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2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 5. Unlawful Labor Practices › Chapter 8. Prohibition Against Requiring the Implantation of Devices › 22-5-8-2. Prohibition Against the Implantation of Devices as a Condition of Employment; Discrimination; Compliance With Court Orders

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), an employer may not require an employee or prospective employee to take any of the following actions as a condition of employment, as a condition of employment in a particular position, or as a condition of receiving additional compensation or other benefits:
(1) Implant, or undergo a procedure to implant, a device in the candidate's or employee's body.
(2) Inject, or receive an injection of, a device into the candidate's or employee's body.
(3) Ingest, inhale, or otherwise incorporate a device into the candidate's or employee's body.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), an employer may not discriminate against an employee with respect to:
(1) the employee's compensation and benefits; or
(2) terms and conditions of employment;
based on the employee's refusal to take an action described in subsection (a).
(c) An employer may, as a condition of employment, as a condition of employment in a particular position, or as a condition of receiving additional compensation or other benefits, require an employee or a prospective employee to comply with a court order that directs the employee or prospective employee to take an action described in subsection (a).
As added by P.L.20-2020, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 5. Unlawful Labor Practices › Chapter 8. Prohibition Against Requiring the Implantation of Devices › 22-5-8-3. Civil Action; Damages

Sec. 3. (a) An employee or prospective employee may bring a civil action against an employer to enforce section 2 of this chapter.
(b) If an employer violates section 2 of this chapter, the court may do the following:
(1) Award:
(A) actual damages; and
(B) court costs and reasonable attorney's fees;
to the prevailing employee or prospective employee.
(2) Enjoin further violation of this chapter.
As added by P.L.20-2020, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 5. Unlawful Labor Practices › Chapter 8. Prohibition Against Requiring the Implantation of Devices › 22-5-8-4. No Limitation on Other Available Remedies

Sec. 4. 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.20-2020, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 1. Labor Disputes; Limitations on Issuance of Injunctions › 22-6-1-1. Jurisdiction; Public Policy

Sec. 1. No court of the state of Indiana, as defined in this chapter, shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except in a strict conformity with the provisions of this chapter; nor shall any such restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction be issued contrary to the public policy declared in this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1933, c.12, s.1. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.157.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 1. Labor Disputes; Limitations on Issuance of Injunctions › 22-6-1-2. Freedom of Labor; Right of Association; Public Policy

Sec. 2. In the interpretation of this chapter and in determining the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of the state, as such jurisdiction and authority are defined and limited in this chapter, the public policy of the state is hereby declared as follows:
Whereas, under prevailing economic conditions, developed with the aid of governmental authority for owners of property to organize in the corporate and other forms of ownership associations, the individual unorganized worker is commonly helpless to exercise actual liberty of contract and to protect his freedom of labor and thereby to obtain acceptable terms and conditions of employment, wherefore, though he should be free to decline to associate with his fellows, it is necessary that he have full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of his own choosing, to negotiate the terms and conditions of his employment, and that he shall be free from interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor or their agents in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; therefore, the following definition of and limitations upon the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of the state of Indiana are hereby enacted.
Formerly: Acts 1933, c.12, s.2. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.158.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 1. Labor Disputes; Limitations on Issuance of Injunctions › 22-6-1-3. "Yellow Dog" Contracts; Public Policy

Sec. 3. Any undertaking or promise, such as is described in this section, or any other undertaking or promise in conflict with the public policy declared in section 2 of this chapter, is hereby declared to be contrary to the public policy of the state of Indiana, shall not be enforceable in any court of the state of Indiana, and shall not afford any basis for the granting of legal or equitable relief by any such court, including specifically the following: Every undertaking or promise made after May 22, 1933, whether written or oral, express or implied, constituting or contained in any contract or agreement of hiring or employment between any individual, firm, company, association, limited liability company, or corporation, and any employee or prospective employee of the same, whereby:
(a) either party to such contract or agreement undertakes or promises not to join, become, or remain a member of any labor organization or of any employer organization; or
(b) either party to such contract or agreement undertakes or promises that he will withdraw from an employment relation in the event that he joins, becomes, or remains a member of any labor organization or of any employer organization.
Formerly: Acts 1933, c.12, s.3. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.159; P.L.8-1993, SEC.290.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 1. Labor Disputes; Limitations on Issuance of Injunctions › 22-6-1-4. Strikes; Picketing; Assembly; Joining Unions

Sec. 4. No court of the state of Indiana shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of any labor dispute to prohibit any person or persons participating or interested in such dispute (as these terms are defined in this chapter) from doing, whether singly or in concert, any of the following acts:
(a) Ceasing or refusing to perform any work or to remain in any relation of employment.
(b) Becoming or remaining a member of any labor organization or of any employer organization, regardless of any such undertaking or promise as is described in section 3 of this chapter.
(c) Paying or giving to, or withholding from any person participating or interested in such labor dispute, or any strike or unemployment benefits or insurance, or other moneys or things of value.
(d) By all lawful means aiding any person participating or interested in any labor dispute who is being proceeded against in, or is prosecuting, any action or suit in any court of the state of Indiana.
(e) Giving publicity to the existence of, or the facts involved in, any labor dispute, whether by advertising, speaking, patrolling, or by any other method not involving fraud or violence.
(f) Assembling peaceably to act or to organize to act in promotion of their interests in a labor dispute.
(g) Advising or notifying any person of an intention to do any of the acts specified in this section.
(h) Agreeing with other persons to do or not to do any of the acts specified in this section.
(i) Advising, urging, or otherwise causing or inducing without fraud or violence the acts specified in this section, regardless of any such undertaking or promise as is described in section 3 of this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1933, c.12, s.4. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.160.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 1. Labor Disputes; Limitations on Issuance of Injunctions › 22-6-1-5. Conspiracy; Unlawful Combination

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.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 1. Labor Disputes; Limitations on Issuance of Injunctions › 22-6-1-7. Arbitration or Mediation; Compliance With Law

Sec. 7. No restraining order or injunctive relief shall be granted to any complainant who has failed to comply with any obligation imposed by law which is involved in the labor dispute in question, or who has failed to make every reasonable effort to settle such dispute either by negotiation or with the aid of any available governmental machinery of mediation or voluntary arbitration.
Formerly: Acts 1933, c.12, s.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 1. Labor Disputes; Limitations on Issuance of Injunctions › 22-6-1-8. Complaints; Finding of Facts; Basis of Issuing Order

Sec. 8. No restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction shall be granted in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except on the basis of finding of facts made and filed by the court in the records of the case prior to the issuance of such restraining order or injunction; and every restraining order or injunction granted in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute shall include only a prohibition of such specific act or acts as may be expressly complained of in the bill of complaint or petition filed in such case and as shall be expressly included in said findings of fact made and filed by the court as provided herein.
Formerly: Acts 1933, c.12, s.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 1. Labor Disputes; Limitations on Issuance of Injunctions › 22-6-1-9. Appeal and Review; Priorities

Sec. 9. Whenever any court of the state shall issue or deny any temporary injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, the court shall, upon the request of any party to the proceedings, and on the filing of the usual bond for cost, forthwith certify as in ordinary cases the record of the case to the supreme court or the court of appeals for its review. Upon the filing of such records in the supreme court or the court of appeals, the appeal shall be heard and the temporary injunction order affirmed, modified, or set aside with the greatest possible expedition giving the proceedings precedence over all other matters except older matters of the same character.
Formerly: Acts 1933, c.12, s.10. As amended by P.L.3-1989, SEC.137.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 1. Labor Disputes; Limitations on Issuance of Injunctions › 22-6-1-10. Contempt; Speedy Trial

Sec. 10. In all cases arising under this chapter in which a person shall be charged with contempt in a court of the state of Indiana (as defined in this chapter), the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the state and county wherein the contempt shall have been committed; provided, that this right shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice or to apply to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of any officer of the court in respect to the writs, orders, or process of the court.
Formerly: Acts 1933, c.12, s.11. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.162.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 1. Labor Disputes; Limitations on Issuance of Injunctions › 22-6-1-11. Contempt; Change of Judge

Sec. 11. The defendant in any proceeding for contempt of court may file with the court a demand for the retirement of the judge sitting in the proceeding, if the contempt arises from an attack upon the character or conduct of such judge and if the attack occurred elsewhere than in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice. Upon the filing of any such demand the judge shall thereupon proceed no further, but another judge shall be designated in the same manner as is provided by law. The demand shall be filed prior to the hearing in the contempt proceeding.
Formerly: Acts 1933, c.12, s.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 1. Labor Disputes; Limitations on Issuance of Injunctions › 22-6-1-12. Definitions

Sec. 12. When used in this chapter and for the purpose of this chapter:
(a) A case shall be held to involve or grow out of a labor dispute when the case involves persons who are engaged in the same industry, trade, craft, or occupation, or have direct or indirect interests in the same industry, trade, craft, or occupation, or who are employees of the same employer, or who are members of the same or an affiliated organization of employers or employees, whether such dispute is:
(1) between one (1) or more employers or association of employers and one (1) or more employees or association of employees;
(2) between one (1) or more employers or association of employers and one (1) or more employer or association of employers; or
(3) between one (1) or more employees or association of employees and one (1) or more employees or association of employees;
or when the case involves any conflicting or competing interests in a labor dispute (as defined in subsection (c)) of persons participating or interested in the labor dispute (as defined in subsection (b)).
(b) A person or association shall be held to be a "person participating or interested in a labor dispute" if relief is sought against the person or association, and if the person or association is engaged in the same industry, trade, craft, or occupation in which the dispute occurs, or has direct or indirect interest in the same industry, trade, craft, or occupation in which the dispute occurs, or is a member, officer, or agent of any association composed in whole or in part of employers or employees engaged in such industry, trade, craft, or occupation.
(c) The term "labor dispute" includes any controversy concerning terms or conditions of employment or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, regardless of whether or not the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee.
(d) The term "court of the state of Indiana" means any court of the state of Indiana whose jurisdiction is conferred or defined or limited by statute.
Formerly: Acts 1933, c.12, s.13. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.163; P.L.136-2018, SEC.123.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-1. Public Policy

Sec. 1. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state of Indiana that it is necessary and essential in the public interest to facilitate the prompt, peaceful and just settlement of labor disputes between public utility employers and their employees which cause or threaten to cause an interruption in the supply of services necessary to the health, safety, and well-being of the citizens of Indiana, and to that end to encourage the making and maintaining of agreements concerning wages, hours and other conditions of employment through collective bargaining between public utility employers and their employees, and to provide settlement procedures for labor disputes between public utility employers and their employees in cases where the collective bargaining process has reached an impasse and stalemate and as a result thereof the parties are unable to effect such settlement and which labor disputes, if not settled, are likely to cause interruption of the supply of a public utility service on which the community so affected is so dependent that severe hardship would be inflicted on a substantial number of persons by a cessation of such service.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-2. Definitions

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter:
(a) The term "public utility employer" means an employer engaged in the business of rendering electric, gas, water, telephone, or transportation services to the public in this state.
(b) The term "collective bargaining" means collective bargaining of or similar to the kind provided for by 29 U.S.C. 151 through 169 and as interpreted by decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States arising under 29 U.S.C. 151 through 169.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.2. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.164.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-3. Settlement of Disputes; Reasonable Efforts

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of public utility employers and their employees in public utility operations to exert every reasonable effort to settle such labor disputes by the making of agreements through collective bargaining between the parties, and by the maintaining thereof when made, and to prevent, if possible, the collective bargaining process from reaching a state of impasse and stalemate.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-4. Conciliators; Boards of Arbitration; Appointment

Sec. 4. Not later than April 13, 1947, the governor shall appoint:
(a) a panel of ten (10) persons to serve as conciliators under the provisions of this chapter; and
(b) a panel of thirty (30) persons to serve as members of the boards of arbitration provided for by this chapter.
No person serving on the conciliator's panel shall at the same time serve on the board of arbitrators panel. Each person appointed to either of said panels shall be a resident of the state of Indiana possessing, in the judgment of the governor, the requisite experience and judgment to qualify such person capably and fairly to deal with labor dispute problems. All such appointments shall be made without consideration of the political affiliations of the appointee. Each such appointee shall take an oath to perform honestly and to the best of his ability the duties of conciliator or arbitrator, as the case may be. Any such appointee may be removed by the governor at any time or may resign his position at any time by notice in writing to the governor. Any vacancy in either of the panels shall be filled by the governor within thirty (30) days after such vacancy occurs. Such conciliators and arbitrators shall be paid no compensation for their services as such, except as provided in this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.4. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.165.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-5. Stalemates; Conciliators; Compensation

Sec. 5. If in any case of a labor dispute between a public utility employer and its employees the collective bargaining process reaches an impasse and stalemate, with the result that the employer and the employees are unable to effect a settlement thereof, then either party to the dispute may petition the governor to appoint a conciliator from the panel of conciliators provided for by section 4 of this chapter. Upon the filing of such petition, the governor shall consider the same, and if in his opinion the collective bargaining process, notwithstanding good faith efforts on the part of both sides to such dispute, has reached an impasse and stalemate and such dispute if not settled will cause or is likely to cause the interruption of the supply of a service on which the community so affected is so dependent that severe hardship would be inflicted on a substantial number of persons by a cessation of such service, the governor shall appoint a conciliator from the conciliators panel to attempt to effect the settlement of such dispute. Such conciliator shall be allowed reasonable compensation for his services and for his necessary expenses in an amount to be fixed by the governor, such compensation and expenses to be paid out of the general fund of the state of Indiana; and there is hereby appropriated out of the general fund sufficient moneys to meet such payments.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.5. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.166.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-6. Conciliators; Hearings; Strikes, Slowdowns, or Lockouts Pending Negotiations

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.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-7. Boards of Arbitration; Appointment; Compensation and Expenses

Sec. 7. If the conciliator so named is unable to effect a settlement of such dispute within a thirty (30) day period after his appointment, he shall report such fact to the governor, and the governor, if he believes that a continuation of the dispute will cause or is likely to cause the interruption of the supply of a service on which the community so affected is so dependent that severe hardship would be inflicted on a substantial number of persons by a cessation of such service, shall appoint a board of arbitration to hear and determine such dispute. The board of arbitration shall consist of three (3) members chosen by the governor from the board of arbitrators panel provided for in section 4 of this chapter. A new board shall be chosen by the governor for each separate dispute, but the same board may hear any number of issues or grievances which are involved at the same time in any dispute between the same employer and his employees. Members of such board of arbitration shall be allowed reasonable compensation for their services and for their necessary expenses in an amount to be fixed by the governor, and such compensation and expenses shall be shared equally by the parties to the dispute.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.7. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.168.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-8. Boards of Arbitration; Representatives of Parties; Advisory Parties

Sec. 8. Each party to the dispute shall be entitled to designate one (1) representative to sit with the board of arbitrators, but such representatives shall sit in an advisory capacity only and without vote.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-9. Boards of Arbitration; Hearings; Evidence; Right to Counsel

Sec. 9. The board of arbitration shall promptly hold hearings and shall have the power to administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses and the furnishing by the parties of such information as may be necessary to a determination of the issue or issues in dispute. Both parties to the dispute shall have the opportunity to be present at the hearing, both personally and by counsel, and to present such oral and documentary evidence as the board shall deem relevant to the issue or issues in controversy.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-10. Boards of Arbitration; Findings of Fact; Arbitrable Issues

Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the board to make written findings of fact, and to promulgate a written decision and order, upon the issue or issues presented in each case. In making such findings the board shall consider only, and be bound only, by the evidence submitted by the parties to the dispute. When a valid contract is in effect defining the rights, duties and liabilities of the parties with respect to any matter in dispute, the board shall have power only to determine the proper interpretation and application of the contract provisions which are involved. Where there is no contract between the parties, or where there is a contract but the parties have begun negotiations looking to a new contract or amendment of the existing contract, and wage rates or other conditions of employment under the proposed new or amended contract are in dispute, the board shall establish rates of pay and conditions of employment which are comparable to the prevalent wage rates paid and conditions of employment maintained for the same or similar work of workers exhibiting like or similar skills under the same or similar working conditions, by like public utility employers, if any, in the same labor market area, and if none, in adjoining labor market areas within the state of Indiana, and which in addition thereto bear a generally comparable relationship to wage rates paid and conditions of employment maintained by all other employers in the same labor market area. The board shall determine in each case, based upon the evidence presented and received by the board, what constitutes in that case "the same labor market area" or "adjoining labor market areas in the state of Indiana;" and where an employer has more than one (1) plant or office and some or all of such plurality of plants or offices are found by the board to be located in separate labor market areas, the board shall establish separate wage rates or schedules of wage rates, and separate conditions of employment, for all plants and offices in each such labor market area. In establishing wage rates the board shall take into consideration the overall compensation presently received by the employees, having regard not only to wages for time actually worked but also to wages for time not worked, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) vacations, holidays, and other excused time, and all benefits received, including insurance and pensions, and the continuity and stability of employment enjoyed by the employees.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-11. Boards of Arbitration; Findings, Decision, and Order

Sec. 11. The board of arbitration shall hand down its findings, decision, and order (referred to in this section as its order) within sixty (60) days after its appointment; provided, however, that the governor may for good cause extend said period for not to exceed an additional sixty (60) days. If all three (3) members of the board do not agree, the order of the majority shall constitute the order of the board. The board shall furnish to each of the parties a copy of its order. A certified copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county wherein the dispute arose or in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of any county where the employer operates or maintains an office or place of business. Unless such order is reversed upon a petition for review filed pursuant to the provisions of section 12 of this chapter, such order, together with such agreements as the parties may themselves have reached, shall become binding upon and shall control the relationship between the parties from the date such order is filed with the clerk of the circuit court as aforesaid and shall continue effective for one (1) year from that date, but such order may be changed by mutual consent or agreement of the parties. No order of the board relating to wages or rates of pay shall be retroactive to a date before the date of the termination of any contract which may have existed between the parties, or, if there was no such contract, to a date before the day on which the governor appointed a conciliator in such dispute.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.11. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.169.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-12. Boards of Arbitration; Order; Review; Change of Venue or Judge

Sec. 12. (a) Either party to the dispute may within fifteen (15) days from the date such order is filed with the clerk of the court petition the circuit court, superior court, or probate court of any county, in which the employer operates or has an office or place of business, for a review of such order on the ground:
(1) that the parties were not given reasonable opportunity to be heard;
(2) that the board of arbitration exceeded its powers;
(3) that the order is unreasonable in that it is not supported by the evidence; or
(4) that the order was procured by fraud, collusion, or other unlawful means or methods.
(b) A summons to the other party to the dispute shall be issued as provided by law in other civil cases; and either party shall have the same rights to a change of venue from the county, or to a change of judge, as provided by law in other civil cases.
(c) The judge of the circuit court, superior court, or probate court, without the intervention of a jury, shall hear the evidence adduced by both parties with respect to the issue raised by such petition and may reverse said order only if the judge finds that:
(1) one (1) of the parties was not given reasonable opportunity to be heard;
(2) the board of arbitration exceeded its powers;
(3) the order is unreasonable in that it is not supported by the evidence; or
(4) the order was procured by fraud, collusion, or other unlawful means or methods.
(d) The decision of the judge shall be final. If the court reverses said order for one (1) of the reasons stated in this section, the clerk of said court shall certify the court's decision to the governor, who may either attempt further conciliation or may appoint another board of arbitration, as provided for in this chapter, in the event that the parties do not prefer first to engage in further collective bargaining in an attempt to settle such dispute.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.12. As amended by P.L.84-2016, SEC.95; P.L.136-2018, SEC.124.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-13. Strikes, Work Stoppages, Slowdowns, or Lockouts; Violations

Sec. 13. (a) It is unlawful for any group of employees acting in concert to call a strike, to go out on strike, to cause any work stoppage or slowdown in violation of this chapter; it is unlawful for any employer to lock out his employees in violation of this chapter; and it is unlawful for any person to instigate, to induce, to conspire with, or to encourage any other person to engage in any strike, lockout, slowdown, or work stoppage in violation of this chapter.
(b) A person who recklessly violates this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.13. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2228.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-14. Injunctions

Sec. 14. Any person adversely affected by reason of any violation of the provisions of this chapter may file an action in the circuit court, superior court, or probate court of the county in which any such violation occurs to restrain and enjoin such violation and to compel the performance of the duties imposed by this chapter. In any such action the provisions of IC 22-6-1 shall not apply.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.14. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.170; P.L.84-2016, SEC.96.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 2. Public Utility Labor Disputes › 22-6-2-15. Involuntary Servitude

Sec. 15. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require an individual employee to render labor or service without his consent, or to make illegal the quitting of his labor or service or the withdrawal from his place of employment unless done in concert or by agreement with others. No court shall have power to issue any process to compel an individual employee to render labor or service or to remain at his place of employment without his consent. It is the intent of this chapter only to forbid employees to leave their employment in concert or to cause a work slowdown or stoppage in concert and to forbid an employer to lock out his employees in any case where the resultant interruption of public service would cause severe hardship to a substantial number of persons.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.15. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.171.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 3. Termination Letter From Employer › 22-6-3-1. Request and Issuance of Letter; Exemptions

Sec. 1. Whenever any employee of any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation doing business in this state shall be discharged or voluntarily quits the service of such person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation, it shall be the duty of such person, firm, member or manager of the limited liability company, or the officer of the corporation having jurisdiction over such employee, upon written request of such employee, to issue such employee a letter, duly signed by such person, firm, member, manager, or officer, setting forth whether the employee quit or was involuntarily discharged from such service; however, this section shall not apply to any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation which does not require written recommendations or written applications showing qualifications or experience for employment.
Formerly: Acts 1915, c.51, s.1. As amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.291; P.L.113-2014, SEC.114.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 5. Employee Representation Elections › 22-6-5-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to any election that is required or permitted by Indiana or federal law for the designation, authorization, or retention of employee representation.
(b) This chapter does not apply to the extent that it conflicts with:
(1) the federal National Labor Relations Act (20 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); or
(2) another federal law or regulation concerning labor relations or labor organizations.
As added by P.L.192-2011, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 6. Right to Work › 22-6-6-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) An employee of the United States or a wholly owned corporation of the United States.
(2) An:
(A) employee; and
(B) employer;
subject to the federal Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.).
(3) An employee employed on property over which the United States government has exclusive jurisdiction for the purpose of labor relations.
(4) An employee of the state.
(5) An employee of a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13).
As added by P.L.2-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 6. Right to Work › 22-6-6-2. Conflicts With or Preempted by Federal Law; Effect

Sec. 2. This chapter does not apply to the extent that it:
(1) conflicts with; or
(2) is preempted by;
federal law.
As added by P.L.2-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 6. Right to Work › 22-6-6-3. Application of Law to Collective Bargaining and Collective Bargaining Agreements in Building and Construction Industry

Sec. 3. Nothing in this chapter is intended, or should be construed, to change or affect any law concerning collective bargaining or collective bargaining agreements in the building and construction industry other than:
(1) a law that permits agreements that would require membership in a labor organization;
(2) a law that permits agreements that would require the payment of dues, fees, assessments, or other charges of any kind or amount to a labor organization; or
(3) a law that permits agreements that would require the payment to a charity or a third party of an amount that is equivalent to or a pro rata part of dues, fees, assessment, or other charges required of members of a labor organization;
as a condition of employment.
As added by P.L.2-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 6. Right to Work › 22-6-6-4. "Employer"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "employer" means:
(1) a person employing at least one (1) individual in Indiana; or
(2) an agent of an employer described in subdivision (1).
As added by P.L.2-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 6. Right to Work › 22-6-6-5. "Labor Organization"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "labor organization" means:
(1) an organization;
(2) an agency;
(3) a union; or
(4) an employee representation committee;
that exists, in whole or in part, to assist employees in negotiating with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, or other terms or conditions of employment.
As added by P.L.2-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 6. Right to Work › 22-6-6-6. "Person"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "person" means:
(1) an individual;
(2) a proprietorship;
(3) a partnership;
(4) a firm;
(5) an association;
(6) a corporation;
(7) a labor organization; or
(8) another legal entity.
As added by P.L.2-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 6. Right to Work › 22-6-6-7. "The State"

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "the state" includes:
(1) a board;
(2) a branch;
(3) a commission;
(4) a department;
(5) a division;
(6) a bureau;
(7) a committee;
(8) an agency;
(9) an institution (including a state educational institution as defined in IC 21-7-13-32);
(10) an authority; or
(11) another instrumentality;
of the state.
As added by P.L.2-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 6. Right to Work › 22-6-6-8. Certain Practices as Condition of Employment Forbidden

Sec. 8. A person may not require an individual to:
(1) become or remain a member of a labor organization;
(2) pay dues, fees, assessments, or other charges of any kind or amount to a labor organization; or
(3) pay to a charity or third party an amount that is equivalent to or a pro rata part of dues, fees, assessments, or other charges required of members of a labor organization;
as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.
As added by P.L.2-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 6. Right to Work › 22-6-6-9. Void Contracts, Agreements, Understanding, or Practices

Sec. 9. A contract, agreement, understanding, or practice, written or oral, express or implied, between:
(1) a labor organization; and
(2) an employer;
that violates section 8 of this chapter is unlawful and void.
As added by P.L.2-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 6. Right to Work › 22-6-6-11. Violations; Filing Complaint With Attorney General, Prosecuting Attorney, or Department of Labor

Sec. 11. An individual who is employed by an employer may file a complaint that alleges a violation or threatened violation of this chapter with the attorney general, the department of labor, or the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the individual is employed. Upon receiving a complaint under this section, the attorney general, department of labor, or prosecuting attorney may:
(1) investigate the complaint; and
(2) enforce compliance if a violation of this chapter is found.
In addition to any other remedy available under this chapter, if the department of labor determines that a violation or a threatened violation of this chapter has occurred, the department of labor may issue an administrative order providing for any of the civil remedies described in section 12 of this chapter. The department of labor may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2, including emergency rules under IC 4-22-2-37.1, to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 6. Right to Work › 22-6-6-12. Civil Actions and Remedies

Sec. 12. (a) If an individual suffers an injury:
(1) as the result of any act or practice that violates this chapter; or
(2) from a threatened violation of this chapter;
the individual may bring a civil action.
(b) A court may order an award of any or all of the following to an individual who prevails in an action under subsection (a):
(1) The greater of:
(A) actual and consequential damages resulting from the violation or threatened violation; or
(B) liquidated damages of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(2) Reasonable attorney's fees, litigation expenses, and costs.
(3) Declaratory or equitable relief, including injunctive relief.
(4) Other relief the court considers proper.
(c) The remedies and penalties set forth in subsection (b) are:
(1) cumulative; and
(2) in addition to other remedies and penalties imposed for a violation of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 6. Labor Relations › Chapter 6. Right to Work › 22-6-6-13. Effective Date of Application of Statutes to Contracts

Sec. 13. Sections 8 through 12 of this chapter:
(1) apply to a written or oral contract or agreement entered into, modified, renewed, or extended after March 14, 2012; and
(2) do not apply to or abrogate a written or oral contract or agreement in effect on March 14, 2012.
As added by P.L.2-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 7. Labor Organizations › Chapter 1. Right to Organize › 22-7-1-1. Local Union Defined

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.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 7. Labor Organizations › Chapter 1. Right to Organize › 22-7-1-2. Right to Organize; Selection of Bargaining Representatives

Sec. 2. No worker or group of workers who have a legal residence in the state of Indiana shall be denied the right to select his or their bargaining representative in this state, or be denied the right to organize into a local union or association to exist within and pursuant to the laws of the state of Indiana: Provided, That this act shall in no way be deemed to amend or repeal any of the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act.
Formerly: Acts 1957, c.181, s.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 7. Labor Organizations › Chapter 2. Labor Organization Constitutions and Bylaws › 22-7-2-1. Contracts; Rights and Privileges; Enforcement

Sec. 1. Duly adopted constitutions, by-laws, and other laws of labor organizations, except when and to the extent that the provisions thereof may violate public policy, are hereby declared to be valid and enforceable contracts as between the members and officers of such labor organizations; and the contracts, and all rights and privileges extended by and contained in those contracts, are declared to be enforceable in the courts of this state, by actions at law or in equity, brought by any individual member or members of such labor organization. However, such member or members of such labor organization shall exhaust all rights, privileges and remedies provided by the constitution, by-laws, or other laws of said labor organization, before bringing any such action at law or in equity.
Formerly: Acts 1957, c.338, s.1. As amended by P.L.136-2018, SEC.125.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 8. Occupational Health and Safety › Chapter 1.1. Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Act (Iosha) › 22-8-1.1-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, unless otherwise provided:
"Board" means the board of safety review created by this chapter.
"Commission" means the occupational safety standards commission 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.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 8. Occupational Health and Safety › Chapter 1.1. Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Act (Iosha) › 22-8-1.1-2. Employers; Duties

Sec. 2. Each employer shall establish and maintain conditions of work which are reasonably safe and healthful for employees, and free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.356, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.241, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 8. Occupational Health and Safety › Chapter 1.1. Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Act (Iosha) › 22-8-1.1-3.1. Compliance With Standards by Employer; Informing Employees

Sec. 3.1. Every employer shall comply with the occupational health and safety standards promulgated under this chapter, and pursuant to any directions in such standards, keep his employees informed of their protections and obligations under the chapter, the hazards of the work place and suitable precautions, relevant symptoms and emergency treatment for such hazards.
Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.241, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 22. Labor and Safety › Article 8. Occupational Health and Safety › Chapter 1.1. Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Act (Iosha) › 22-8-1.1-4. Safety Devices or Safeguards; Removing or Damaging; Interference; Compliance by Employees With Standards

Sec. 4. No employee may remove, damage, carry off, or render inoperative any safety device or safeguard furnished or provided for use in any employment, or place of employment, or interfere with the use thereof by any other person. Each employee shall comply with the occupational health and safety standards promulgated under this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.356, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.241, SEC.4. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2230.