployed in any week which he is regularly and customarily employed full-time on a straight commission basis.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.302.
Ind. Code § 22-9-2-11 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-9-2-11
Conflict of laws; saving clause
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to repeal any of the provisions of any law of this state relating to discrimination because of age, race or color, religion, or country of ancestral origin. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit, restrict or affect the freedom of any employer in regard to (a) fixing compulsory retirement requirements for any class of employees at an age or ages less than seventy-five (75) years; (b) fixing eligibility requirements for participation in, or enjoyment by employees of, benefits under any annuity plan or pension or retirement plan on the basis that any employee may be excluded from eligibility therefor who, at the time he would otherwise become eligible for such benefits, is older than the age fixed in such eligibility requirements; or (c) keeping age records for any such purposes.

Formerly: Acts 1965, c.368, s.11. As amended by Acts 1979, P.L.206, SEC.7; P.L.166-2009, SEC.5.
Ind. Code § 22-9-1-18 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-9-1-18
Hearings by commission; appeals
Status: in_force

Sec. 18. (a) If a timely election is not made under section 16 of this chapter, the commission shall schedule a hearing on the finding of probable cause.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), IC 4-21.5 governs a hearing under this section.

(c) A proceeding under this section may not continue regarding an alleged discriminatory practice after the filing of a civil action.

(d) IC 22-9-8 governs appeal of a final order issued under this section.

As added by P.L.14-1994, SEC.6.
Ind. Code § 22-3-7-36 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 3 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-3-7-36
Third parties; actions to recover damages; subrogation; limitation of actions
Status: in_force

Sec. 36. (a) Whenever disablement or death from an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the employment for which compensation is payable under this chapter, shall have been sustained under circumstances creating in some other person than the employer and not in the same employ a legal liability to pay damages in respect thereto, the injured employee, or the employee's dependents, in case of death, may commence legal proceedings against such other person to recover damages notwithstanding such employer's or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier's payment of, or liability to pay, compensation under this chapter. In such case, however, if the action against such other person is brought by the injured employee or the employee's dependents and judgment is obtained and paid and accepted and settlement is made with such other person, either with or without suit, then from the amount received by such employee or dependents there shall be paid to the employer, or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier, the amount of compensation paid to such employee or dependents, plus the services and products and burial expense paid by the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier, and the liability of the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier to pay further compensation or other expenses shall thereupon terminate, whether or not one (1) or all of the dependents are entitled to share in the proceeds of the settlement or recovery and whether or not one (1) or all of the dependents could have maintained the action or claim for wrongful death.

(b) In the event such employee or the employee's dependents, not having received compensation or services and products or death benefits, or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier, shall procure a judgment against such other party for disablement or death from an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the employment, which judgment is paid, or if settlement is made with such other person, either with or without suit, then the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier shall have no liability for payment of compensation or for payment of medical, surgical, hospital, or nurse's services and supplies or death benefits whatsoever, whether or not one (1) or all of the dependents are entitled to share in the proceeds of settlement or recovery and whether or not one (1) or all of the dependents could have maintained the action or claim for wrongful death.

(c) In the event an employee, or in the event of the employee's death, the employee's dependents, shall procure a final judgment against such other person other than by agreement, for disablement or death from an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the employment and such judgment is for a lesser sum than the amount for which the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier is liable for compensation and for services and products, as of the date the judgment becomes final, then the employee, or in the event of the employee's death, the employee's dependents, shall have the option of either collecting such judgment and repaying the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier for compensation previously drawn, if any, and repaying the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier for services and products previously paid, if any, and of repaying the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier, the burial benefits paid, if any, or of assigning all rights under said judgment to the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier and thereafter receiving all compensation and services and products to which the employee, or in the event of the employee's death, to which the employee's dependents would be entitled if there had been no action brought against such other party.

(d) If the employee or the employee's dependents agree to receive compensation, because of an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the employment, from the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier, or to accept from the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier by loan or otherwise, any payment on account of such compensation or institute proceedings to recover the same, the said employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier shall have a lien upon any settlement award, judgment, or fund out of which such employee might be compensated from the third party.

(e) The employee, or in the event of the employee's death, the employee's dependents, shall institute legal proceedings against such other person for damages within two (2) years after said cause of action accrues. If, after said proceeding is commenced, the same is dismissed, the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier, having paid compensation or having become liable therefor, may collect in their own name or in the name of the employee with a disability, or in the case of death, in the name of the employee's dependents, from the other person in whom legal liability for damages exists, the compensation paid or payable to the employee with a disability, or the employee's dependents, plus such services and products and burial expense paid by the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier for which they have become liable. The employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier may commence such action at law for such collection against the other person in whom legal liability for damages exists, not later than one (1) year from the date said action so commenced, has been dismissed, notwithstanding the provisions of any statute of limitations to the contrary.

(f) If said employee, or in the event of the employee's death, the employee's dependents, shall fail to institute legal proceedings, against such other person for damages within two (2) years after said cause of action accrues, the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier, having paid compensation or having been liable therefor, may collect in their own name or in the name of the employee with a disability, or in the case of the employee's death, in the name of the employee's dependents, from the other person in whom legal liability for damage exists, the compensation paid or payable to the employee with a disability or to the employee's dependents, plus the services and products and burial expenses, paid by them or for which they have become liable, and the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier may commence such action at law for such collection against such other person in whom legal liability exists at any time within one (1) year from the date of the expiration of the two (2) years when the action accrued to the employee with a disability or, in the event of the employee's death, to the employee's dependents, notwithstanding the provisions of any statute of limitations to the contrary.

(g) In such actions brought as provided in this section by the employee or the employee's dependents, the employee or the employee's dependents shall, within thirty (30) days after such action is filed, notify the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier, by personal service or registered or certified mail, of such fact and the name of the court in which suit is brought, filing proof thereof in such action.

(h) If the employer does not join in the action within ninety (90) days after receipt of the notice, then out of any actual money reimbursement received by the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier pursuant to this section, they shall pay their pro rata share of all costs and reasonably necessary expenses in connection with such third party claim, action, or suit, and to the attorney at law selected by the employee or the employee's dependents, a fee of twenty-five percent (25%), if collected without trial, of the amount of benefits after the expenses and costs in connection with such third party claim have been deducted therefrom, and a fee of thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%), if collected after trial, of the amount of such benefits after deduction of the costs and reasonably necessary expenses in connection with such third party claim, action, or suit. The employer may, within ninety (90) days after receipt of notice of suit from the employee or the employee's dependents, join in the action upon the employer's motion so that all orders of court after hearing and judgment shall be made for the employer's protection.

(i) No release or settlement of claim for damages by reason of such injury or death, and no satisfaction of judgment in such proceedings shall be valid without the written consent of both employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier, and employee, or the employee's dependents. However, in the case of the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier, such consent shall not be required where the employer or such employer's occupational disease insurance carrier has been fully indemnified or protected by court order.

Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.29; Acts 1963, c.388, s.17; Acts 1969, c.101, s.5; Acts 1974, P.L.109, SEC.7. As amended by P.L.28-1988, SEC.62; P.L.99-2007, SEC.185; P.L.275-2013, SEC.18; P.L.139-2020, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 22-13-2-7 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 13 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-13-2-7-b
Review of variances and orders of state agencies or political subdivisions
Status: in_force

Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2027. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2027.

Sec. 7. (a) The department may review and modify or reverse any variance or other order that:

(1) is issued by a state agency or political subdivision; and

(2) covers a subject governed by this article, IC 22-12, IC 22-14, IC 22-15, a fire safety rule, or a building rule.

(b) The department shall review variances granted by a political subdivision to the fire safety laws and building laws adopted in its ordinances. The variance is not effective until it is approved by the department.

(c) The department shall review orders under this section that:

(1) are issued by a political subdivision; and

(2) concern a Class 2 structure;

if a person aggrieved by the order petitions for review under IC 4-21.5-3-7 within thirty (30) days after the political subdivision has issued the order.

(d) A copy of the petition under subsection (c) shall be delivered to the political subdivision issuing the order.

(e) Review of an order under this section does not suspend the running of the time period under any statute in which a person must petition a court for judicial review of the order.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.152-2026, SEC.381.
Ind. Code § 22-13-4-6 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 13 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-13-4-6
Class 1 structures within seismic zone 2A; structural resistance to earthquakes
Status: in_force

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this chapter, effective 7-1-2027.

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies to Class 1 structures that are partially or entirely located within the geographic area included in seismic zone 2A.

(b) As used in this section, "seismic zone 2A" refers to the geographic boundaries that comprise seismic zone 2A as established in the rules adopted by the commission.

(c) The commission shall adopt building rules under IC 4-22-2 that prohibit or limit occupancy or use of Class 1 structures that do not comply with the commission's rules governing structural resistance to earthquakes.

(d) The rules adopted under this section must cover essential buildings and public utility services:

(1) designated by the department of homeland security; and

(2) needed for disaster recovery operations.

(e) The rules adopted under this section may not apply to a Class 1 structure if construction of the structure began before July 1, 1993.

As added by P.L.204-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.361.
Ind. Code § 22-9.3-7-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 9.3 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-9.3-7-1
Civil action
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. A person who is injured by a violation of this article may bring a civil action for compensatory damages and injunctive relief.

As added by P.L.196-2025, SEC.18.
Ind. Code § 22-4-17-3 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 17 / Section 22-4-17-3
Administrative appeal; disputed claims
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. (a) Unless such request for hearing is withdrawn, an administrative law judge, after providing the notice required under section 6 of this chapter and affording the parties a reasonable opportunity for fair hearing, shall affirm, modify, or reverse the findings of fact and decision of the deputy.

(b) The parties shall be duly notified of the decision made under subsection (a) and the reasons therefor, which shall be deemed to be the final decision of the review board, unless within fifteen (15) days after the date of notification or mailing of such decision, an appeal is taken by the commissioner or by any party adversely affected by such decision to the review board.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.1803; Acts 1957, c.299, s.4. As amended by P.L.18-1987, SEC.48; P.L.135-1990, SEC.7; P.L.21-1995, SEC.87; P.L.175-2009, SEC.28.
Ind. Code § 22-2-14-2 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Chapter 14 / Section 22-2-14-2
Employer provide private location where employees can express milk; employer provide cold storage for expressed milk; employer not liable
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. (a) To the extent reasonably possible, an employer shall provide a private location, other than a toilet stall, where an employee can express the employee's breast milk in privacy during any period away from the employee's assigned duties.

(b) To the extent reasonably possible, an employer shall:

(1) provide a refrigerator or other cold storage space for keeping milk that has been expressed; or

(2) allow the employee to provide the employee's own portable cold storage device for keeping milk that has been expressed until the end of the employee's work day.

(c) Except in cases of willful misconduct, gross negligence, or bad faith, an employer is not liable for any harm caused by or arising from either of the following that occur on the employer's premises:

(1) The expressing of an employee's breast milk.

(2) The storage of expressed milk.

As added by P.L.13-2008, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 22-7-1-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-7-1-1
Local union defined
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, the term "local union" shall mean any branch or chapter of a national labor organization, the jurisdiction of which is limited to a particular geographical area.

Formerly: Acts 1957, c.181, s.1. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.172.
Ind. Code § 22-3-7-31 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 3 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-3-7-31
Waiver of compensation; approval; silicosis or asbestosis
Status: in_force

Sec. 31. (a) No employee, personal representative, or beneficiary shall have power to waive any of the provisions of this chapter in regard to the amount of compensation which may be payable to such employee, personal representative, or beneficiary except after approval by the worker's compensation board.

(b) Any employee who, prior to June 7, 1937, has contracted silicosis or asbestosis but is not disabled therefrom may, by August 6, 1937, file with the industrial board a request for permission to waive full compensation on account of disability or death resulting from silicosis or asbestosis, or any direct result thereof, supported by medical evidence satisfactory to the industrial board that he has actually contracted silicosis or asbestosis but is not disabled therefrom.

(c) If the industrial board shall approve a waiver filed under subsection (b), the compensation payable for such resulting disability or death of such employee, after further exposure in the employment of any employer shall be fifty percent (50%) of the compensation which but for such waiver would have been payable by any such employer.

Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.24. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.72; P.L.28-1988, SEC.59.
Ind. Code § 22-15-2-6 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 15 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-15-2-6
Powers
Status: in_force

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027.

Sec. 6. (a) To carry out the department's responsibilities, the department or an employee or another agent of the department may:

(1) exercise any program of supervision that is approved by the commission, if the responsibility involves the administration or enforcement of a building law;

(2) enter and inspect any property, at a reasonable hour;

(3) issue and enforce administrative orders under IC 22-12-7 and apply for judicial orders under IC 22-12-7-13; and

(4) cooperate with law enforcement officers and political subdivisions that have jurisdiction over a matter.

(b) To carry out the state building commissioner's responsibilities, the state building commissioner shall issue a written interpretation of any building law under IC 22-13-5.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.71-1999, SEC.2; P.L.1-2006, SEC.384; P.L.218-2014, SEC.11; P.L.187-2021, SEC.97.
Ind. Code § 22-8-1.1-24.7 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 8 / Chapter 1.1 / Section 22-8-1.1-24.7
Contents of safety audit inadmissible
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.7. (a) For purposes of this section, "safety audit" means a written consultation report related to health and safety standards that is:

(1) prepared for an employer by:

(A) a third party; or

(B) an employee whose principal responsibilities include an employer's compliance with occupational safety and health standards; and

(2) not otherwise required by state or federal law.

(b) For purposes of this section, "third party" does not include:

(1) an employer's employee, other than an employee whose principal responsibilities include an employer's compliance with occupational safety and health standards;

(2) a representative of an employer's employees; or

(3) any government agency.

(c) The contents of a safety audit are not admissible for purposes of this chapter if an employer has made a good faith and substantial effort to correct every hazard noted in the safety audit that is subject to enforcement under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.

(d) This section does not apply to a criminal violation of this chapter.

As added by P.L.223-1995, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-2-2-5 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-2-2-5
Repealed
Status: repealed

Formerly: Acts 1965, c.134, s.5; Acts 1967, c.153, s.3. Repealed by P.L.37-1985, SEC.60.
Ind. Code § 22-4-8-3 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 22-4-8-3
Services not included; determination of status
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. "Employment" shall not include the following:

(1) Except as provided in section 2(i) of this chapter, service performed prior to January 1, 1978, in the employ of this state, any other state, any town or city, or political subdivision, or any instrumentality of any of them, other than service performed in the employ of a municipally owned public utility as defined in this article; or service performed in the employ of the United States of America, or an instrumentality of the United States immune under the Constitution of the United States from the contributions imposed by this article, except that to the extent that the Congress of the United States shall permit states to require any instrumentalities of the United States to make payments into an unemployment fund under a state unemployment compensation statute, all of the provisions of this article shall be applicable to such instrumentalities, in the same manner, to the same extent, and on the same terms as to all other employers, employing units, individuals, and services. However, if this state shall not be certified for any year by the Secretary of Labor under Section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code the payments required of such instrumentalities with respect to that year shall be refunded by the commissioner from the fund in the same manner and within the same period as is provided in IC 22-4-32-19 with respect to contribution erroneously paid or wrongfully assessed.

(2) Service with respect to which unemployment compensation is payable under an unemployment compensation system established by an Act of Congress; however, the department is authorized to enter into agreements with the proper agencies under the Act of Congress which agreements shall become effective ten (10) days after publication, in accordance with rules adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2, to provide reciprocal treatment to individuals who have, after acquiring potential rights to benefits under this article, acquired rights to unemployment compensation under the Act of Congress, or who have, after having acquired potential rights to unemployment compensation under the Act of Congress, acquired rights to benefits under this article.

(3) "Agricultural labor" as provided in section 2(l)(1) of this chapter shall include only services performed:

(A) on a farm, in the employ of any person, in connection with cultivating the soil or in connection with raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including the raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training, and management of livestock, bees, poultry, and furbearing animals and wildlife;

(B) in the employ of the owner or tenant or other operator of a farm, in connection with the operation, management, conservation, improvement, or maintenance of a farm and its tools and equipment, or in salvaging timber or clearing land of brush and other debris left by a hurricane, if the major part of the service is performed on a farm;

(C) in connection with the production or harvesting of any commodity defined as an agricultural commodity in Section 15(g) of the Agricultural Marketing Act (12 U.S.C. 1141j(g)) as amended, or in connection with the operation or maintenance of ditches, canals, reservoirs, or waterways, not owned or operated for profit, used exclusively for supplying and storing water for farming purposes;

(D) in the employ of:

(i) the operator of a farm in handling, planting, drying, packing, packaging, processing, freezing, grading, storing, or delivering to storage or to market or to a carrier for transportation to market, in its unmanufactured state, any agricultural or horticultural commodity; but only if the operator produced more than one-half (1/2) of the commodity with respect to which the service is performed; or

(ii) a group of operators of farms (or a cooperative organization of which such operators are members) in the performance of service described in item (i), but only if the operators produce more than one-half (1/2) of the commodity with respect to which the service is performed;

except the provisions of items (i) and (ii) shall not be deemed to be applicable with respect to service performed in connection with commercial canning or commercial freezing or in connection with any agricultural or horticultural commodity after its delivery to a terminal market for distribution for consumption; or

(E) on a farm operated for profit if the service is not in the course of the employer's trade or business or is domestic service in a private home of the employer.

(4) As used in subdivision (3), "farm" includes stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, furbearing animals, and truck farms, nurseries, orchards, greenhouses, or other similar structures used primarily for the raising of agricultural or horticultural commodities.

(5) Domestic service in a private home, local college club, or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority, except as provided in section 2(m) of this chapter.

(6) Service performed on or in connection with a vessel or aircraft not an American vessel or American aircraft, if the employee is employed on and in connection with the vessel or aircraft when outside the United States.

(7) Service performed by an individual in the employ of child or spouse, and service performed by a child under the age of twenty-one (21) in the employ of a parent.

(8) Service not in the course of the employing unit's trade or business performed in any calendar quarter by an individual, unless the cash remuneration paid for the service is fifty dollars ($50) or more and the service is performed by an individual who is regularly employed by the employing unit to perform the service. For the purposes of this subdivision, an individual shall be deemed to be regularly employed to perform service not in the course of an employing unit's trade or business during a calendar quarter only if:

(A) on each of some of twenty-four (24) days during the quarter that the individual performs the service for some portion of the day; or

(B) the individual was regularly employed (as determined under clause (A)) by an employing unit in the performance of a service during the preceding calendar quarter.

(9) Service performed by an individual in any calendar quarter in the employ of any organization exempt from income tax under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code (except those services included in sections 2(i) and 2(j) of this chapter) if the remuneration for the service is less than fifty dollars ($50).

(10) Service performed in the employ of a hospital, if the service is performed by a patient of the hospital.

(11) Service performed in the employ of a school or eligible postsecondary educational institution if the service is performed:

(A) by a student who is enrolled and is regularly attending classes at the school or eligible postsecondary educational institution; or

(B) by the spouse of a student, if the spouse is advised, at the time the spouse commences to perform the service, that:

(i) the employment of the spouse to perform the service is provided under a program to provide financial assistance to the student by the school or eligible postsecondary educational institution; and

(ii) the employment will not be covered by any program of unemployment insurance.

(12) Service performed by an individual who is enrolled at a nonprofit or public educational institution which normally maintains a regular faculty and curriculum and normally has a regularly organized body of students in attendance at the place where its educational activities are carried on as a student in a full-time program, taken for credit at the institution, which combines academic instruction with work experience, if the service is an integral part of the program, and the institution has so certified to the employer, except that this subdivision shall not apply to service performed in a program established for or on behalf of an employer or group of employers.

(13) Service performed in the employ of a government foreign to the United States of America, including service as a consular or other officer or employee or a nondiplomatic representative.

(14) Service performed in the employ of an instrumentality wholly owned by a government foreign to that of the United States of America, if the service is of a character similar to that performed in foreign countries by employees of the United States of America or of an instrumentality of the United States of America, and if the department finds that the Secretary of State of the United States has certified to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States that the government, foreign to the United States, with respect to whose instrumentality exemption is claimed, grants an equivalent exemption with respect to similar service performed in such country by employees of the United States and of instrumentalities of the United States.

(15) Service performed as a student nurse in the employ of a hospital or nurses' training school by an individual who is enrolled and is regularly attending classes in a nurses' training school chartered or approved pursuant to state law; and service performed as an intern in the employ of a hospital by an individual who has completed a four (4) year course in a medical school chartered or approved pursuant to state law.

(16) Service performed by an individual as an insurance producer or as an insurance solicitor, if all service performed by the individual is performed for remuneration solely by way of commission.

(17) Service performed by an individual:

(A) under the age of eighteen (18) in the delivery or distribution of newspapers or shopping news, not including delivery or distribution to any point for subsequent delivery or distribution; or

(B) in, and at the time of, the sale of newspapers or magazines to ultimate consumers, under an arrangement under which the newspapers or magazines are to be sold by the individual at a fixed price, the individual's compensation being based on the retention of the excess of the price over the amount at which the newspapers or magazines are charged to the individual, whether or not the individual is guaranteed a minimum amount of compensation for the service, or is entitled to be credited with the unsold newspapers or magazines turned back.

(18) Service performed in the employ of an international organization to the extent the services are excluded from employment under 26 CFR 31.3306(c)(16).

(19) Except as provided in IC 22-4-7-1, services covered by an election duly approved by the agency charged with the administration of any other state or federal unemployment compensation law in accordance with an arrangement pursuant to IC 22-4-22-1 through IC 22-4-22-5, during the effective period of such election.

(20) If the service performed during one-half (1/2) or more of any pay period by an individual for an employing unit constitutes employment, all the services of the individual for the period shall be deemed to be employment; but if the services performed during more than one-half (1/2) of any pay period by an individual do not constitute employment, then none of the services of the individual for the period shall be deemed to be employment. As used in this subdivision, "pay period" means a period of not more than thirty-one (31) consecutive days for which a payment of remuneration is ordinarily made to the individual by the employing unit. This subdivision shall not be applicable with respect to services performed in a pay period by any individual where any service is excepted by subdivision (2).

(21) Service performed by an inmate of a custodial or penal institution.

(22) Service performed as a precinct election officer (as defined in IC 3-5-2.1-82).

(23) Services performed by a direct seller:

(A) in the trade or business of:

(i) selling, or soliciting the sale of, consumer products or services to any buyer on a buy-sell basis, deposit-commission basis, or similar basis, in any place other than in a permanent retail establishment; or

(ii) selling, or soliciting the sale of, consumer products or services in any place other than in a permanent retail establishment;

(B) when substantially all the remuneration, whether or not paid in cash, for the performance of the services is directly related to sales or other output, including performance of services, rather than the number of hours worked; and

(C) when the services performed by the person are performed pursuant to a written contract and the contract provides that the person who performs the services will not be treated as an employee for tax purposes under the contract.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.803; Acts 1951, c.295, s.4; Acts 1957, c.299, s.13; Acts 1959, c.305, s.1; Acts 1967, c.310, s.11; Acts 1971, P.L.355, SEC.15. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.262, SEC.14; P.L.227-1983, SEC.3; P.L.2-1987, SEC.30; P.L.18-1987, SEC.28; P.L.3-1995, SEC.147; P.L.21-1995, SEC.67; P.L.2-1996, SEC.267; P.L.1-2003, SEC.70; P.L.178-2003, SEC.10; P.L.108-2006, SEC.7; P.L.2-2007, SEC.292; P.L.171-2016, SEC.5; P.L.7-2019, SEC.2; P.L.122-2019, SEC.17; P.L.211-2019, SEC.28; P.L.186-2025, SEC.120.
Ind. Code § 22-4-25.5-5 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 25.5 / Section 22-4-25.5-5
Reversion
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.

As added by P.L.200-2025, SEC.29.
Ind. Code § 22-5-1.7-5 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 5 / Chapter 1.7 / Section 22-5-1.7-5
"Political subdivision"
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "political subdivision" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13.

As added by P.L.171-2011, SEC.16.
Ind. Code § 22-3-7-17.6 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 3 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-3-7-17.6
Formulary; reimbursement for "N" drug
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.6. (a) As used in this section, "formulary" refers to the Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) Workers' Compensation Drug Formulary Appendix A published by MCG Health.

(b) As used in this section, "medical emergency" means the sudden onset of a medical condition manifested by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, that in the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in:

(1) serious jeopardy to the employee's health or bodily functions; or

(2) serious dysfunction of a body part or organ.

(c) Beginning January 1, 2019, reimbursement is not permitted for a claim for payment for a drug that:

(1) is prescribed for use by an employee who files a notice of occupational disease under this chapter; and

(2) according to the formulary, is an "N" drug.

However, if the employee begins use of the "N" drug before July 1, 2018, and the use continues after January 1, 2019, reimbursement is permitted for the "N" drug until January 1, 2020.

(d) If a prescribing physician submits to an employer a request to permit use of an "N" drug described in subsection (c), including the prescribing physician's reason for requesting use of an "N" drug, and the employer approves the request, the prescribing physician may prescribe the "N" drug for use by the disabled employee.

(e) If the employer does not approve the prescribing physician's request under subsection (d) to permit use of an "N" drug, the employer shall:

(1) send the request to a third party that is certified by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission to make a determination concerning the request; and

(2) notify the prescribing physician and the disabled employee of the third party's determination not more than five (5) business days after receiving the request.

(f) If an employer fails to provide the notice required by subsection (e)(2), the prescribing physician's request under subsection (d) is considered approved, and reimbursement of the "N" drug prescribed for use by the disabled employee is authorized.

(g) If the third party's determination under subsection (e) is to deny the prescribing physician's request to permit the use of an "N" drug:

(1) the employer shall notify the prescribing physician and the disabled employee; and

(2) the disabled employee may apply to the worker's compensation board for a final determination concerning the third party's determination under subsection (e).

(h) Notwithstanding subsections (c) through (g), during a medical emergency, an employee shall receive a drug prescribed for the employee even if the drug is an "N" drug according to the formulary.

As added by P.L.206-2018, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.10-2019, SEC.96.
Ind. Code § 22-4-11.5-6 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 11.5 / Section 22-4-11.5-6
"Knowingly"; "recklessly"
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter:

(1) "knowingly" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-41-2-2(b); and

(2) "recklessly" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-41-2-2(c).

As added by P.L.98-2005, SEC.9.
Ind. Code § 22-2-18.1-25 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Chapter 18.1 / Section 22-2-18.1-25
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.147-2020, SEC.16. Repealed by P.L.91-2026, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 22-2-4-5 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-2-4-5
Repealed
Status: repealed

Formerly: Acts 1911, c.68, s.5. Repealed by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2251.
Ind. Code § 22-6-1-5 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-6-1-5
Conspiracy; unlawful combination
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. No court of the state of Indiana shall have jurisdiction to issue a restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction upon the ground that any of the persons participating or interested in a labor dispute constitutes or are engaged in an unlawful combination or conspiracy because of the doing in concert of the acts enumerated in section 4 of this chapter.

Formerly: Acts 1933, c.12, s.5. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.161.
Ind. Code § 22-3-6-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 3 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-3-6-1
Definitions; exemptions
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. In IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Employer" includes the state and any political subdivision, any municipal corporation within the state, any individual or the legal representative of a deceased individual, firm, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation or the receiver or trustee of the same, using the services of another for pay. A corporation, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership that controls the activities of another corporation, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership, or a corporation and a limited liability company or a corporation and a limited liability partnership that are commonly owned entities, or the controlled corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or commonly owned entities, and a parent corporation and its subsidiaries shall each be considered joint employers of the corporation's, the controlled corporation's, the limited liability company's, the limited liability partnership's, the commonly owned entities', the parent's, or the subsidiaries' employees for purposes of IC 22-3-2-6 and IC 22-3-3-31. Both a lessor and a lessee of employees shall each be considered joint employers of the employees provided by the lessor to the lessee for purposes of IC 22-3-2-6 and IC 22-3-3-31. If the employer is insured, the term includes the employer's insurer so far as applicable. However, the inclusion of an employer's insurer within this definition does not allow an employer's insurer to avoid payment for services rendered to an employee with the approval of the employer. The term also includes an employer that employs a student as part of a work based learning program to the extent set forth in IC 22-3-2-2.6. The term does not include a nonprofit corporation that is recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (as defined in IC 6-3-1-11(a)) to the extent the corporation enters into an independent contractor agreement with a person for the performance of youth coaching services on a part-time basis.

(b) "Employee" means every person, including a minor, in the service of another, under any contract of hire or apprenticeship, written or implied, except one whose employment is both casual and not in the usual course of the trade, business, occupation, or profession of the employer.

(1) An executive officer elected or appointed and empowered in accordance with the charter and bylaws of a corporation, other than a municipal corporation or governmental subdivision or a charitable, religious, educational, or other nonprofit corporation, is an employee of the corporation under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6. An officer of a corporation who is an employee of the corporation under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 may elect not to be an employee of the corporation under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6. An officer of a corporation who is also an owner of any interest in the corporation may elect not to be an employee of the corporation under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6. If an officer makes this election, the officer must serve written notice of the election on the corporation's insurance carrier and the board. An officer of a corporation may not be considered to be excluded as an employee under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 until the notice is received by the insurance carrier and the board.

(2) An executive officer of a municipal corporation or other governmental subdivision or of a charitable, religious, educational, or other nonprofit corporation may, notwithstanding any other provision of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6, be brought within the coverage of its insurance contract by the corporation by specifically including the executive officer in the contract of insurance. The election to bring the executive officer within the coverage shall continue for the period the contract of insurance is in effect, and during this period, the executive officers thus brought within the coverage of the insurance contract are employees of the corporation under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6.

(3) Any reference to an employee who has been injured, when the employee is dead, also includes the employee's legal representatives, dependents, and other persons to whom compensation may be payable.

(4) An owner of a sole proprietorship may elect to include the owner as an employee under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 if the owner is actually engaged in the proprietorship business. If the owner makes this election, the owner must serve upon the owner's insurance carrier and upon the board written notice of the election. No owner of a sole proprietorship may be considered an employee under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 until the notice has been received. If the owner of a sole proprietorship:

(A) is an independent contractor in the construction trades and does not make the election provided under this subdivision, the owner must obtain a certificate of exemption under IC 22-3-2-14.5; or

(B) is an independent contractor and does not make the election provided under this subdivision, the owner may obtain a certificate of exemption under IC 22-3-2-14.5.

(5) A partner in a partnership may elect to include the partner as an employee under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 if the partner is actually engaged in the partnership business. If a partner makes this election, the partner must serve upon the partner's insurance carrier and upon the board written notice of the election. No partner may be considered an employee under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 until the notice has been received. If a partner in a partnership:

(A) is an independent contractor in the construction trades and does not make the election provided under this subdivision, the partner must obtain a certificate of exemption under IC 22-3-2-14.5; or

(B) is an independent contractor and does not make the election provided under this subdivision, the partner may obtain a certificate of exemption under IC 22-3-2-14.5.

(6) Real estate professionals are not employees under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 if:

(A) they are licensed real estate agents;

(B) substantially all their remuneration is directly related to sales volume and not the number of hours worked; and

(C) they have written agreements with real estate brokers stating that they are not to be treated as employees for tax purposes.

(7) A person is an independent contractor and not an employee under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 if the person is an independent contractor under the guidelines of the United States Internal Revenue Service.

(8) An owner-operator that provides a motor vehicle and the services of a driver under a written contract that is subject to IC 8-2.1-24-23, 45 IAC 16-1-13, or 49 CFR 376 to a motor carrier is not an employee of the motor carrier for purposes of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6. The owner-operator may elect to be covered and have the owner-operator's drivers covered under a worker's compensation insurance policy or authorized self-insurance that insures the motor carrier if the owner-operator pays the premiums as requested by the motor carrier. An election by an owner-operator under this subdivision does not terminate the independent contractor status of the owner-operator for any purpose other than the purpose of this subdivision.

(9) A member or manager in a limited liability company may elect to include the member or manager as an employee under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 if the member or manager is actually engaged in the limited liability company business. If a member or manager makes this election, the member or manager must serve upon the member's or manager's insurance carrier and upon the board written notice of the election. A member or manager may not be considered an employee under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 until the notice has been received.

(10) A student who performs services for an employer as part of a work based learning program, either paid or unpaid, is an employee to the extent set forth in IC 22-3-2-2.6.

(11) A person who enters into an independent contractor agreement with a nonprofit corporation that is recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (as defined in IC 6-3-1-11(a)) to perform youth coaching services on a part-time basis is not an employee for purposes of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6.

(12) An individual who is not an employee of the state or a political subdivision is considered to be a temporary employee of the state for purposes of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 while serving as a member of a mobile support unit on duty for training, an exercise, or a response, as set forth in IC 10-14-3-19(c)(2)(B).

(13) A driver providing drive away operations is an independent contractor and not an employee when:

(A) the vehicle being driven is the commodity being delivered; and

(B) the driver has entered into an agreement with the party arranging for the transportation that specifies the driver is an independent contractor and not an employee.

(c) "Minor" means an individual who has not reached seventeen (17) years of age.

(1) Unless otherwise provided in this subsection, a minor employee shall be considered as being of full age for all purposes of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6.

(2) If the employee is a minor who, at the time of the accident, is employed, required, suffered, or permitted to work in violation of IC 22-2-18-40 (before its expiration on June 30, 2021) and IC 22-2-18.1-23, the amount of compensation and death benefits, as provided in IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6, shall be double the amount which would otherwise be recoverable. The insurance carrier shall be liable on its policy for one-half (1/2) of the compensation or benefits that may be payable on account of the injury or death of the minor, and the employer shall be liable for the other one-half (1/2) of the compensation or benefits. If the employee is a minor who is not less than sixteen (16) years of age and who has not reached seventeen (17) years of age and who at the time of the accident is employed, suffered, or permitted to work at any occupation which is not prohibited by law, this subdivision does not apply.

(3) A minor employee who, at the time of the accident, is a student performing services for an employer as part of an approved program under IC 20-37-2-7 or a work based learning program (as defined in IC 20-20.5-11.5-3) shall be considered a full-time employee for the purpose of computing compensation for permanent impairment under IC 22-3-3-10. The average weekly wages for such a student shall be calculated as provided in subsection (d)(4).

(4) The rights and remedies granted in this subsection to a minor under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 on account of personal injury or death by accident shall exclude all rights and remedies of the minor, the minor's parents, or the minor's personal representatives, dependents, or next of kin at common law, statutory or otherwise, on account of the injury or death. This subsection does not apply to minors who have reached seventeen (17) years of age.

(d) "Average weekly wages" means the earnings of the injured employee in the employment in which the employee was working at the time of the injury during the period of fifty-two (52) weeks immediately preceding the date of injury, divided by fifty-two (52), except as follows:

(1) If the injured employee lost seven (7) or more calendar days during this period, although not in the same week, then the earnings for the remainder of the fifty-two (52) weeks shall be divided by the number of weeks and parts thereof remaining after the time lost has been deducted.

(2) Where the employment prior to the injury extended over a period of less than fifty-two (52) weeks, the method of dividing the earnings during that period by the number of weeks and parts thereof during which the employee earned wages shall be followed, if results just and fair to both parties will be obtained. Where by reason of the shortness of the time during which the employee has been in the employment of the employee's employer or of the casual nature or terms of the employment it is impracticable to compute the average weekly wages, as defined in this subsection, regard shall be had to the average weekly amount which during the fifty-two (52) weeks previous to the injury was being earned by a person in the same grade employed at the same work by the same employer or, if there is no person so employed, by a person in the same grade employed in the same class of employment in the same district.

(3) Wherever allowances of any character made to an employee in lieu of wages are a specified part of the wage contract, they shall be deemed a part of the employee's earnings.

(4) In computing the average weekly wages to be used in calculating an award for permanent impairment under IC 22-3-3-10 for a student employee in an approved training program under IC 20-37-2-7 or a work based learning program (as defined in IC 20-20.5-11.5-3), the following formula shall be used. Calculate the product of:

(A) the student employee's hourly wage rate; multiplied by

(B) forty (40) hours.

The result obtained is the amount of the average weekly wages for the student employee.

(e) "Injury" and "personal injury" mean only injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment and do not include a disease in any form except as it results from the injury.

(f) "Billing review service" refers to a person or an entity that reviews a medical service provider's bills or statements for the purpose of determining pecuniary liability. The term includes an employer's worker's compensation insurance carrier if the insurance carrier performs such a review.

(g) "Billing review standard" means the data used by a billing review service to determine pecuniary liability.

(h) "Community" means a geographic service area based on ZIP code districts defined by the United States Postal Service according to the following groupings:

(1) The geographic service area served by ZIP codes with the first three (3) digits 463 and 464.

(2) The geographic service area served by ZIP codes with the first three (3) digits 465 and 466.

(3) The geographic service area served by ZIP codes with the first three (3) digits 467 and 468.

(4) The geographic service area served by ZIP codes with the first three (3) digits 469 and 479.

(5) The geographic service area served by ZIP codes with the first three (3) digits 460, 461 (except 46107), and 473.

(6) The geographic service area served by the 46107 ZIP code and ZIP codes with the first three (3) digits 462.

(7) The geographic service area served by ZIP codes with the first three (3) digits 470, 471, 472, 474, and 478.

(8) The geographic service area served by ZIP codes with the first three (3) digits 475, 476, and 477.

(i) "Medical service provider" refers to a person or an entity that provides services or products to an employee under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6. Except as otherwise provided in IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6, the term includes a medical service facility.

(j) "Medical service facility" means any of the following that provides a service or product under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 and uses the CMS 1450 (UB-04) form or the CMS 1500 (HCFA-1500) form for Medicare reimbursement:

(1) An ambulatory outpatient surgical center (as defined in IC 16-18-2-14).

(2) A hospital (as defined in IC 16-18-2-179).

(3) A hospital based health facility (as defined in IC 16-18-2-180).

(4) A medical center (as defined in IC 16-18-2-223.4).

(k) "Pecuniary liability" means the responsibility of an employer or the employer's insurance carrier for the payment of the charges for each specific service or product for human medical treatment provided under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6, as follows:

(1) This subdivision applies before July 1, 2014, to all medical service providers, and after June 30, 2014, to a medical service provider that is not a medical service facility. Payment of the charges in a defined community, equal to or less than the charges made by medical service providers at the eightieth percentile in the same community for like services or products.

(2) Payment of the charges in a reasonable amount, which is established by payment of one (1) of the following:

(A) The amount negotiated at any time between the medical service facility and any of the following, if an amount has been negotiated:

(i) The employer.

(ii) The employer's insurance carrier.

(iii) A billing review service on behalf of a person described in item (i) or (ii).

(iv) A direct provider network that has contracted with a person described in item (i) or (ii).

(B) Two hundred percent (200%) of the amount that would be paid to the medical service facility on the same date for the same service or product under the medical service facility's Medicare reimbursement rate, if, after conducting the negotiations described in clause (A), an agreement has not been reached.

(l) "Service or product" or "services and products" refers to medical, hospital, surgical, or nursing service, treatment, and supplies provided under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6.

Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.73; Acts 1933, c.243, s.1; Acts 1955, c.337, s.1; Acts 1969, c.94, s.7. As amended by Acts 1979, P.L.228, SEC.1; Acts 1981, P.L.199, SEC.2; P.L.37-1985, SEC.31; P.L.28-1988, SEC.47; P.L.95-1988, SEC.11; P.L.106-1992, SEC.11; P.L.8-1993, SEC.282; P.L.75-1993, SEC.5; P.L.1-1994, SEC.110; P.L.110-1995, SEC.33; P.L.216-1995, SEC.4; P.L.2-1996, SEC.265; P.L.258-1997(ss), SEC.12; P.L.235-1999, SEC.5; P.L.31-2000, SEC.6; P.L.202-2001, SEC.7; P.L.1-2005, SEC.182; P.L.201-2005, SEC.5; P.L.1-2006, SEC.339; P.L.180-2009, SEC.1; P.L.168-2011, SEC.11; P.L.71-2013, SEC.10; P.L.275-2013, SEC.11; P.L.99-2014, SEC.3; P.L.225-2015, SEC.1; P.L.204-2018, SEC.10; P.L.63-2019, SEC.1; P.L.147-2020, SEC.17; P.L.160-2022, SEC.5; P.L.51-2026, SEC.5; P.L.145-2026, SEC.307.
Ind. Code § 22-3-7-17.1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 3 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-3-7-17.1
Collection of medical expense payments; civil penalties; good faith errors
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.1. (a) A medical service provider or a medical service provider's agent, servant, employee, assignee, employer, or independent contractor on behalf of the medical service provider may not knowingly collect or attempt to collect the payment of a charge for medical services or products covered under IC 22 from an employee or the employee's estate or family members.

(b) If after a hearing, the worker's compensation board finds that a medical service provider has violated this section, the worker's compensation board may assess a civil penalty against the medical service provider in an amount that is at least one hundred dollars ($100) but less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation.

(c) The worker's compensation board may not assess a civil penalty against a medical service provider for a violation of this section that is the result of a good faith error.

As added by P.L.216-1995, SEC.6.
Ind. Code § 22-3-7-37 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 3 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-3-7-37
Reports of disablements; penalties; venue
Status: in_force

Sec. 37. (a) Every employer operating under the compensation provisions of this chapter shall keep a record of all disablements by occupational disease, fatal or otherwise, received by the employer's employees in the course of their employment and shall provide a copy of the record to the board upon request. Within seven (7) days after the employer's knowledge of the disablement, either actual, alleged, or reported under section 32 of this chapter, that causes the employee's death or the need for medical care beyond first aid, a report thereof shall be made in writing and mailed, or submitted electronically, to the employer's insurance carrier or, if the employer is self insured, to the worker's compensation board on blanks to be procured from the board for the purpose. The reporting requirements under this subsection are intended to be consistent with the recording requirements set out in the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations found at 29 CFR 1904.7. The insurance carrier shall mail the report to the worker's compensation board not later than seven (7) days after receipt or fourteen (14) days after the employer's knowledge of the occurrence, whichever is later. An employer or insurance carrier that fails to comply with this subsection is subject to a civil penalty under IC 22-3-4-15.

(b) The report shall contain the name, nature and location of the business of the employer, the name, age, sex, wages, occupation of the employee, the approximate dates between which exposure occurred, the nature and cause of the occupational disease, and such other information as may be required by the board.

(c) A person who violates this section commits a Class C misdemeanor.

(d) The venue of all criminal actions for the violation of this section lies in the county in which the employee was last exposed to the occupational disease causing disablement. The prosecuting attorney of the county shall prosecute these violations upon written request of the worker's compensation board. These shall be prosecuted in the name of the state.

Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.30; Acts 1963, c.388, s.18. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2214; P.L.28-1988, SEC.63; P.L.170-1991, SEC.24; P.L.168-2011, SEC.16; P.L.204-2018, SEC.14.
Ind. Code § 22-14-8-5 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 14 / Chapter 8 / Section 22-14-8-5
Department of homeland security regulation of operation of utility scale battery energy storage systems
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. (a) A person may not operate a utility scale battery energy storage system installed after June 30, 2023, unless the person has first applied for and obtained the approval of the department to do so.

(b) An application under this section must contain:

(1) a commissioning plan; and

(2) a commissioning test;

that complies with NFPA 855.

As added by P.L.217-2023, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-4-8-6 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 8 / Section 22-4-8-6
Considerations for determining if services constitute employment
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply with respect to any services performed by an individual for an employing unit:

(1) if the periods for which the employing unit makes payments of remuneration to the individual vary to the extent that there is no period for which a payment of remuneration is ordinarily made to the individual;

(2) if the period for which a payment of remuneration is ordinarily made to the individual by the employing unit exceeds thirty-one (31) consecutive calendar days; or

(3) during a pay period if any of such service is excepted under section 3 of this chapter.

(b) To determine whether one-half (1/2) of the services performed in a pay period constitute employment under section 3 of this chapter, the department must compare the duration of the services that constitute employment to the duration of the services that do not constitute employment.

(c) For claims that involve multiple pay periods, the department may consider the average of all pay periods to determine whether the services constitute employment.

(d) If, during any period for which an employing unit makes a payment of remuneration to an individual, only a portion of the individual's services constitutes employment and this section is not applicable, contributions are due with respect to the services that constitute employment.

As added by P.L.121-2026, SEC.15.
Ind. Code § 22-12-1-3 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-12-1-3
"Building law"
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. "Building law" means any equipment law or other law governing any of the following:

(1) Fabrication of an industrialized building system or mobile structure for installation, assembly, or use at another site.

(2) Construction, addition, or alteration of any part of a Class 1 or Class 2 structure at the site where the structure will be used.

(3) Assembly of an industrialized building system or mobile structure that is covered by neither subdivision (1) nor (2).

(4) Sanitary conditions and sanitary facilities:

(A) in Class I structures, or portions of Class I structures that are used for educating at least six (6) persons at any one (1) time, from any grade level or combination of grade levels from grade 1 through grade 12; and

(B) on the grounds of a structure described in clause (A).

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.222-1989, SEC.2; P.L.22-2005, SEC.31; P.L.86-2015, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 22-11-21-2 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 11 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-11-21-2
"Advanced structural components"
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "advanced structural components" means lightweight I-joists or lightweight roof trusses that:

(1) have less mass cross-sectional area than sawn lumber of equivalent proportions used in an equivalent application; and

(2) are assembled from combustible or noncombustible materials, or both.

The term does not include a structural assembly, joist, or truss that provides at least one (1) hour of fire resistance when tested in accordance with the ASTM Standard E119.

As added by P.L.104-2018, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-1-1-21 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-1-1-21
Repealed
Status: repealed

Formerly: Acts 1945, c.334, s.21. Repealed by P.L.37-1985, SEC.60.
Ind. Code § 22-4-32-14 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 32 / Section 22-4-32-14
Repealed
Status: repealed

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.3313. As amended by Acts 1951, c.295, s.24. Repealed by Acts 1972, P.L.8, SEC.9.
Ind. Code § 22-12-1-21 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-12-1-21
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.123-2002, SEC.51.
Ind. Code § 22-4-22-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-4-22-1
Benefits; payments
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. The department shall enter into arrangements with the appropriate agencies of other states or jurisdictions or the United States of America whereby individuals performing services in this and other states or jurisdictions for a single employing unit under circumstances not specifically provided for in IC 22-4-8-2(b), or under similar provisions in the unemployment compensation laws of such other states or jurisdictions, shall be deemed to be employment performed entirely within this state or within one (1) of such other states or jurisdictions, and whereby potential rights to benefits accumulated under the unemployment compensation laws of several states or jurisdictions, or under such a law of the United States of America, or both, may constitute the basis for the payment of benefits through a single appropriate agency under the terms which the department finds will be fair and reasonable to all affected interests and will not result in substantial loss to the fund.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2301; Acts 1971, P.L.355, SEC.45. As amended by P.L.171-2016, SEC.33.
Ind. Code § 22-4-31-4 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 31 / Section 22-4-31-4
Jeopardy assessments; delinquent contributions; liens
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. If the department finds that the collection of any contributions will be jeopardized by delaying, it shall enter such finding of record and thereupon, whether or not such contributions are due, immediately assess such contributions with interest and notify the employer thereof and simultaneously demand payment of the amount due in writing. If such payment is not made on demand, the commissioner shall immediately issue a warrant to the sheriff of any county in the state commanding the sheriff to immediately levy upon and sell sufficient of the employer's property found within the sheriff's bailiwick to satisfy said warrant. The sheriff shall file the warrant in the office of the clerk of the circuit court within twenty-four (24) hours after the sheriff has levied upon the property of the employer, and the lien of the department shall begin with the date upon which the warrant comes into the possession of the sheriff. The lien shall have the same effect as any other lien created by this article.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.3204. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.136; P.L.18-1987, SEC.84; P.L.21-1995, SEC.118.
Ind. Code § 22-5-1.7-6.2 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 5 / Chapter 1.7 / Section 22-5-1.7-6.2
"Public agency"
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.2. As used in this chapter, "public agency" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-30-1-11.

As added by P.L.252-2015, SEC.28.
Ind. Code § 22-14-7-15 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 14 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-14-7-15
Alternative test methods and performance standards
Status: in_force

Sec. 15. (a) A manufacturer of a cigarette that the state fire marshal determines cannot be tested by the test method in section 13(a) of this chapter shall propose a test method and performance standard for the cigarette to the state fire marshal. Upon approval of the proposed test method and a determination by the state fire marshal that the performance standard proposed by the manufacturer is equivalent to the performance standard in section 13(c) of this chapter, the manufacturer may use the test method and performance standard to certify the cigarette under section 21 of this chapter.

(b) If the state fire marshal determines that:

(1) another state has enacted reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards that include a test method and performance standard that are the same as those contained in this chapter; and

(2) the officials in that state responsible for implementing those requirements have approved the proposed alternative test method and performance standard for a particular cigarette proposed by a manufacturer as meeting the fire safety standards of that state's law or rule under a legal provision comparable to this section;

the state fire marshal shall authorize that manufacturer to use the alternative test method and performance standard to certify that cigarette for sale in Indiana, unless the state fire marshal demonstrates a reasonable basis for why the alternative test should not be accepted under this chapter. All other applicable requirements of this chapter apply to the manufacturer.

As added by P.L.82-2008, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-4-26-3 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 26 / Section 22-4-26-3
Treasurer of fund; depositories; investments
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. The treasurer of state shall be ex officio treasurer and custodian of the fund and shall administer the fund in accordance with the provisions of this article and the directions of the commissioner. All contributions provided for in this article shall be paid to and collected by the department. All contributions and other money payable to the fund as provided in this article upon receipt by the department shall be paid to and deposited in a separate clearing account for the exclusive benefit of the unemployment insurance benefit fund. The commissioner shall forward the money and deposit it, together with any money earned while in the treasurer's custody and any other money received by the treasurer for the payment of benefits from any source other than the unemployment trust fund, with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America to the credit of the unemployment trust fund. All money belonging to the unemployment insurance benefit fund and not otherwise deposited, invested, or paid over pursuant to the provisions of this article may be deposited by the treasurer of state under the direction of the commissioner in any banks or public depositories in which general funds of the state may be deposited, but no public deposit insurance charge or premium shall be paid out of money in the unemployment insurance benefit fund, any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding. The treasurer of state shall, if required by the Social Security Administration, give a separate bond conditioned upon the faithful performance of the treasurer's duties as custodian of the fund in an amount and with such sureties as shall be fixed and approved by the governor. Premiums for the bond shall be paid as provided in IC 22-4-24.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2703. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.124; P.L.18-1987, SEC.70; P.L.21-1995, SEC.106; P.L.171-2016, SEC.39; P.L.122-2019, SEC.37.
Ind. Code § 22-4-6-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-4-6-1
Definition
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. (a) "Employing unit" means any individual or type of organization, including any partnership, limited liability partnership, association, trust, joint venture, estate, limited liability company, joint stock company, insurance company, corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee, or successor to any of the foregoing, or the legal representative of a deceased person, which at any time has had one (1) or more individuals performing services for it within this state for remuneration or under any contract of hire, written or oral, expressed or implied. Where any such individual performing services hires a helper to assist in performing such services, each such helper shall be deemed to be performing services for such employing unit for all purposes of this article, whether such helper was hired or paid directly by the employing unit or by the individual, provided the employing unit has actual or constructive knowledge of the services.

(b) All such individuals performing services within this state for any employing unit which maintains two (2) or more separate establishments within this state shall be deemed to be employed by a single employing unit for all purposes of this article.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.601. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.96; P.L.175-2009, SEC.5.
Ind. Code § 22-3-7-20 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 3 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-3-7-20
Physical examinations; board and lodging; traveling expenses; reports; autopsy
Status: in_force

Sec. 20. (a) After disablement and during the period of claimed resulting disability or impairment, the employee, if so requested by the employee's employer or ordered by the worker's compensation board, shall submit to an examination at reasonable times and places by a duly qualified physician or surgeon designated and paid by the employer or by order of the board. The employee shall have the right to have present at any such examination any duly qualified physician or surgeon provided and paid for by the employee. No fact communicated to or otherwise learned by any physician or surgeon who may have attended or examined the employee, or who may have been present at any examination, shall be privileged either in the hearings provided for in this chapter, or in any action at law brought to recover damages against any employer who is subject to the compensation provisions of this chapter. If the employee refuses to submit to, or in any way obstructs the examinations, the employee's right to compensation and right to take or prosecute any proceedings under this chapter shall be suspended until the refusal or obstruction ceases. No compensation shall at any time be payable for the period of suspension unless in the opinion of the board, the circumstances justified the refusal or obstruction. The employee must be served with a notice setting forth the consequences of the refusal under this subsection. The notice must be in a form prescribed by the worker's compensation board.

(b) Any employer requesting an examination of any employee residing within Indiana shall pay, in advance of the time fixed for the examination, sufficient money to defray the necessary expenses of travel by the most convenient means to and from the place of examination, and the cost of meals and lodging necessary during the travel. If the method of travel is by automobile, the mileage rate to be paid by the employer shall be the rate as is then currently being paid by the state to its employees under the state travel policies and procedures established by the department of administration and approved by the state budget agency. If the examination or travel to or from the place of examination causes any loss of working time on the part of the employee, the employer shall reimburse the employee for the loss of wages upon the basis of such employee's average daily wage.

(c) When any employee injured in Indiana moves outside Indiana, the travel expense and the cost of meals and lodging necessary during the travel, payable under this section, shall be paid from the point in Indiana nearest to the employee's then residence to the place of examination. No travel and other expense shall be paid for any travel and other expense required outside Indiana.

(d) A duly qualified physician or surgeon provided and paid for by the employee may be present at an examination, if the employee so desires. In all cases, where the examination is made by a physician or surgeon engaged by the employer and the employee who has a disability or is injured has no physician or surgeon present at the examination, it shall be the duty of the physician or surgeon making the examination to deliver to the injured employee, or the employee's representative, a statement in writing of the conditions evidenced by such examination. The statement shall disclose all facts that are reported by the physician or surgeon to the employer. This statement shall be furnished to the employee or the employee's representative as soon as practicable, but not later than thirty (30) days before the time the case is set for hearing. The statement may be submitted by either party as evidence by that physician or surgeon at a hearing before the worker's compensation board if the statement meets the requirements of subsection (f). If the physician or surgeon fails or refuses to furnish the employee or the employee's representative with such statement thirty (30) days before the hearing, then the statement may not be submitted as evidence, and the physician shall not be permitted to testify before the worker's compensation board as to any facts learned in the examination. All of the requirements of this subsection apply to all subsequent examinations requested by the employer.

(e) In all cases where an examination of an employee is made by a physician or surgeon engaged by the employee, and the employer has no physician or surgeon present at such examination, it shall be the duty of the physician or surgeon making the examination to deliver to the employer or the employer's representative a statement in writing of the conditions evidenced by such examination. The statement shall disclose all the facts that are reported by such physician or surgeon to the employee. The statement shall be furnished to the employer or the employer's representative as soon as practicable, but not later than thirty (30) days before the time the case is set for hearing. The statement may be submitted by either party as evidence by that physician or surgeon at a hearing before the worker's compensation board if the statement meets the requirements of subsection (f). If the physician or surgeon fails or refuses to furnish the employer or the employer's representative with such statement thirty (30) days before the hearing, then the statement may not be submitted as evidence, and the physician or surgeon shall not be permitted to testify before the worker's compensation board as to any facts learned in such examination. All of the requirements of this subsection apply to all subsequent examinations made by a physician or surgeon engaged by the employee.

(f) All statements of physicians or surgeons required by this section, whether those engaged by employee or employer, shall contain the following information:

(1) The history of the injury, or claimed injury, as given by the patient.

(2) The diagnosis of the physician or surgeon concerning the patient's physical or mental condition.

(3) The opinion of the physician or surgeon concerning the causal relationship, if any, between the injury and the patient's physical or mental condition, including the physician's or surgeon's reasons for the opinion.

(4) The opinion of the physician or surgeon concerning whether the injury or claimed injury resulted in a disability or impairment and, if so, the opinion of the physician or surgeon concerning the extent of the disability or impairment and the reasons for the opinion.

(5) The original signature of the physician or surgeon.

Notwithstanding any hearsay objection, the worker's compensation board shall admit into evidence a statement that meets the requirements of this subsection unless the statement is ruled inadmissible on other grounds.

(g) Delivery of any statement required by this section may be made to the attorney or agent of the employer or employee and such an action shall be construed as delivery to the employer or employee.

(h) Any party may object to a statement on the basis that the statement does not meet the requirements of subsection (e). The objecting party must give written notice to the party providing the statement and specify the basis for the objection. Notice of the objection must be given no later than twenty (20) days before the hearing. Failure to object as provided in this subsection precludes any further objection as to the adequacy of the statement under subsection (f).

(i) The employer upon proper application, or the worker's compensation board, shall have the right in any case of death to require an autopsy at the expense of the party requesting the same. If, after a hearing, the board orders an autopsy and the autopsy is refused by the surviving spouse or next of kin, in this event any claim for compensation on account of the death shall be suspended and abated during the refusal. The surviving spouse or dependent must be served with a notice setting forth the consequences of the refusal under this subsection. The notice must be in a form prescribed by the worker's compensation board. No autopsy, except one performed by or on the authority or order of the coroner in discharge of the coroner's duties, shall be held in any case by any person without notice first being given to the surviving spouse or next of kin, if they reside in Indiana or their whereabouts can reasonably be ascertained, of the time and place thereof, and reasonable time and opportunity shall be given such surviving spouse or next of kin to have a representative or representatives present to witness same. However, if such notice is not given, all evidence obtained by the autopsy shall be suspended on motion duly made to the board.

Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.12a; Acts 1963, c.388, s.14; Acts 1975, P.L.235, SEC.5. As amended by P.L.28-1988, SEC.54; P.L.95-1988, SEC.17; P.L.109-1992, SEC.2; P.L.99-2007, SEC.183.
Ind. Code § 22-15-2-6 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 15 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-15-2-6-b
Powers
Status: in_force

Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2027. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2027.

Sec. 6. (a) To carry out the department's responsibilities, the department or an employee or another agent of the department may:

(1) exercise any program of supervision that is approved by the department, if the responsibility involves the administration or enforcement of a building law;

(2) enter and inspect any property, at a reasonable hour;

(3) issue and enforce administrative orders under IC 22-12-7 and apply for judicial orders under IC 22-12-7-13; and

(4) cooperate with law enforcement officers and political subdivisions that have jurisdiction over a matter.

(b) To carry out the state building commissioner's responsibilities, the state building commissioner shall issue a written interpretation of any building law under IC 22-13-5.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.71-1999, SEC.2; P.L.1-2006, SEC.384; P.L.218-2014, SEC.11; P.L.187-2021, SEC.97; P.L.152-2026, SEC.408.
Ind. Code § 22-2-18.1-17 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 2 / Chapter 18.1 / Section 22-2-18.1-17
Employment of minors at least 14 years of age and less than 16 years of age
Status: in_force

Sec. 17. The following apply only to a minor who is at least fourteen (14) years of age and less than sixteen (16) years of age:

(1) The minor may not work before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. However, the minor may work until 9 p.m. from June 1 through Labor Day.

(2) The minor may not work:

(A) more than three (3) hours on a school day;

(B) more than eighteen (18) hours in a school week;

(C) more than eight (8) hours on a nonschool day; or

(D) more than forty (40) hours in a nonschool week.

As added by P.L.147-2020, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.133-2024, SEC.5.
Ind. Code § 22-5-7-1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 5 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-5-7-1
"Protective order"
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "protective order" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-2-9-2.1.

As added by P.L.182-2015, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-5-5-0.1 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 5 / Chapter 5 / Section 22-5-5-0.1
Application of chapter
Status: in_force

Sec. 0.1. The addition of this chapter by P.L.11-1994 applies only to contracts entered into or renewed after March 31, 1994.

As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.368.
Ind. Code § 22-9-1-14 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-9-1-14
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.203-1993, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.2-1995, SEC.140.
Ind. Code § 22-9-12-2 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-9-12-2
"Pregnancy" or "pregnant"
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "pregnancy" or "pregnant" includes pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.

As added by P.L.87-2021, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-1-1-5 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-1-1-5
Bureaus; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. (a) The bureau of mines and mining safety shall do the following:

(1) have immediate charge of the administration of the underground mine laws of this state;

(2) provide safety consultation services to any underground mine operator at the request of the operator;

(3) provide mine safety and health education information to all underground mine operators; and

(4) investigate all fatalities occurring in underground mine operations for the purpose of data collection; however, an investigation shall not interfere with investigations by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration.

(b) The bureau of youth employment shall have immediate charge of the supervision of children who are gainfully employed, including employment certificate violations under IC 22-2-18-43 (before its expiration on June 30, 2021), IC 22-2-18-44 (before its expiration on June 30, 2021), and IC 22-2-18-45 (before its expiration on June 30, 2021) or violations under IC 22-2-18.1-30. A child employee under the jurisdiction of the bureau of youth employment may file a complaint with the bureau of youth employment if the employer of the child employee requires noncompliance by the child employee with the provisions of IC 22-2-18-43 (before its expiration).

Formerly: Acts 1945, c.334, s.5; Acts 1975, P.L.235, SEC.3. As amended by P.L.37-1985, SEC.21; P.L.215-1989, SEC.1; P.L.182-2006, SEC.10; P.L.35-2007, SEC.1; P.L.147-2020, SEC.12.
Ind. Code § 22-9.5-4-2 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 9.5 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-9.5-4-2
Rules
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement this article.

As added by P.L.66-1990, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 22-4-33-2 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 33 / Section 22-4-33-2
Benefits; fees for claiming benefits; attorney's fees
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. (a) Except for fees charged under IC 22-4-17-12, no individual claiming benefits may be charged fees of any kind in a proceeding by the review board, an administrative law judge, or the representative of either of them or by any court or any officer thereof.

(b) An individual claiming benefits in a proceeding before the review board, an administrative law judge, or a court may be represented by counsel or other authorized agent, but no counsel or agent may charge or receive for the counsel's or agent's service more than an amount approved by the review board.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.3402. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2220; P.L.34-1985, SEC.10; P.L.135-1990, SEC.37; P.L.171-2016, SEC.46.
Ind. Code § 22-5-4-3 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-5-4-3
Effect of chapter on other rights or remedies
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. This chapter does not limit an employee's or prospective employee's rights or remedies under any other state or federal law.

As added by P.L.175-1991, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-12-10-5 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 12 / Chapter 10 / Section 22-12-10-5
Pool retailer duties
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. A pool retailer who sells an above ground swimming pool that has walls that are at least forty-eight (48) inches high shall ensure that the above ground swimming pool is sold with an access ladder or steps that may be:

(1) removed; or

(2) secured and locked;

when the above ground swimming pool is not in use.

As added by P.L.72-2008, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 22-4.1-21-28 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4.1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-4.1-21-28
Representations
Status: in_force

Sec. 28. A person may not do the following:

(1) Make, or cause to be made, a statement or representation, oral, written, or visual, in connection with the offering or publicizing of a course, if the person knows or should reasonably know the statement or representation is false, deceptive, substantially inaccurate, or misleading.

(2) Promise or guarantee employment to a student or prospective student using information, training, or skill purported to be provided or otherwise enhanced by a course, unless the person offers the student or prospective student a bona fide contract of employment agreeing to employ the student or prospective student for a period of at least ninety (90) days in a business or other enterprise regularly conducted by the person in which that information, training, or skill is a normal condition of employment.

(3) Do an act that constitutes part of the conduct of administration of a course if the person knows, or should reasonably know, that the course is being carried on by the use of fraud, deception, or other misrepresentation.

As added by P.L.107-2012, SEC.61.
Ind. Code § 22-4-22-2 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-4-22-2
Reciprocal arrangements; election of jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. (a) The department is authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with the appropriate agencies of other states or jurisdictions or the United States of America, adjusting the collection and payment of contributions by employers with respect to employment not localized within this state.

(b) Any employing unit may file an election to cover under the law of a single participating jurisdiction all of the services performed for the employing unit by an individual who customarily works for an employing unit in more than one (1) participating jurisdiction. An election may be filed, with respect to an individual, with any participating jurisdiction in which:

(1) any part of the individual's services are performed;

(2) the individual has a residence; or

(3) the employing unit maintains a place of business to which the individual's services bear a reasonable relation.

(c) The electing unit shall:

(1) promptly notify each individual affected by its approved election; and

(2) furnish the elected agency a copy of the notice.

(d) The agency of the elected jurisdiction shall initially approve or disapprove the election. If the agency approves the election, it shall forward a copy to the agency of each other participating jurisdiction specified, under whose unemployment compensation law the individual or individuals in question might, in the absence of the elections, be covered. Each interested agency shall:

(1) approve or disapprove the election, as promptly as practicable; and

(2) notify the agency of the elected jurisdiction accordingly.

(e) In case its law so requires, any interested agency may, before taking action, require from the electing employing unit satisfactory evidence that the affected employees have been notified of, and have acquiesced in, the election.

(f) If the agency of the elected jurisdiction, or the agency of any interested jurisdiction, disapproves the election, the disapproving agency shall notify the elected jurisdiction and the electing employing unit of its action and of its reasons. An election shall take effect as to the elected jurisdiction only if approved by its agency and by one (1) or more interested agencies. An approved election shall take effect, as to any interested agency, only if it is approved by the agency.

(g) In case any election is approved only in part, or is disapproved by some of the agencies, the electing employing unit may withdraw its election within ten (10) days after being notified of this action.

(h) An election duly approved under this section shall become effective at the beginning of the calendar quarter in which the election was submitted unless the election, as approved, specifies the beginning of a different calendar quarter. If the electing unit requests an earlier effective date than the beginning of the calendar quarter in which the election is submitted, the earlier date may be approved solely as to those interested jurisdictions in which the employer had no liability to pay contributions for the earlier period in question.

(i) The application of an election to any individual under this section shall terminate if the agency of the elected jurisdiction finds that the nature of the services customarily performed by the individual for the electing unit has changed, so that they are no longer customarily performed in more than one (1) participating jurisdiction. The termination shall be effective at the close of the calendar quarter in which notice of the finding is sent to all parties affected.

(j) Except as provided in subsection (i), each election approved shall remain in effect through the close of the calendar year in which it is submitted until the close of the calendar quarter in which the electing unit gives written notice of its termination to all affected agencies.

(k) Whenever an election under this section ceases to apply to any individual under subsection (i) or (j), the electing unit shall notify the affected individual accordingly.

(l) Whenever an individual covered by an election under this section is separated from employment, the electing unit shall notify the individual as to the jurisdiction under whose unemployment compensation law the services have been covered. If, at the time of termination, the individual is not located in the elected jurisdiction, the electing unit shall notify the individual as to the procedure for filing interstate benefit claims.

(m) The electing unit shall immediately report to the elected jurisdiction any change that occurs in the conditions of employment pertinent to its election, such as cases where:

(1) an individual's services for the employer cease to be customarily performed in more than one (1) participating jurisdiction; or

(2) a change in the work assigned to an individual requires the individual to perform services in a new participating jurisdiction.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2302. As amended by P.L.171-2016, SEC.34; P.L.121-2026, SEC.55.
Ind. Code § 22-4.1-23-2 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4.1 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-4.1-23-2
Federal funding; employment and training services administration fund; agreements with other public entities and private organizations; appropriations
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. (a) All money received by the state under 29 U.S.C. 49 et seq. and 38 U.S.C. 4100 through 4114 shall be paid into the employment and training services administration fund.

(b) The money described in subsection (a) is available to the department to be expended as provided by this section and by 29 U.S.C. 49 et seq. and 38 U.S.C. 4100 through 4114.

(c) For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free public employment and training offices, the department is authorized to enter into agreements with:

(1) the United States Railroad Retirement Board;

(2) any agency of the United States charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation law;

(3) any political subdivision; or

(4) any private, nonprofit organization.

(d) As a part of an agreement described in subsection (c), the department may accept money, services, or facilities as a contribution to the employment and training services administration fund.

(e) The general assembly shall appropriate and make available to the department annually an amount sufficient to ensure the state receives its full share of funds under 29 U.S.C. 49 et seq. and 38 U.S.C. 4100 through 4114. Any money appropriated and made available to the department shall be deposited in the employment and training services administration fund.

As added by P.L.69-2015, SEC.49. Amended by P.L.149-2016, SEC.65.
Ind. Code § 22-4.1-1-1.5 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4.1 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-4.1-1-1.5
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.152-2018, SEC.20. Repealed by P.L.213-2025, SEC.274.
Ind. Code § 22-10-1.7-2 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 10 / Chapter 1.7 / Section 22-10-1.7-2
Transfer of powers, duties, and liabilities to mining board
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. On July 1, 1985, all powers, duties, and liabilities of:

(1) the department of mines and mining;

(2) the board established under IC 22-10-1-5 (before its repeal); and

(3) the certification board established under IC 22-10-3-7 (before its repeal);

are transferred to the mining board established by P.L.37-1985.

As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.372.
Ind. Code § 22-4-19-4 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 4 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-4-19-4
Repealed
Status: repealed

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2004. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.111. Repealed by P.L.171-2016, SEC.25.
Ind. Code § 22-14-2-6 — Indiana Code / Title 22 / Article 14 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-14-2-6
Training programs for fire department personnel; fire and public safety academy training system; staff and meeting facilities provided to education board
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. (a) The department may establish the fire and public safety academy training system to create and conduct programs to train public safety personnel.

(b) The department may develop programs to train:

(1) fire department personnel and volunteers;

(2) emergency medical services personnel;

(3) telecommunicators;

(4) emergency management personnel; and

(5) chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives personnel.

(c) The department may develop training programs in cooperation with:

(1) any accredited educational institution;

(2) any fire fighting association;

(3) the Indiana emergency response commission established by IC 13-25-1-1;

(4) the Indiana emergency medical services commission established by IC 16-31-2-1;

(5) the board of firefighting personnel standards and education established by IC 22-12-3-1; or

(6) any other public safety agency of the state or political subdivision of the state, or public safety organization or association.

The academy or the accredited educational institution under subdivision (1) may conduct the programs.

(d) The programs developed under this section must cover the areas of:

(1) fire prevention;

(2) enforcement of fire safety laws;

(3) firefighting;

(4) emergency medical services; and

(5) other areas of public safety.

(e) The department shall establish inspection training requirements for members of volunteer fire companies and certify individuals who meet these requirements.

(f) If the department establishes a training program under subsection (a), the academy shall collaborate with public safety boards and commissions of the state to establish criteria for certification and credentialing of public safety personnel.

(g) The academy may provide programs for research, professional development, and accreditation.

(h) The department shall provide staff and meeting facilities to the education board to carry out section 7 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.366; P.L.40-2015, SEC.4; P.L.187-2021, SEC.84.