Indiana § 22-1-1-24 - Workplace battery report

§ 22-1-1-24. Workplace battery report

Sec. 24. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section:

(1) "Health care employee" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-42-2-1.

(2) "School employee" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-42-2-1.

(3) "Workplace battery" means a battery described in IC 35-42-2-1(d) or IC 35-42-2-1(g).

(b) The employer of a health care employee or school employee shall make a workplace battery report as described in subsection (c) to the commissioner if a health care employee or school employee is the victim of workplace battery.

(c) Beginning July 1, 2027, the employer shall make the workplace battery report required under subsection (b) each year before:

(1) August 1, for the period from January 1 to June 30; and

(2) February 1, for the period from July 1 to December 31.

The report shall be made on a form provided by the commissioner.

(d) The workplace battery report must include the following information:

(1) The name of the employer.

(2) The city and county in which a workplace battery was committed.

(3) The time period covered by the report (January 1 to June 30 or July 1 to December 31).

(4) The number of workplace batteries that were committed during the reporting period.

(5) The job title of each health care employee or school employee who was the victim of the workplace battery.

(6) The date of each workplace battery.

(7) The address and specific location (such as "hospital emergency room" or "school parking lot") where the workplace battery occurred. However, if the battery occurred at the health care employee's or school employee's home, the report may not include the address.

(8) The circumstances surrounding the workplace battery and any resulting injury, including the following, if known:

(A) The gender of the victim.

(B) The specific manner in which the workplace battery was committed (such as by striking, biting, pushing, kicking, use of an object, or use of a weapon).

(C) Whether the victim required hospitalization.

(D) If a weapon or other object was used to commit the workplace battery, the type of weapon or object.

(E) Whether law enforcement was contacted or responded to the workplace battery.

(F) Whether criminal charges were filed against the perpetrator.

For a workplace battery that does not occur on the employer's premises, the employer shall provide as much information as is known to the employer.

(e) The employer shall make the report required under this section regardless of whether a person is criminally charged with the workplace battery.

As added by P.L.158-2026, SEC.21.

IC 22-1-1.5Chapter 1.5. Department Personnel

22-1-1.5-1Repealed 22-1-1.5-2Department personnel; job specifications

IC 22-1-1.5-1RepealedFormerly: Acts 1971, P.L.348, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.100-2012, SEC.57.

IC 22-1-1.5-2Department personnel; job specifications Sec. 2. The Commissioner of Labor shall prepare job specifications for the use of the Department of Administration which specifications shall be considered as advisory and may be amended and changed by the Department of Administration, provided however, that job experience may be substituted for education and that job experience shall be considered in the preparation of specifications, and the consideration of job applicants.

Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.348, SEC.1.

IC 22-1-1.7Chapter 1.7. Transition From the Division of Labor to the Department of Labor

22-1-1.7-1Treatment of rules of division of labor 22-1-1.7-2Transfer of powers, duties, and liabilities of division of labor 22-1-1.7-3Treatment of references to division of labor 22-1-1.7-4Transfer of records and property of division of labor 22-1-1.7-5Staff of division of labor

IC 22-1-1.7-1Treatment of rules of division of labor Sec. 1. Any rule of the division of labor filed with the secretary of state before July 1, 1985, shall be treated after June 30, 1985, as if it had been adopted by the department of labor established by P.L.37-1985.

As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.359.

IC 22-1-1.7-2Transfer of powers, duties, and liabilities of division of labor Sec. 2. On July 1, 1985, all powers, duties, and liabilities of the division of labor are transferred to the department of labor established by P.L.37-1985.

As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.359.

IC 22-1-1.7-3Treatment of references to division of labor Sec. 3. After June 30, 1985, any reference to the division of labor in any statute or rule shall be treated as a reference to the department of labor established by P.L.37-1985.

As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.359.

IC 22-1-1.7-4Transfer of records and property of division of labor Sec. 4. On July 1, 1985, all records and property of the division of labor are transferred to the department of labor established by P.L.37-1985.

As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.359.

IC 22-1-1.7-5Staff of division of labor Sec. 5. The staff of the department of labor established by P.L.37-1985 shall be composed initially from among employees of the division of labor.

As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.359.

IC 22-1-2Chapter 2. RepealedRepealed by Acts 1971, P.L.356, SEC.2.

IC 22-1-3Chapter 3. RepealedRepealed by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2251.

IC 22-1-4Chapter 4. RepealedRepealed by P.L.34-1985, SEC.11.

IC 22-1-5Chapter 5. Home Care Consumers and Worker Protection

22-1-5-1"Attendant care services" 22-1-5-2"Companion type services" 22-1-5-3"Consumer" 22-1-5-4"Consumer notice" 22-1-5-5"Department" 22-1-5-6"Home care services" 22-1-5-7"Home care services worker" 22-1-5-8"Homemaker services" 22-1-5-9"Placement agency" 22-1-5-10"Skilled services" 22-1-5-11"Worker notice" 22-1-5-12Application of chapter 22-1-5-13Consumer notice; criminal history check 22-1-5-14Consumer notice information 22-1-5-15Failure to provide consumer notice 22-1-5-16Worker notice 22-1-5-17Worker notice information 22-1-5-18Investigation of complaints 22-1-5-19Penalties