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IN SB0212
Bill
Status
1/6/2016
Primary Sponsor
Karen Tallian
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AI Summary
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Applies to retailers with at least one Indiana location and 15+ employees; requires written good faith estimates to newly hired employees of minimum monthly shifts and scheduled hours/days, though employers are not bound by estimates.
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Employers must offer part-time employees additional hours before hiring additional part-time employees and provide 14 days advance notice of work schedules including on-call shifts.
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Employers must pay compensation when schedules change with less than 7 days notice (2 hours pay) or less than 24 hours notice (2-4 hours pay depending on shift length), and must pay 2-4 hours compensation for on-call shifts where employees are required to be available but not called in.
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Employers must compensate employees one additional hour of pay for each split shift (non-consecutive hours) and cannot interfere with or retaliate against employees for requesting schedule modifications or exercising rights under this chapter.
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Commissioner of Labor may investigate complaints, order temporary relief, require lost wage payments, and fine violators up to $1,000 per employee per day of violation; effective July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Employee work schedules. Requires an employer that owns or operates at least one retail sales establishment in Indiana and employs 15 or more employees to provide each newly hired employee with a good faith estimate in writing of: (1) the minimum number of scheduled shifts that the employee may expect per month; and (2) the hours and days that the shifts generally will be scheduled. Provides that the employer is not bound by the estimate. Provides that an employee may request a modification of the employee's schedule. Requires the employer to consider the employee's requested modification, and at the employer's
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions & Labor
1/6/2016