22-3-7-36. Third Parties; Actions to Recover Damages; Subrogation; Limitation of Actions
Sec. 36. (a) Whenever disablement or death from an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the employment for which compensation is payable under this chapter, shall have been sustained under circumstances creating in some other person than the employer and not in the same employ a legal liability to pay damages […]
22-3-7-37. Reports of Disablements; Penalties; Venue
Sec. 37. (a) Every employer operating under the compensation provisions of this chapter shall keep a record of all disablements by occupational disease, fatal or otherwise, received by the employer’s employees in the course of their employment and shall provide a copy of the record to the board upon request. Within seven (7) days after […]
22-3-7-38. Application of Law
Sec. 38. Acts 1937, c.69, s.31 does not extinguish or in any way affect any right of action existing on June 7, 1937, and no employer shall be liable for compensation or damages under the provisions of this chapter in any case in which the disablement on which claim is predicated shall have occurred prior […]
22-3-7-28. Destruction of Records
Sec. 28. In order to prevent the accumulation of unnecessary and useless files of papers, the board, in its discretion, may destroy all papers which have been on file for more than two (2) years when there is no claim for compensation pending, or, when compensation has been awarded either by agreement or upon hearing, […]
22-3-7-29. Priorities and Preferences; Assignment; Claims of Creditors; Child Support Income Withholding
Sec. 29. (a) All rights of compensation granted by this chapter shall have the same preference or priority for the whole thereof against the assets of the employer as is allowed by law for any unpaid wages for labor. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), no claims for compensation under this chapter shall be […]
22-3-7-30. Awards; Private Agreements; Filing
Sec. 30. (a) If, after seven (7) days from the date of disablement or any time, in case of death, the employer and the employee or his dependents reach an agreement in regard to compensation under this chapter, a memorandum of the agreement in the form prescribed by the worker’s compensation board shall be filed […]
22-3-7-31. Waiver of Compensation; Approval; Silicosis or Asbestosis
Sec. 31. (a) No employee, personal representative, or beneficiary shall have power to waive any of the provisions of this chapter in regard to the amount of compensation which may be payable to such employee, personal representative, or beneficiary except after approval by the worker’s compensation board. (b) Any employee who, prior to June 7, […]
22-3-7-32. Actions and Proceedings; Notice; Limitation of Actions
Sec. 32. (a) No proceedings for compensation under this chapter shall be maintained unless notice has been given to the employer of disablement arising from an occupational disease as soon as practicable after the date of disablement. No defect or inaccuracy of such notices shall be a bar to compensation unless the employer proves that […]
22-3-7-33. Exposure; Presumptions; Joint Employers
Sec. 33. (a) An employee shall be conclusively deemed to have been exposed to the hazards of an occupational disease when for any length of time, however short, he is employed in an occupation or process in which the hazard of the disease exists. The employer liable for the compensation provided for in this chapter […]
22-3-7-34. Insurance; Self-Insurance; Exemptions
Sec. 34. (a) As used in this section, “person” does not include: (1) an owner who contracts for performance of work on the owner’s owner occupied residential property; or (2) a nonprofit corporation that is recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (as defined in IC 6-3-1-11(a)) to the extent […]