Citations Affected: IC 22-4-15-4.
Synopsis: Unemployment insurance. Provides that pension,
retirement, or annuity payments under any plan of a base period
employer for which the employer contributes all of the money are
deductible from an individual's unemployment benefit for a week only
if: (1) some or all of the benefits otherwise payable are chargeable to
the experience or reimbursable account of the employer; and (2)
services performed by the individual for the employer after the
beginning of the base period affect the individual's eligibility for, or
increase the amount of, the benefits paid. Provides that federal old age,
survivors, and disability insurance benefits and rollover distributions
that are not included in the individual's gross income for federal
income tax purpose are not payments that are deductible from an
individual's unemployment benefit.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 7, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Employment.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning labor
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after the beginning of the base period affect the
individual's eligibility for, or increase the amount of, the
benefits paid.
(b) For the purposes of this subdivision (2), subsection (a)(2):
(1) federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits;
and
(2) rollover distributions that are not included in the
individual's gross income for federal income tax purposes;
are not considered payments under a plan of an employer whereby the
employer maintains the plan or contributes a portion or all of the
money to the extent required by federal law.
(b) (c) If the payments described in subsection (a) are less than his
an individual's weekly benefit amount an otherwise eligible individual
shall not be ineligible and shall be entitled to receive for such week
benefits reduced by the amount of such payments.
(c) (d) This section does not preclude an individual from delaying
a claim to pension, retirement, or annuity payments until the individual
has received the benefits to which the individual would otherwise be
eligible under this chapter. Weekly benefits received before the date
the individual elects to retire shall not be reduced by any pension,
retirement, or annuity payments received on or after the date the
individual elects to retire.