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IN Code § 22-4-17-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 17. Claims for Benefits|22-4-17-13. Disputed Claims; Certifying Questions of Law; Priorities

Sec. 13. The review board, on its own motion, may certify questions of law to the supreme court or the court of appeals for a decision and determination. All such certified questions of law shall be considered submitted upon the date filed in the supreme court or the court of appeals and shall be advanced upon the docket of the court to be determined without delay in the order of priority.Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.1813. As amended by P.L.3-1989, SEC.134.
IN Code § 22-4-17-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 17. Claims for Benefits|22-4-17-14. Notices

Sec. 14. (a) This section applies to notices given under sections 2, 3, 11, and 12 of this chapter. This section does not apply to rules adopted by the department, unless specifically provided.(b) As used in this section, "notices" includes mailings of notices, determinations, decisions, orders, motions, or the filing of any document with the appellate division or review board.(c) If a notice is served through the United States mail, three (3) days must be added to a period that commences upon service of that notice.(d) The filing of a document with the appellate division or review board is complete on the earliest of the following dates that apply to the filing:(1) The date on which the document is delivered to the appellate division or review board.(2) The date of the postmark on the envelope containing the document if the document is mailed to the appellate division or review board by the United States Postal Service.(3) The date on which the document is deposited with a private carrier, as shown by a receipt issued by the carrier, if the document is sent to the appellate division or review board by a private carrier.As added by P.L.135-1990, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.173-1991, SEC.3; P.L.108-2006, SEC.36; P.L.171-2016, SEC.18.
IN Code § 22-4-17-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 17. Claims for Benefits|22-4-17-15. Impartial Administrative Law Judge

Sec. 15. (a) An administrative law judge may not preside over or otherwise participate in the hearing or disposition of an appeal in which the judge's impartiality might reasonably be questioned, including instances where the judge:(1) has:(A) personal bias or prejudice concerning a party; or(B) personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the appeal;(2) has served as a lawyer in the matter in controversy; or(3) knows that the judge has any direct or indirect financial or other interest in the subject matter of an appeal or in a party to the appeal.(b) Disqualification of an administrative law judge shall be in accordance with the rules adopted by the department.(c) This subsection does not apply to the disposition of ex parte matters specifically authorized by statute or rule. An administrative law judge may not communicate, directly or indirectly, regarding any substantive issue in the appeal while the appeal is pending, with any party to the appeal, or with any individual who has a direct or indirect interest in the outcome of the appeal, without notice and opportunity for all parties to participate in the communication.As added by P.L.135-1990, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.171-2016, SEC.19.
IN Code § 22-4-18-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 18. Department of Workforce Development; Indiana Unemployment Insurance Board|22-4-18-4. Administration of Programs

Sec. 4. The department of workforce development established under IC 22-4.1-2-1 shall administer job training and placement services and unemployment insurance.Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.1904; Acts 1955, c.317, s.11. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.109; P.L.18-1987, SEC.55; P.L.21-1995, SEC.93; P.L.290-2001, SEC.13; P.L.175-2009, SEC.32.
IN Code § 22-4-18-4.2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 18. Department of Workforce Development; Indiana Unemployment Insurance Board|22-4-18-4.2. Requirement That Administrative Law Judges Be Licensed Attorneys

Sec. 4.2. Each administrative law judge employed or used by the department of workforce development must be an attorney who is licensed to practice law in Indiana.As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.32.
IN Code § 22-4-18-4.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 18. Department of Workforce Development; Indiana Unemployment Insurance Board|22-4-18-4.5. Annual Report of Claims Involving Domestic or Family Violence

Sec. 4.5. (a) Before March 1 of each year, the department shall determine the number of claims filed, the number of individuals entitled to receive unemployment benefits under this article, and the amount of benefits charged to the fund for those individuals who qualified for benefits due to:(1) discharge; or(2) leaving employment;for circumstances resulting from domestic or family violence.(b) The department shall submit its determination from the prior calendar year to the legislative council before June 30 of each year.As added by P.L.189-2003, SEC.7.
IN Code § 22-4-19-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 19. Administration of Department of Workforce Development|22-4-19-1. Rules and Regulations; Investigations; Change of Rates

Sec. 1. The department shall have the power and authority to adopt, amend, or rescind such rules and regulations to employ such persons, make such expenditures, require such reports, make such investigations and take such other action as it may deem necessary or suitable for the proper administration of this article. All rules and regulations issued under the provisions of this article shall be effective upon publication in the manner hereinafter provided and shall have the force and effect of law. The department may prescribe the extent, if any, to which any rule or regulation so issued or legal interpretation of this article shall be with or without retroactive effect. Whenever the department believes that a change in contribution or benefit rates will become necessary to protect the solvency of the unemployment insurance benefit fund, the department shall promptly so inform the governor and the general assembly, and make recommendations with respect thereto.Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2001. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.6, SEC.32; P.L.108-2006, SEC.38; P.L.171-2016, SEC.24.
IN Code § 22-4-19-6.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 19. Administration of Department of Workforce Development|22-4-19-6.5. Information Available Through Enhanced Electronic Access System

Sec. 6.5. (a) The department may make available through the enhanced electronic access system established by the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 secure electronic access for creditors to employer provided information on the amount of wages paid by an employer to an employee.(b) The enhanced electronic access system established by the office of technology may enter into a contract with one (1) or more private entities to allow private entities to provide secure electronic access to employer provided information held by the department on the amount of wages paid by an employer to an employee.(c) A creditor may obtain wage report information from a private entity if the creditor first obtains written consent from the employee whose information the creditor seeks to obtain. A creditor that has entered into a contract with the enhanced electronic access system must retain a written consent received under this section for at least three (3) years or for the length of the loan if the loan is for less than three (3) years.(d) Written consent from the employee must include the following:(1) A statement that the written consent is the authorization for the creditor to obtain information on the employee's employment and wage history.(2) A statement that the information is obtained solely for the purpose of reviewing a specific application for credit.(3) Notification that state agency files containing employment and wage history will be accessed to provide the information.(4) A listing of all parties that will receive the information obtained.(e) Information under this section may only be released to a creditor for the purpose of satisfying the standard underwriting requirements of the creditor or a client of the creditor for one (1) credit transaction per employee written consent.(f) The costs of implementing and administering the release of information must be paid by the private entity or entities that contract with the enhanced electronic access system established by the office of technology.(g) For employee information under this section, a private entity that enters a contract with the enhanced electronic access system established by the office of technology for release of employee information must comply with:(1) the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.);(2) all state and federal privacy laws; and(3) the rules regarding the release of information adopted by the United States Department of Labor.(h) A private entity that has entered into a contract with the enhanced electronic access system under subsection (b) must maintain a consent verification system that audits at least five percent (5%) of daily transactions and must maintain a file of audit procedures and results.(i) A person who violates this section commits a Class A infraction.As added by P.L.226-1999, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.177-2005, SEC.43.
IN Code § 22-4-19-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 19. Administration of Department of Workforce Development|22-4-19-7. Records; Examination

Sec. 7. In any case where an employing unit, or any officer, member, or agent thereof or any other person having possession of the records thereof, shall fail or refuse upon demand by the department, the review board, or an administrative law judge, or the duly authorized representative of any of them, to produce or permit the examination or copying of any book, paper, account, record, or other data pertaining to payrolls or employment or ownership of interests or stock in any employing unit, or bearing upon the correctness of any contribution report, or for the purpose of making a report as required by this article where none has been made, then and in that event the department, the review board, or the administrative law judge, or the duly authorized representative of any of them, may by issuance of a subpoena require the attendance of such employing unit, or any officer, member, or agent thereof or any other person having possession of the records thereof, and take testimony with respect to any such matter and may require any such person to produce any books or records specified in such subpoena.Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2007. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.112; P.L.135-1990, SEC.18; P.L.290-2001, SEC.16; P.L.108-2006, SEC.40; P.L.175-2009, SEC.34; P.L.171-2016, SEC.26.
IN Code § 22-4-19-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 19. Administration of Department of Workforce Development|22-4-19-9. Payroll Reports; Preparation

Sec. 9. If any employing unit fails to make any payroll report required by this article, the commissioner shall give written notice by mail to the employing unit to make and file the report within ten (10) days from the date of the notice. If the employing unit, by its proper members, officers, or agents, fails or refuses to make and file the report within such time, the report shall be made by the department from the best information available, and the amount of contribution due shall be computed thereon and the report shall be prima facie correct for the purposes of this article.Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2009; Acts 1951, c.295, s.11. As amended by P.L.20-1986, SEC.13; P.L.18-1987, SEC.58; P.L.21-1995, SEC.98; P.L.290-2001, SEC.17; P.L.42-2011, SEC.42.
IN Code § 22-4-19-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 19. Administration of Department of Workforce Development|22-4-19-10. Reports; Failure to File; Penalties

Sec. 10. Any employing unit which negligently or willfully fails to submit any report of information required for the proper administration of this article demanded by the commissioner within ten (10) days after request for the same is sent to the employing unit by registered mail shall be assessed a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25).Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2010; Acts 1971, P.L.355, SEC.44. As amended by P.L.21-1995, SEC.99; P.L.122-2019, SEC.33.
IN Code § 22-4-19-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 19. Administration of Department of Workforce Development|22-4-19-11. Records; Destruction

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.
IN Code § 22-4-19-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 19. Administration of Department of Workforce Development|22-4-19-12. Records; Foreign States and Foreign Countries; Criminal Actions

Sec. 12. Records, with any necessary authentication thereof, required in the prosecution of any criminal action brought by another state or foreign government for misrepresentation or failure to disclose a material fact to obtain benefits under the law of this state, shall be made available to the agency administering the employment security law of any such state or foreign government for the purpose of such prosecution.Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2012; Acts 1951, c.295, s.11 1/2.
IN Code § 22-4-19-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 19. Administration of Department of Workforce Development|22-4-19-14. Federal Laws; Invalidity or Stay; Suspension of Article

Sec. 14. If the department determines that Public Law 94-566 or the federal laws it amends have been adjudged unconstitutional or invalid in its application to, or have been stayed pendente lite as to, a state or a political subdivision or an instrumentality which is wholly owned by the state and one (1) or more other states or political subdivisions and its employees by any court of competent jurisdiction, the department shall suspend the enforcement of this article with respect to these employers and employees to the extent of the adjudged unconstitutionality or inapplicability or of the stay.As added by Acts 1977, P.L.262, SEC.28. Amended by P.L.171-2016, SEC.28.
IN Code § 22-4-19-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 19. Administration of Department of Workforce Development|22-4-19-15. Information Sharing Concerning Construction Workers Misclassified as Independent Contractors

Sec. 15. (a) As used in this section, "contractor" means:(1) a sole proprietor;(2) a partnership;(3) a firm;(4) a corporation;(5) a limited liability company;(6) an association; or(7) another legal entity;that engages in construction and is authorized by law to do business in Indiana. The term includes a general contractor, a subcontractor, and a lower tiered contractor. The term does not include the state, the federal government, or a political subdivision.(b) The department shall cooperate with the:(1) department of labor created by IC 22-1-1-1;(2) department of state revenue established by IC 6-8.1-2-1; and(3) worker's compensation board of Indiana created by IC 22-3-1-1(a);by sharing information concerning any suspected improper classification by a contractor of an individual as an independent contractor (as defined in IC 22-3-6-1(b)(7) or IC 22-3-7-9(b)(5)).(c) For purposes of IC 5-14-3-4, information shared under this section is confidential, may not be published, and is not open to public inspection.(d) An officer or employee of the department who knowingly or intentionally discloses information that is confidential under this section commits a Class A misdemeanor.As added by P.L.69-2015, SEC.21.
IN Code § 22-4-20-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 20. Uncollectible Claims Against Employers for Contributions|22-4-20-1. Cancellation; Records

Sec. 1. (a) Whenever the commissioner shall consider any account or claim for contributions against an employer, and any penalty or interest due, or any part of the penalty or interest, to be uncollectible, written notification containing appropriate information shall be furnished to the attorney general by the commissioner setting forth the reasons and the extent to which collection proceedings have been taken. The attorney general may review the notice and may undertake additional investigation as to the facts regarding the collection proceedings, and shall certify to the commissioner an opinion as to the collectibility of the account or claim. If the attorney general consents to the cancellation of a claim for delinquent contributions, and any interest or penalty due, the department may then cancel all or any part of the claim.(b) In addition to the procedure for cancellation of claims for delinquent contributions set out in subsection (a), the department may cancel all or any part of a claim for delinquent contributions against an employer if all of the following conditions are met:(1) The employer's account has been delinquent for at least seven (7) years.(2) The commissioner has determined that the account is uncollectible and has recommended that the department cancel the claim for delinquent contributions.(c) When a claim or any part of a claim is cancelled by the department, there shall be placed in the files and records of the department, in the appropriate place for the same, a statement of the amount of contributions, any interest or penalty due, and the action of the department taken with relation to the claim, together with the reasons for the action.Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2101; Acts 1957, c.299, s.7. As amended by P.L.18-1987, SEC.61; P.L.80-1990, SEC.15; P.L.21-1995, SEC.102; P.L.290-2001, SEC.18; P.L.175-2009, SEC.35; P.L.171-2016, SEC.29; P.L.122-2019, SEC.35.
IN Code § 22-4-21-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 21. Intergovernmental Cooperation|22-4-21-1. Reports

Sec. 1. In the administration of this article the department shall cooperate to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of this article with the federal Department of Labor, shall make such reports in such form and containing such information as the federal Department of Labor may from time to time require and shall comply with such provisions as the federal Department of Labor may from time to time find necessary to insure the correctness and verification of such reports, and shall comply with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor governing the expenditures of such sums as may be allotted and paid to the state of Indiana under 42 U.S.C. 501 through 504 or any other federal statute for the purpose of assisting in the administration of this article.Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2201; Acts 1951, c.295, s.12. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.115; P.L.171-2016, SEC.30.
IN Code § 22-4-21-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 21. Intergovernmental Cooperation|22-4-21-2. Public Works or Assistance; Administration; Reports

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.
IN Code § 22-4-21-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 21. Intergovernmental Cooperation|22-4-21-3. Availability of Records to Railroad Retirement Board

Sec. 3. The commissioner may make the records of the department relating to the administration of this article available to the railroad retirement board created by 45 U.S.C. 228j, or any amendments thereto, and may furnish the railroad retirement board, at the expense of such railroad retirement board, such copies thereof as the railroad retirement board deems necessary for its purposes.Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2203. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.117; P.L.18-1987, SEC.62; P.L.21-1995, SEC.103.
IN Code § 22-4-21-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 21. Intergovernmental Cooperation|22-4-21-4. Foreign States; Cooperation

Sec. 4. The department may afford reasonable cooperation with every agency of the United States of America, or with any state charged with the administration of any unemployment compensation law.Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2204. As amended by P.L.171-2016, SEC.32.
IN Code § 22-4-22-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 22. Administration of Intergovernmental Cooperation|22-4-22-1. Benefits; Payments

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.
IN Code § 22-4-22-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 4. Unemployment Compensation System|Chapter 22. Administration of Intergovernmental Cooperation|22-4-22-2. Contributions; Payments

Sec. 2. 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.Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.2302. As amended by P.L.171-2016, SEC.34.