Title 22, LABOR AND SAFETY

Sec. 6. (a) This chapter does not prohibit the securing of a building from illegal entry or exit during nonbusiness or nonworking hours. (b) This chapter is not intended to conflict with the requirements of IC 22-8-1.1 and the rules adopted pursuant thereto. As added by Acts 1982…

Sec. 1. (a) There is created a department under IC 22-4.1-2-1 which shall be known as the department of workforce development. (b) The department of workforce development may do the following: (1) Administer the unemployment insurance program. (2) Enter into agreements with the U…

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…

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.

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 ben…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter: "Bodily injury" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-31.5-2-29. "Dwelling" means a residence with at least one (1) dwelling unit as set forth in IC 22-12-1-4(a)(1)(B) and IC 22-12-1-5(a)(1). "Hotels and motels" means buildings or structures kept, ma…

Sec. 2. (a) This chapter applies to all hotels, motels, and dwellings. (b) A totally sprinkled building (conforming to Uniform Building Code standards at the time of construction) is exempt from the requirements of this chapter. As added by Acts 1982, P.L.141, SEC.1. Amended by P…

Sec. 3. (a) This section only applies to hotels and motels. (b) All hotels and motels must have functional smoke detectors. (c) Except as provided in subsection (f), a detector must be installed in all interior corridors adjacent to sleeping rooms and must be spaced no farther ap…

Sec. 3.5. (a) This section only applies to dwellings. (b) A rule or an ordinance is not voided or limited by this section if the rule or ordinance: (1) applies to an occupied dwelling; and (2) is at least as stringent as the requirements of this section. (c) A dwelling must have …

Sec. 3.6. A violation of section 3.5 of this chapter does not constitute grounds for a reduction or denial of a claim under an insurance policy even if the policy contains terms to the contrary. As added by P.L.176-1991, SEC.5.

Sec. 4. Compliance with this chapter does not relieve the owner from the requirements of any other applicable law, ordinance, rule, or regulation. As added by Acts 1982, P.L.141, SEC.1.

Sec. 5. (a) An owner of a hotel or motel who violates this chapter commits a Class A infraction, except as provided by subsection (b). (b) An owner of a hotel or motel commits a Level 6 felony if: (1) the owner knowingly or intentionally violates section 3 of this chapter; and (2…

Sec. 5.5. A landlord who violates section 3.5 of this chapter: (1) at the time the landlord delivers a rental unit to a tenant; or (2) if the smoke detector is hard wired into the rental unit's electrical system, by failing to repair or replace the inoperable smoke detector not l…

Sec. 6. (a) The department of homeland security shall, as part of its normal inspection process, conduct inspections of hotels and motels in accordance with IC 22-14-2-11, to determine if the detectors are installed and functioning in compliance with this chapter. (b) Except for …

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to an individual who is: (1) at least eighteen (18) years of age; or (2) less than eighteen (18) years of age and meets the following requirements: (A) The individual has completed: (i) the Indiana career explorer program; and (ii) an assessment appro…

Sec. 2. The department may grant the following: (1) An Indiana high school equivalency diploma to an individual who achieves satisfactory high school level scores on the Indiana high school equivalency test or any other properly validated test of comparable difficulty designated …

Sec. 3. (a) The department shall administer the testing program provided in this chapter. All administrative costs of this program must be funded through appropriations of the general assembly. (b) The test shall be: (1) a nationally administered high school equivalency exam util…

Sec. 4. (a) The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to provide for the implementation and administration of this chapter. (b) The rules may include the following provisions: (1) Qualifications of applicants. (2) Acceptable tests. (3) Acceptable test scores. (4) Criteria …

Sec. 5. A high school equivalency certificate or a general educational development (GED) diploma issued under IC 20-20-6 (before its repeal) is equivalent to an Indiana high school equivalency diploma issued under this chapter. As added by P.L.7-2011, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.121-2…

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "department of labor" refers to the department of labor created by IC 22-1-1-1. (b) As used in this chapter, "department of veterans' affairs" refers to the Indiana department of veterans' affairs established by IC 10-17-1-2. As added by P.L.9…

Sec. 2. The department of labor shall consult with the department of veterans' affairs to create and distribute to employers described in section 4 of this chapter a veterans' benefits and services poster. As added by P.L.96-2024, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. The poster described in section 2 of this chapter must contain: (1) information concerning benefits and services available to veterans, including: (A) substance abuse and mental health treatment; (B) federal disability compensation; (C) educational resources; (D) employme…

Sec. 4. Every employer under the jurisdiction of the department of labor with more than fifty (50) full-time employees (or their equivalent) shall display the poster distributed under section 2 of this chapter in a conspicuous place where employees are employed. As added by P.L.9…

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 …

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 mail shall be …

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; …

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 mad…

Sec. 13. (a) Where an employer makes an offer of employment directly to a claimant, promptly giving written notice to the department of the offer, or when the employer makes an offer of employment in writing through the department, the commissioner, the deputy, or an authorized r…

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…

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 busines…

Sec. 16. (a) All notices to employers from the department shall be sent to one (1) of the following: (1) An address designated by the employer. The designation must be entered into the employer self-service application by an employee of the employer with the authority to designat…

Sec. 6. (a) Each employing unit shall keep true and accurate records containing information the department considers necessary. These records are: (1) open to inspection; and (2) subject to being copied; by an authorized representative of the department at any reasonable time and…

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…

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 represe…

Sec. 8. (a) The department, the review board, or the administrative law judge, or the duly authorized representative of any of them, at any such hearing shall have power to administer oaths to any such person or persons. When any person called as a witness by such subpoena, duly …

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 mem…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "case conference committee" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-35-9-3. As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "child" means a biological child, adopted child, foster child, or stepchild. As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "employee" means a person employed or permitted to work or perform services for remuneration under a contract of hire, written or oral, by an employer. As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "employer" means the following: (1) A sole proprietor, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity with one (1) or more employees. (2) A state agency. (3) A political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13). As added by P…

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "state agency" means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality of any of the following: (1) The executive, including the administrative department of state government. (2) The legislative de…

Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), an employer may not take an adverse employment action against an employee as a result of the employee's absence from work to attend: (1) an attendance conference under IC 20-33-2.5; or (2) a case conference committee meet…

Sec. 7. (a) An employee shall provide to the employee's employer documentation that the employee attended a conference or meeting described in section 6 of this chapter. (b) Upon request, a school shall provide to an employer or the employee of the employer documentation of a con…

Sec. 8. An employee shall make a reasonable effort to schedule a conference or meeting described in section 6 of this chapter as an electronic conference or meeting. As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 9. This chapter expires July 1, 2029. As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.

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 furnishe…