IC 22-2-2-10.5: Prohibition against unit establishing, mandating, or requiring higher minimum wage; exception

Sec. 10.5. (a) As used in this section, "unit" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-23.

(b) Unless federal or state law provides otherwise, a unit may not:

(1) establish;

(2) mandate; or

(3) otherwise require;

a minimum wage that exceeds the minimum wage required by section 4 of this chapter or by the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by 29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1).

(c) Except as provided in IC 5-16-7.2, this section does not limit the authority of a unit to establish wage rates in a contract to which the unit is a party.