Indiana Code 22-4-13.3-5. Employer may not discriminate against employee because of income withholding; employee remedies
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Sec. 5. (a) An employer may not use the withholding of income to collect an overpayment to the department as a basis for:
(2) discharging an employee; or
(1) refusing to hire a potential employee;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 22-4-13.3-5
- benefits: means the money payments payable to an eligible individual as provided in this article with respect to his unemployment. See Indiana Code 22-4-2-1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(3) taking disciplinary action against an employee.
(b) If:
(1) an employee reasonably believes that an employer took an action described in subsection (a); and
(2) the employee was adversely affected by the employer’s action;
the employee may bring a suit against the employer in a court with jurisdiction.
(c) If a court determines that an employer took an action described in subsection (a), the employer may be:
(1) ordered to hire or reinstate an employee who was adversely affected by the employer’s action without loss of pay or benefits; and
(2) fined an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
As added by P.L.183-2015, SEC.5.