Title 22, LABOR AND SAFETY

Sec. 2. The next level jobs employer training grant program is established to provide grants to reimburse training costs to employers for newly trained employees. As added by P.L.174-2018, SEC.41.

Sec. 3. The department shall administer the program. As added by P.L.174-2018, SEC.41.

Sec. 4. During the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, the department may allocate not more than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) from the fiscal year appropriation for career and technical education innovation and advancement for the program. As added by P.L.174-2018, SEC…

Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in section 5.5 of this chapter, eligible employees must be trained, hired, and retained for at least six (6) months by the employer. If an eligible employee separates from employment with the employer that provided the training in order to accept em…

Sec. 5.5. (a) The requirements described in section 5(a) of this chapter do not apply to this section. (b) A high school student is eligible to participate in the program if the student is enrolled in a work based learning course (as defined in IC 20-43-8-0.7) that is aligned wit…

Sec. 6. (a) Eligible training must be job skills training that ties to an in demand occupation and leads to: (1) for an eligible employee (including a high school student described in section 5.5 of this chapter) that is a new hire, a postsecondary credential, a nationally recogn…

Sec. 7. (a) The maximum grant amount provided to an employer for each eligible employee is five thousand dollars ($5,000). However, if the eligible employee is a high school student, the maximum grant amount provided to an employer for the student is the lesser of: (1) one thousa…

Sec. 1. The provisions of IC 22-4-26-1, IC 22-4-26-2, IC 22-4-26-3, and IC 22-4-26-4, to the extent that they relate to the unemployment trust fund, shall be operative only so long as such unemployment trust fund continues to exist and so long as the Secretary of the Treasury of …

Sec. 10. Not later than September 15, 2019, and not later than September 15 of each year thereafter, the department shall publish a list of approved eligible program providers on the department's website. As added by P.L.237-2019, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.213-2025, SEC.288.

Sec. 11. An approved eligible program provider shall maintain the eligible program provider's approval under this chapter without reapplying annually if the eligible program provider has not been removed from the approved eligible program provider list under section 17 of this ch…

Sec. 12. The department shall reimburse approved eligible program providers that participate in the program for the completion of the following milestones for each student who is more than twenty-two (22) years of age: (1) One hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) for the completio…

Sec. 13. Approved eligible program providers shall submit monthly invoices to the department not later than the tenth calendar day of each month for milestones listed under section 12 of this chapter met by students in the immediately preceding calendar month. As added by P.L.237…

Sec. 14. The department shall reimburse eligible program providers in the order in which invoices are submitted until all appropriated funds are exhausted. As added by P.L.237-2019, SEC.2.

Sec. 15. (a) Not later than July 15, 2020, and not later than July 15 each year thereafter, each approved eligible program provider shall report the following to the department, the legislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6, and the interim study committee on ed…

Sec. 16. The department shall review data from each approved eligible program provider to ensure that the programs offered by each approved eligible program provider are achieving minimum program performance standards. The minimum program performance standards must include the fo…

Sec. 17. (a) The department shall place an approved eligible program provider that does not meet: (1) the minimum program performance standards described in section 16 of this chapter; or (2) any other requirements under this chapter; on probationary status for the remainder of t…

Sec. 19. In developing the program, the department shall: (1) explore and incorporate, as appropriate, approaches and models from other states and organizations, including approaches to graduation requirements; and (2) use pilot programs or other scaling approaches, as appropriat…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "cost per graduate" means an amount equal to: (1) the total amount paid to each eligible program provider that is reimbursed under this chapter for performance milestones met by students within a cohort; divided by (2) the total number of graduate…

Sec. 20. (a) An approved eligible program provider shall conduct a survey of the individuals: (1) who participated in a course or certification or other program of the approved eligible program provider; and (2) for whom the approved eligible program provider received reimburseme…

Sec. 21. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.237-2019, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.213-2025, SEC.295.

Sec. 3. As used this chapter, "credit" means a unit of instruction that correlates to one (1) semester of one (1) course in the traditional high school environment. As added by P.L.237-2019, SEC.2.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "eligible program provider" means an accredited public, nonprofit, or private diploma granting institution with at least two (2) years of experience providing adult dropout recovery services that: (1) include recruitment, learning plan development…

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "graduation rate" means the percentage, out of the total number of students who enrolled in the program during the state fiscal year that precedes the immediately preceding state fiscal year, of students who graduated in the two (2) immediately pr…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the workforce diploma reimbursement program established by section 7 of this chapter. As added by P.L.237-2019, SEC.2.

Sec. 7. (a) The workforce diploma reimbursement program is established. (b) The department shall administer the program. As added by P.L.237-2019, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.213-2025, SEC.285.

Sec. 8. (a) The workforce diploma reimbursement program fund is established for the purpose of providing payments under the program to approved eligible program providers that assist adults who are more than twenty-two (22) years of age in: (1) developing employability and career…

Sec. 9. (a) To be approved to participate in the program under this chapter, an eligible program provider must meet the following requirements: (1) Except as provided under section 11 of this chapter, the eligible program provider submits an application to the department on a for…

Sec. 1. If any money received after June 30, 1941, from the Social Security Administration under 42 U.S.C. 501 through 504, or any unencumbered balances in the employment and training services administration fund as of June 30, 1941, or any money granted after June 30, 1941 to th…

Sec. 1. (a) Contributions unpaid on the date on which they are due and payable, as prescribed by the commissioner, shall bear interest at the rate of one percent (1%) per month or fraction thereof from and after such date until payment, plus accrued interest, is received by the d…

Sec. 10. (a) The return by the sheriff to the department of the warrants shall be made monthly on or before the fifth day of the month. All money so returned to the department shall be receipted for by the department and its endorsement upon the check transmitted by the sheriff s…

Sec. 11. In the event the sheriff is unable to locate the employing unit after diligent search, the sheriff shall file with the department a statement sworn to by the sheriff that a diligent search has been made and the employing unit cannot be located within the sheriff's bailiw…

Sec. 12. The liability for any contributions, interest, penalties, and damages imposed by this chapter, or costs incidental to execution of warrants, shall not be subject to any of the provisions of the exemption laws of the state of Indiana for the relief of debtors. Formerly: A…

Sec. 13. (a) This section applies to notices given under sections 3, 4, and 5 of this chapter. (b) As used in this section, "notices" includes mailings of assessments, notice of intention to seek judicial review, and warrants. (c) If a notice is served through the United States P…

Sec. 14. (a) The department may operate a data match system with each financial institution doing business in Indiana. (b) If the department operates a data match system, each financial institution doing business in Indiana shall provide information to the department on all emplo…

Sec. 2. In addition to all other powers granted to the commissioner by this article, the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representatives shall have the power to make assessments against any employing unit which fails to pay contributions, interest, or penalties as r…

Sec. 3. The commissioner, or the commissioner's duly authorized representative, shall immediately notify the employing unit of the assessment, and the assessment shall be final unless the employing unit protests the assessment within fifteen (15) days after the department sends t…

Sec. 4. If the employing unit protests the assessment in the form and manner prescribed by the department, the employing unit shall have an opportunity to be heard, and the hearing shall be conducted by a liability administrative law judge pursuant to the provisions of IC 22-4-32…

Sec. 5. The finality of such decision of the liability administrative law judge may be stayed for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of service of notice on the department of the appeal of said decision as provided in this article. Such notice must be served within thirty…

Sec. 6. (a) Unless an assessment is paid in full within seven (7) days after it becomes final, the commissioner or the commissioner's representative may file with the clerk of the circuit court of any county in the state a warrant in duplicate, directed to the sheriff of such cou…

Sec. 7. The clerk shall return the original, certified copy of the warrant to the department together with all recording information concerning the warrant. Upon receipt of the warrant from the clerk, the department shall issue the warrant to the sheriff of the county. Formerly: …

Sec. 8. (a) If the clerk fails to record the warrant and issue the same to the department within five (5) days after it has been received by the clerk as herein provided, the clerk shall forfeit to the state for each such failure the sum of twenty dollars ($20), which shall be de…

Sec. 9. (a) The fees and charges provided in section 8 of this chapter for the clerk and sheriff shall be the property of the clerk and sheriff, and, excepting additional payments to the sheriff provided for in this section, shall be the only fees and charges payable for their se…

Sec. 1. Any employer against whom contributions shall be assessed as provided in this article shall be restrained and enjoined upon the order of the department by proper proceedings instituted in the name of the state of Indiana, brought by the attorney general for the state of I…

Sec. 1. (a) If any contributions, interest, penalties, or damages assessed under this article, or any portion thereof, be not paid within one hundred twenty (120) days after the same is found to be due, a receiver may be appointed by the circuit or superior court of the county in…

Sec. 2. In all proceedings instituted after April 1, 1947, under the provisions of section 1 of this chapter in which a receiver may be appointed or refused, the party aggrieved may, within ten (10) days thereafter, appeal from the decision of the court to the supreme court witho…

Sec. 3. No injunction to restrain or delay the collection of any contributions or other amounts claimed to be due under the provisions of this article shall be issued by any court. Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.3203. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.135; P.L.290-2001, SEC.23; P.L.…