Indiana mandates 10 days unpaid leave for families of active-duty service members.
Indiana Code § 22-2-13 provides unpaid leave for eligible employees whose family members are called to active duty. This protection applies to employers with 50 or more employees and requires employees to meet specific service and hour requirements to qualify.
Indiana Military Family Leave
For employers with 50+ employees, providing unpaid leave for qualifying military family events.
What those rules do as a Indiana shift is created.
Teambridge's engine continuously monitors employee eligibility and leave requests against Indiana's Military Family Leave statute. When a qualifying event occurs, the system ensures compliance with notice requirements and proper leave tracking, preventing inadvertent violations.
Eligibility Flagging
When an employee requests military family leave, Teambridge automatically cross-references their tenure (12 months) and hours worked (1500 hours in past 12 months) against the state requirements. If an employee is not eligible, the system flags the request for review, ensuring only qualified employees receive leave.
Leave Day Tracking & Cap Enforcement
Teambridge tracks the 10 working days of unpaid leave per calendar year. Once an employee has exhausted their allotted leave under Ind. Code § 22-2-13, subsequent requests are blocked or flagged for management to address outside of the protected leave framework.
Employer Size Verification
The system verifies the employer's total employee count. If the employer falls below the 50-employee threshold, the military family leave rule is automatically deactivated, preventing unnecessary application of the policy and ensuring compliance is tailored to the business size.
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Indiana Military Family Leave (Ind. Code § 22-2-13)
Indiana law grants eligible employees up to 10 working days of unpaid leave per calendar year when a spouse, parent, grandparent, or child is called to active duty in the U.S. armed forces.
Ind. Code § 22-2-13-1. Entitlement to leave
An employee is entitled to a leave of absence for up to ten (10) working days in a calendar year if:
- the employee is a spouse, parent, grandparent, or child of a person who is ordered to active duty; and
- the employee is employed by an employer that employs at least fifty (50) employees.
Ind. Code § 22-2-13-2. Eligibility
An employee is eligible for leave under this chapter if the employee:
- has been employed by the employer for at least twelve (12) months; and
- has worked at least one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours for the employer during the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the first day of the leave.
Ind. Code § 22-2-13-3. Notice to employer
An employee shall provide the employer with reasonable notice of the employee's intent to take leave under this chapter.
Employer Coverage and Employee Eligibility
The Indiana Military Family Leave Act applies to employers with 50 or more employees. To be eligible, an employee must have worked for the employer for at least 12 months and have accumulated at least 1,500 hours of service during the 12-month period immediately preceding the leave. This mirrors federal FMLA eligibility criteria but is a distinct state-mandated leave.
Scope of Leave and Notice Requirements
Eligible employees may take up to 10 working days of unpaid leave annually. This leave is specifically for events related to a spouse, parent, grandparent, or child being called to active duty in the U.S. armed forces. Employees are required to provide their employer with reasonable notice of their intent to take this leave, allowing employers adequate time to manage staffing and operations.
Teambridge ensures Indiana Military Family Leave compliance, automatically.
Teambridge's platform integrates Indiana Code § 22-2-13 into your daily operations, from eligibility checks to leave tracking, ensuring your business remains compliant without manual oversight.
Continuous monitoring of employee tenure and hours.
Teambridge automatically tracks each employee's employment start date and hours worked, ensuring that as soon as they meet the 12-month and 1,500-hour thresholds, they are flagged as eligible for Military Family Leave.
Automated review of leave requests against state law.
When a leave request is submitted for military family reasons, Teambridge validates it against the 10-day annual limit, confirms the family relationship, and checks for reasonable notice, flagging any discrepancies for review.
Real-time updates to employee leave balances.
Every approved military family leave day is automatically deducted from the employee's annual allotment. Both employees and managers have access to up-to-date leave balances, preventing over-utilization.
Dynamic rule application based on workforce size.
Teambridge continuously monitors your total employee count. If your organization's size fluctuates above or below the 50-employee threshold, the Military Family Leave rule is automatically activated or deactivated as appropriate, ensuring precise application.