{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-22-4-13.3-5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 22-4-13.3-5","heading":"Employer may not discriminate against employee because of income withholding; employee remedies","body":"Sec. 5. (a) An employer may not use the withholding of income to collect an overpayment to the department as a basis for:\n(1) refusing to hire a potential employee;\n(2) discharging an employee; or\n(3) taking disciplinary action against an employee.\n(b) If:\n(1) an employee reasonably believes that an employer took an action described in subsection (a); and\n(2) the employee was adversely affected by the employer's action;\nthe employee may bring a suit against the employer in a court with jurisdiction.\n(c) If a court determines that an employer took an action described in subsection (a), the employer may be:\n(1) ordered to hire or reinstate an employee who was adversely affected by the employer's action without loss of pay or benefits; and\n(2) fined an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).","path":["TITLE 22. LABOR AND SAFETY","ARTICLE 4. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION SYSTEM","Chapter 13.3. Administrative Withholding for Benefit Overpayments"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_22.html#22-4-13.3-5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-08-18T00:45:42Z","sha256":"f8c202de305eb2e24ed76dcba47cfb9896f1d21f386c32596242d579c86d4677","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-22-4-13.3-4","next":"us-in/ic-22-4-13.3-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}