Indiana § 22-6-2-1 - Public policy
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 22-6-2-1 — Public policy, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22-6-2-1. Public policy
Sec. 1. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state of Indiana that it is necessary and essential in the public interest to facilitate the prompt, peaceful and just settlement of labor disputes between public utility employers and their employees which cause or threaten to cause an interruption in the supply of services necessary to the health, safety, and well-being of the citizens of Indiana, and to that end to encourage the making and maintaining of agreements concerning wages, hours and other conditions of employment through collective bargaining between public utility employers and their employees, and to provide settlement procedures for labor disputes between public utility employers and their employees in cases where the collective bargaining process has reached an impasse and stalemate and as a result thereof the parties are unable to effect such settlement and which labor disputes, if not settled, are likely to cause interruption of the supply of a public utility service on which the community so affected is so dependent that severe hardship would be inflicted on a substantial number of persons by a cessation of such service.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.341, s.1.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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