(a) An individual’s entire service performed within or both within and without Indiana if the service is localized in Indiana.

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(1) the base of operations, or, if there is no base of operations, then the place from which such service is directed or controlled is in Indiana;

(2) the base of operations or place from which such service is directed or controlled is not in any state in which some part of the service is performed but the individual’s residence is in Indiana; or

(3) such service is not covered under the unemployment compensation law of any other state or Canada, and the place from which the service is directed or controlled is in Indiana.

     (c) Services not covered under subsections (a) and (b) and performed entirely without Indiana, with respect to no part of which contributions are required and paid under an unemployment compensation law of any other state or of the United States, shall be deemed to be employment subject to this article if the department approves the election of the individual performing such services and the employing unit for which such services are performed, that the entire services of such individual shall be deemed to be employment subject to this article.

     (d) Services covered by an election duly approved by the department, in accordance with an agreement pursuant to IC 22-4-22-1 through IC 22-4-22-5, shall be deemed to be employment during the effective period of such election.

     (e) Service shall be deemed to be localized within a state if:

(1) the service is performed entirely within such state; or

(2) the service is performed both within and without such state, but the service performed without such state is incidental to the individual’s service within the state, such as is temporary or transitory in nature or consists of isolated transactions.

     (f) Periods of vacation with pay or leave with pay, other than military leave granted or given to an individual by an employer.

     (g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the term employment shall also include all services performed by an officer or member of the crew of an American vessel or American aircraft, on or in connection with such vessel or such aircraft, provided that the operating office, from which the operations of such vessel operating on navigable waters within or the operations of such aircraft within, or the operation of such vessel or aircraft within and without the United States are ordinarily and regularly supervised, managed, directed, and controlled, is within this state.

     (h) Services performed for an employer which is subject to contribution solely by reason of liability for any federal tax against which credit may be taken for contributions paid into a state unemployment compensation fund.

     (i) The following:

(1) Service performed after December 31, 1971, by an individual in the employ of this state or any of its instrumentalities (or in the employ of this state and one (1) or more other states or their instrumentalities) for a hospital or eligible postsecondary educational institution located in Indiana.

(2) Service performed after December 31, 1977, by an individual in the employ of this state or a political subdivision of the state or any instrumentality of the state or a political subdivision, or any instrumentality which is wholly owned by the state and one (1) or more other states or political subdivisions, if the service is excluded from “employment” as defined in Section 3306(c)(7) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (26 U.S.C. § 3306(c)(7)). However, service performed after December 31, 1977, as the following is excluded:

(A) An elected official.

(B) A member of a legislative body or of the judiciary of a state or political subdivision.

(C) A member of the state national guard or air national guard.

(D) An employee serving on a temporary basis in the case of fire, snow, storm, earthquake, flood, or similar emergency.

(E) An individual in a position which, under the laws of the state, is designated as:

(i) a major nontenured policymaking or advisory position; or

(ii) a policymaking or advisory position the performance of the duties of which ordinarily does not require more than eight (8) hours per week.

(3) Service performed after March 31, 1981, by an individual whose service is part of an unemployment work relief or work training program assisted or financed in whole by any federal agency or an agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state, by an individual receiving such work relief or work training is excluded.

     (j) Service performed after December 31, 1971, by an individual in the employ of a religious, charitable, educational, or other organization, but only if the following conditions are met:

(1) The service is excluded from “employment” as defined in the Federal Unemployment Tax Act solely by reason of Section 3306(c)(8) of that act (26 U.S.C. § 3306(c)(8)).

(2) The organization had four (4) or more individuals in employment for some portion of a day in each of twenty (20) different weeks, whether or not such weeks were consecutive, within either the current or preceding calendar year, regardless of whether they were employed at the same moment of time.

(3) For the purposes of subdivisions (1) and (2), the term “employment” does not apply to service performed as follows:

(A) In the employ of:

(i) a church or convention or association of churches; or

(ii) an organization which is operated primarily for religious purposes and which is operated, supervised, controlled, or principally supported by a church or convention or association of churches.

(B) By a duly ordained, commissioned, or licensed minister of a church in the exercise of his ministry or by a member of a religious order in the exercise of duties required by such order.

(C) Before January 1, 1978, in the employ of a school which is not an eligible postsecondary educational institution.

(D) In a facility conducted for the purpose of carrying out a program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury or providing remunerative work for individuals who because of their impaired physical or mental capacity cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive labor market by an individual receiving such rehabilitation or remunerative work.

(E) As part of an unemployment work relief or work training program assisted or financed in whole or in part by any federal agency or an agency of a state or political subdivision thereof, by an individual receiving such work relief or work training.

     (k) The service of an individual who is a citizen of the United States, performed outside the United States (except in Canada), after December 31, 1971, in the employ of an American employer (other than service which is deemed “employment” under the provisions of subsection (a), (b), or (e) or the parallel provisions of another state’s law), if the following apply:

(1) The employer’s principal place of business in the United States is located in this state.

(2) The employer has no place of business in the United States, but the employer is:

(A) an individual who is a resident of this state;

(B) a corporation which is organized under the laws of this state;

(C) a partnership, limited liability partnership, or a trust and the number of the partners or trustees who are residents of this state is greater than the number who are residents of any one (1) other state; or

(D) an association, a joint venture, an estate, a limited liability company, a joint stock company, or an insurance company (referred to as an “entity” in this clause), and either:

(i) the entity is organized under the laws of this state; or

(ii) the number of owners, members, or beneficiaries who are residents of this state is greater than the number who are residents of any one (1) other state.

(3) None of the criteria of subdivisions (1) and (2) is met but the employer has elected coverage in this state or, the employer having failed to elect coverage in any state, the individual has filed a claim for benefits, based on such service, under the law of this state.

(4) An “American employer,” for purposes of this subsection, means:

(A) an individual who is a resident of the United States;

(B) a partnership or limited liability partnership, if two-thirds (2/3) or more of the partners are residents of the United States;

(C) a trust, if all of the trustees are residents of the United States; or

(D) a corporation, an association, a joint venture, an estate, a limited liability company, a joint stock company, or an insurance company organized or established under the laws of the United States or of any state.

     (l) The term “employment” also includes the following:

(1) Service performed after December 31, 1977, by an individual in agricultural labor (as defined in section 3(c) of this chapter) when the service is performed for an employing unit which:

(A) during any calendar quarter in either the current or preceding calendar year paid cash remuneration of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more to individuals employed in agricultural labor; or

(B) for some portion of a day in each of twenty (20) different calendar weeks, whether or not the weeks were consecutive, in either the current or the preceding calendar year, employed in agricultural labor ten (10) or more individuals, regardless of whether they were employed at the same time.

(2) For the purposes of this subsection, any individual who is a member of a crew furnished by a crew leader to perform service in agricultural labor for any other person shall be treated as an employee of the crew leader:

(A) if the crew leader holds a valid certificate of registration under the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963, or substantially all the members of the crew operate or maintain tractors, mechanized harvesting or crop dusting equipment, or any other mechanized equipment, which is provided by the crew leader; and

(B) if the individual is not an employee of another person within the meaning of section 1 of this chapter.

(3) For the purposes of subdivision (1), in the case of an individual who is furnished by a crew leader to perform service in agricultural labor for any other person and who is not treated as an employee of the crew leader under subdivision (2):

(A) the other person and not the crew leader shall be treated as the employer of the individual; and

(B) the other person shall be treated as having paid cash remuneration to the individual in an amount equal to the amount of cash remuneration paid to the individual by the crew leader (either on the individual’s own behalf or on behalf of the other person) for the service in agricultural labor performed for the other person.

(4) For the purposes of this subsection, the term “crew leader” means an individual who:

(A) furnishes individuals to perform service in agricultural labor for any other person;

(B) pays (either on the individual’s own behalf or on behalf of the other person) the agricultural laborers furnished by the individual for the service in agricultural labor performed by them; and

(C) has not entered into a written agreement with the other person under which the individual is designated as an employee of the other person.

     (m) The term “employment” includes domestic service after December 31, 1977, in a private home, local college club, or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority performed for a person who paid cash remuneration of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more after December 31, 1977, in the current calendar year or the preceding calendar year to individuals employed in the domestic service in any calendar quarter.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.802; Acts 1971, P.L.355, SEC.14. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.262, SEC.13; Acts 1978, P.L.122, SEC.1; Acts 1979, P.L.229, SEC.1; Acts 1981, P.L.209, SEC.5; P.L.18-1987, SEC.27; P.L.2-2007, SEC.291; P.L.3-2008, SEC.158; P.L.175-2009, SEC.7.