Title 22, LABOR AND SAFETY

Sec. 13. "Calendar quarter" means the period of three (3) consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, september 30, or December 31: Provided, That for due dates of state unemployment returns in each instance of quarterly return, the date shall be the last day of the …

Sec. 14. Except as provided in IC 22-4-5-3, "week" means a calendar week. Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.214. As amended by P.L.241-1987, SEC.1.

Sec. 15. "Weekly benefit amount" means the amount of benefits an eligible individual would be entitled to receive for a particular week of total unemployment. Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.215.

Sec. 16. "Annual payroll" means the total amount of wages for employment paid by an employer during the twelve (12) consecutive calendar month period ending on the computation date of any calendar year, including wages paid by any other employer whose account has been assumed by …

Sec. 17. Except as provided in IC 22-4-11.5, "computation date" means June 30 of the year preceding the effective date of new rates of contribution. Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.217; Acts 1957, c.299, s.2. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.93; P.L.80-1990, SEC.9; P.L.202-1993, SEC…

Sec. 17.5. "Determination date" means September 30 of each year. As added by P.L.202-1993, SEC.2.

Sec. 18. "Balance" means the amount standing to the credit or debit of the experience account as of the computation date. Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.218; Acts 1953, c.177, s.2.

Sec. 19. "Agency" means any officer, board, commission, or other authority designated by an unemployment insurance law in force in any state or in Canada to administer the unemployment insurance fund for which provision is made by such unemployment insurance law. Formerly: Acts 1…

Sec. 2. "Partial benefits" means the weekly benefit amounts of any eligible individual who is partially and/or part-totally unemployed, less the deductible income as hereinafter defined. Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.202; Acts 1953, c.177, s.1; Acts 1957, c.299, s.15.

Sec. 20. "Jurisdiction" means any state or Canada. Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.220.

Sec. 21. "Benefit period" with respect to any individual means the fifty-two-consecutive-week period beginning with the first week as of which an insured worker first files an initial claim for determination of his insured status, and thereafter the fifty-two-consecutive-week per…

Sec. 22. "Valid claim" means a claim filed by an individual who has established qualifying wage credits and who is totally, partially, or part-totally unemployed; Provided, no individual in a benefit period may file a valid claim for a waiting period or benefit period rights with…

Sec. 23. "New claim" means an application, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, made by an individual for the determination of the individual's status as an insured worker. Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.223; Acts 1953, c.177, s.5. As amended by P.L.108-2006, SEC.2…

Sec. 24. "Additional claim" means an application for a determination of benefit eligibility, made by an individual in the form and manner prescribed by the department, to begin a second or subsequent series of claims in a benefit period, by which application the individual certif…

Sec. 25. "Insured worker" means an individual who, with respect to a base period, meets the qualifying wage requirements of IC 22-4-14-5. Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.225; Acts 1953, c.177, s.7. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.94.

Sec. 26. "Insured work" means employment in the service of an employer. Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.226; Acts 1953, c.177, s.8.

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-…