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Indiana Code Title 27. Insurance § 27-16-7-2

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in this article, the co-employment relationship between a client and a PEO, and between a co-employer and a covered employee, is governed by the professional employer agreement.

(b) A professional employer agreement must specify the following:

(1) The allocation of rights, duties, and responsibilities described in section 1 of this chapter.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (c), that the PEO is responsible for:

(A) payment of wages to covered employees;

(B) withholding, collection, reporting, and remittance of payroll related and unemployment taxes;  and

(C) to the extent the PEO has assumed responsibility in the professional employer agreement, making payments for employee benefits for covered employees.

(3) The allocation, to either the client or the PEO, of the responsibility to obtain worker's compensation coverage for covered employees from a worker's compensation insurer that is authorized under this title to conduct the business of insurance in Indiana.

(4) If the professional employer agreement allocates the responsibility under subdivision (3) to the PEO, a requirement that the PEO maintain and provide to the client, at the client's request at the termination of the professional employer agreement, records regarding loss experience related to the worker's compensation insurance coverage.

(c) A PEO is not responsible for an obligation between a client and a covered employee for payments in addition to the covered employee's salary, draw, or regular rate of pay, including bonuses, commissions, severance pay, deferred compensation, profit sharing, or vacation, sick, or other paid time off, unless the PEO has expressly agreed to assume liability for the payments in the professional employer agreement.

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