§ 22-2-9-0.1 Application of certain amendments to chapter
§ 22-2-9-1 Definitions
§ 22-2-9-2 Discharge of employee; unpaid wages; payment; labor disputes
§ 22-2-9-3 Disputes; payment of amount agreed upon
§ 22-2-9-4 Investigations; civil actions
§ 22-2-9-5 Assignment of claims; joinder of actions
§ 22-2-9-6 Actions and proceedings; costs; bond; sheriff’s fees
§ 22-2-9-7 Savings clause
§ 22-2-9-8 Exemption for criminal offenders
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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 22 > Article 2 > Chapter 9 - Wage Claims

  • Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • employer: means and includes every person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, receiver, or other officer of any court of this state, and any agent or officer of any of the above mentioned classes, employing any person in this state. See Indiana Code 22-2-9-1
  • Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • 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.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • wages: means all amounts at which the labor or service rendered is recompensed, whether the amount is fixed or ascertained on a time, task, piece, or commission basis, or in any other method of calculating such amount. See Indiana Code 22-2-9-1