Title 22, LABOR AND SAFETY

Sec. 29. "Insured unemployment" means unemployment during a given week for which waiting period credit or benefits are claimed under the state employment security program, the unemployment compensation for federal employees program, the unemployment compensation for veterans prog…

Sec. 3.5. "Commissioner" refers to the commissioner of workforce development. As added by P.L.21-1995, SEC.62.

Sec. 30. For all purposes of this article, the term "hospital" means: (1) an institution defined in IC 16-18-2-179(b) and licensed by the Indiana department of health; or (2) a state institution (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-318). Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.355, SEC.3. As amended by P…

Sec. 31. (a) "Eligible postsecondary educational institution" for the purposes of this article, means an educational institution that: (1) admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school, or the recognized equivalent of such a cer…

Sec. 32. "Payment in lieu of contributions" means the required reimbursements by employers of benefits paid attributable to services performed for such employers which are liable to make these payments as provided in IC 22-4-10-1. These payments shall equal the full amount of reg…

Sec. 33. The term "new work" wherever used in this article including IC 22-4-15-2 means (a) work offered to an individual by an employer with whom the individual has never had a contract of employment; (b) work offered to an individual by the individual's last employer or any oth…

Sec. 34. (a) The definitions in this section apply throughout this article. (b) "Rate of insured unemployment" means the percentage derived by dividing: (1) the average weekly number of individuals filing claims for regular compensation in this state for weeks of unemployment wit…

Sec. 35. An employer's credit reserve ratio is determined on the basis of the relationship that the positive credit balance shown by the employer's experience account as of the computation date bears to the wages paid by the employer or the employer's predecessors for the employm…

Sec. 36. An employer's debit reserve ratio is determined on the basis of the relationship that the negative debit balance shown by the employer's experience account as of the computation date bears to the wages paid by the employer or the employer's predecessors for employment du…

Sec. 37. For the purposes of IC 22-4-8-2(j)(3)(C), "school" means an educational institution that is accredited and approved by the Indiana state board of education and is an academic school system, whereby a student may progressively advance, starting with the first grade throug…

Sec. 38. As used in this article, "review board" means the unemployment insurance review board. As added by P.L.18-1987, SEC.25.

Sec. 39. As used in this article, "liability administrative law judge" means a person who is: (1) employed as an administrative law judge under IC 22-4-17-4; and (2) authorized to hear matters described in IC 22-4-32-1. As added by P.L.108-2006, SEC.4.

Sec. 4. "Contributions" means the money payments to the unemployment insurance benefit fund required and provided by the terms of this article. Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.204. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.89; P.L.18-1987, SEC.18.

Sec. 41. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), as used in this article, "suitable work" means the following with respect to extended benefit claims: (1) For an individual classified as having good job prospects under IC 22-4-14-6.1, any work which would be considered suitable…

Sec. 42. As used in this article, "systematic and sustained effort" means a high level of job search activity throughout the given week, including the following: (1) A plan of search for work which results in contacts with hiring authorities or follows a prospective employer's hi…

Sec. 43. As used in this article, "tangible evidence of an active search" means a written record that: (1) can be verified; and (2) includes the: (A) actions taken to search for work; (B) methods of applying for work; (C) type of work sought; (D) dates and places where work was s…

Sec. 44. As used in this article, "American vessel" means a vessel: (1) documented or numbered under the laws of the United States; or (2) that meets both of the following conditions: (A) The vessel is not documented under the laws of any country. (B) The crew of the vessel is em…

Sec. 45. As used in this article, "approved training" means training: (1) when a claimant is enrolled in services under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.); or (2) that is approved by the department. As added by P.L.121-2026, SEC.…

Sec. 46. (a) As used in this article, except as provided in subsection (b), "employee" means an individual performing personal services that constitute employment under IC 22-4-8, for remuneration. (b) For purposes of IC 22-4-10-8, "employee" has the meaning set forth in IC 22-4-…

Sec. 47. As used in this article, "full time" means the number of hours that are customarily considered full time in a particular industry. As added by P.L.121-2026, SEC.4.

Sec. 48. As used in this article, "governmental entity" means an instrumentality of: (1) the state; or (2) one (1) or more political subdivisions of the state. As added by P.L.121-2026, SEC.5.

Sec. 49. As used in this article, "instructional" means services that consist of: (1) teaching, tutoring, or lecturing; (2) directing or supervising the instructional activities of others; or (3) counseling, advising, or otherwise determining curriculum, courses, and academic pur…

Sec. 50. As used in this article, "instrumentality" means an independent legal entity: (1) organized to carry on some function of government for the state or a political subdivision; and (2) with the power to hire, supervise, and discharge its employees. As added by P.L.121-2026,…

Sec. 51. As used in this article, "political subdivision" means a: (1) county; (2) city; (3) town; (4) village; (5) school; or (6) sanitation, utility, reclamation, improvement, drainage, irrigation, flood control, or similar district. The term also includes libraries, hospitals,…

Sec. 52. As used in this article, "principal administrative" means all executive, managerial, or administrative services performed for an educational institution. As added by P.L.121-2026, SEC.9.

Sec. 53. As used in this article, "research" means any study or investigation in a field of science or knowledge. As added by P.L.121-2026, SEC.10.

Sec. 54. As used in this article, "vessel" means watercraft or other contrivances used as a means of transportation on water. The term includes dredges used for navigation and transportation in deepening and removing obstructions from channels, rivers, or other waterways. As adde…

Sec. 6. "State" means and includes the several states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia of the United States of America, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Dominion of Canada. Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.206; Acts 1965, c.190, s.…

Sec. 7. "Employment office" means a free public employment office or branch thereof, maintained and operated by this state, any other state or jurisdiction, or by any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, or where the context allows, maintained by any state a…

Sec. 8. "Employment and training services administration fund" means the fund established by IC 22-4-24 from which administrative expenses under this article shall be paid, other than those to be paid from the special employment and training services fund, as provided in IC 22-4-…

Sec. 9. "Fund" means the unemployment insurance benefit fund established by IC 22-4-26-1, in which all contributions required, all payments in lieu of contributions, and all money received from the federal government as reimbursements pursuant to section 204 of the Federal-State …

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 thr…

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…

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 …

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, fo…

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 u…

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 p…

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…

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…

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 w…

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. …

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 th…

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 …

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 ca…

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.

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 p…