Title 22, LABOR AND SAFETY

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "active duty" means full-time service on active duty orders in: (1) the armed forces of the United States; or (2) the National Guard; for a period that exceeds eighty-nine (89) consecutive calendar days. As added by P.L.151-2007, SEC.3.…

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "National Guard" means: (1) the Indiana Army National Guard; or (2) the Indiana Air National Guard. As added by P.L.151-2007, SEC.3.

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "parent" means: (1) a biological father or mother; (2) an adoptive father or mother; (3) a court appointed guardian or custodian; (4) a foster parent; or (5) a stepparent. As added by P.L.151-2007, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.45-2009, SEC.3.…

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 …

Sec. 1.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, if an individual 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…

Sec. 3. If an overpayment of benefits is created by a retroactive payment by the employer for: (1) awards by the National Labor Relations Board of additional pay, backpay, or for loss of employment; (2) any payments made under an agreement entered into by an employer, either a un…

Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to cases of improper payments under any of the following provisions: (1) Section 1(c) of this chapter. (2) Section 1(d) of this chapter. (3) IC 22-4-11.5. (b) The department may accept an offer in compromise from an employer or claimant to …

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "employer" means a person or entity that employs twenty-five (25) or more employees. As added by P.L.13-2008, SEC.4.

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 pos…

Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to section 1 of this chapter by P.L.138-2008 apply to initial claims for unemployment filed for weeks that begin after March 14, 2008. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.366.

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in IC 22-4-5-1 or subsection (b), an unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the individual has made a claim for benefits in accordance with IC 22-4-17. (b) A person who: (1) accepts a layoff unde…

Sec. 11. (a) For weeks of unemployment occurring after October 1, 1983, benefits may be paid to a claimant on the basis of service performed in seasonal employment (as defined in IC 22-4-8-4) only if the claim is filed within the operating period of the seasonal employment. If th…

Sec. 12. (a) For purposes of this section, "normal customarily scheduled hours" means the hours to which the claimant has agreed to work. Any reduction in hours that regularly occurs as a matter of practice, policy, or procedure of which the claimant was aware and to which the cl…

Sec. 2. (a) An unemployed individual is eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the individual: (1) has filed a claim for benefits; (2) has registered for work at an employment office or branch thereof or other agency designated by the commissioner within th…

exceptions; work search activities Sec. 3. (a) A claimant who is receiving benefits as determined under IC 22-4-15-1(c)(8) may restrict the claimant's availability because of the claimant's need to address the physical, psychological, or legal effects of being a victim of domesti…

Sec. 3.2. (a) For purposes of section 3 of this chapter, not later than the sixth week after the week an individual begins receiving benefits but not earlier than the fourth week after the week an individual begins receiving benefits, the individual must be scheduled to visit and…

Sec. 3.5. (a) For purposes of section 3 of this chapter, reemployment services and reemployment and eligibility assessment activities provided to an individual: (1) must include: (A) orientation to the services available through a one stop center (as defined by IC 22-4.1-1-5); (B…

Sec. 4. As a condition precedent to the payment of benefits to an individual with respect to any week such individual shall be required to serve a waiting period of one (1) week in which he has been totally, partially or part-totally unemployed and with respect to which he has re…

Sec. 5. An insured worker may not receive benefits in a benefit year unless: (1) after the beginning of the immediately preceding benefit year during which the individual received benefits, the individual: (A) performed insured work; (B) earned remuneration in employment in at le…

Sec. 6. (a) An individual shall be eligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in the individual's eligibility period only if the commissioner finds that with respect to such week: (1) the individual is an "exhaustee"; and (2) the individual has…

Sec. 6.1. (a) The department shall classify as: (1) good; or (2) not good; a claimant for extended benefits's prospects for obtaining work in the claimant's customary occupation within eight (8) weeks of filing for extended benefits. (b) Not later than the end of the week in whic…

Sec. 6.3. The department shall refer a claimant for extended benefits to suitable work, beginning with the week following the week in which the claimant is furnished written notice under section 6.1(b) of this chapter, and continuing for each week as long as the claimant claims e…

Sec. 6.5. If a claimant for extended benefits: (1) fails to accept an offer of suitable work; or (2) fails to apply for suitable work to which the claimant is referred; the claimant is ineligible for extended benefits for the week in which the failure occurred and each subsequent…

Sec. 6.7. (a) A claimant for extended benefits shall: (1) make a systematic and sustained effort to search for suitable work; and (2) furnish to the department tangible evidence of an active search for suitable work; beginning with the week following the week in which the claiman…

Sec. 6.9. (a) With respect to benefits for weeks of unemployment beginning after August 13, 1981, an extended benefit period begins with the third week after a week for which there is a state "on" indicator and ends with the later of the following: (1) The third week after the fi…

Sec. 7. (a) Benefits based on service in employment defined in IC 22-4-8-2(i) and IC 22-4-8-2(j) shall be payable in the same amount, on the terms, and subject to the same conditions as compensation payable on the basis of other service subject to this article, unless otherwise s…

Sec. 8. For weeks of unemployment occurring subsequent to December 31, 1977, benefits may not be paid to any individual on the basis of any service substantially all of which consists of participating in sports or athletic events or training or preparing to participate in these e…

Sec. 9. (a) As used in this section, "SAVE program" refers to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security or a successor program designated by the United States Department of Homeland Security. (b) For w…

Sec. 1. The definitions in IC 24-4-24 apply throughout this chapter. As added by P.L.233-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. A person may not discriminate against an individual on the basis of the individual's solicitation and use of consumer genetic testing services or on the basis of the results of genetic testing performed by a consumer genetic testing provider, including by discriminating a…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter and IC 22-11-14.5: "Auto burglar alarm" means a tube that contains pyrotechnic composition that produces a loud whistle or smoke when ignited. A small quantity of explosive, not exceeding fifty (50) milligrams, may also be used to produce a small r…

Sec. 10. Each interstate wholesaler shall keep a record of each sale of special fireworks. This record must include: (1) the purchaser's name; (2) the purchaser's address; and (3) the date of the sale. These records shall be kept for three (3) years and be available for inspectio…

Sec. 10.5. (a) As used in this section, the term "use" means the ability of a county or municipality to regulate the days and hours when consumer fireworks may be used, ignited, or discharged. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter: (1) a county may adopt an ordi…

Sec. 11. (a) A retailer may not sell consumer fireworks until the retailer has: (1) filed the application required under section 4.5(e) of this chapter with the state fire marshal for each location from which the retailer proposes to sell the consumer fireworks, which must be fil…

Sec. 12. (a) A user fee, known as the public safety fee, is imposed on retail transactions made in Indiana of fireworks, in accordance with section 13 of this chapter. (b) A person who acquires fireworks in a retail transaction is liable for the public safety fee on the transacti…

Sec. 13. (a) The public safety fee is measured by the gross retail income received by a retail merchant in a retail unitary transaction of fireworks and is imposed at the following rates: PUBLIC GROSS RETAIL INCOME SAFETY FROM THE FEE RETAIL UNITARY TRANSACTION $0 less than $ 0.1…

Sec. 14. An individual who: (1) is an individual retailer or is an employee, an officer, or a member of a corporate or partnership retailer; and (2) has a duty to remit the public safety fee as described in section 12 of this chapter to the department of state revenue; holds the …

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 15. The fire prevention and building safety commission and the department of state revenue shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out this chapter. As …

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 2. (a) The fire prevention and building safety commission shall: (1) adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 for the granting of permits for supervised public displays…

Sec. 3. (a) The governing body of the municipality shall require a certificate of insurance conditioned for the payment of all damages which may be caused either to a person or persons in an amount of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and to property in an amount of no…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 3.5. The fire prevention and building safety commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that specify the conditions under which the chief of a municipal or…

Sec. 4. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit: (1) any resident wholesaler, manufacturer, importer, or distributor from selling: (A) at wholesale fireworks not prohibited by this chapter; or (B) consumer fireworks if they are to be used: (i) on the property o…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 4.5. (a) A retailer may sell consumer fireworks and items referenced in section 8(a) of this chapter from a tent under the following conditions: (1) The te…

Sec. 5. (a) The state fire marshal shall remove at the expense of the owner, all stocks of fireworks or combustibles possessed, transported, or delivered in violation of this chapter. (b) The state fire marshal shall stop the shipments and sale of fireworks, novelties, and trick …

Sec. 6. (a) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally violates section 2(f), 4.5, 5(c), 5(d), 7, 8(a), 8(c), 8(d), 10, or 11(c) of this chapter commits a Class C infraction. However, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the person has a prior unrelated judgment or c…