Employee Communications: Indiana
Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.
Authors: Stuart R. Buttrick, Susan W. Kline and Tareen Zafrullah, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Summary
- Indiana law requires employers to display posters that inform employees of their rights. See Required Postings.
- Indiana law requires that employers provide a notice regarding equal employment opportunities for veterans. See Notice Regarding Discrimination Based on Veteran Status.
- Indiana law prohibits employees from texting while driving. See Use of Mobile Devices.
- Employees owe their employers a duty of loyalty. See Breach of Duty of Loyalty.
- Indiana law allows an employer to sue an employee for misappropriation of trade secrets. See Trade Secrets.
- Indiana recognizes and enforces noncompete agreements. See Noncompete Agreements.
- With respect to communications issues, employees may file claims based on defamation and intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress. However, employers have a number of defenses to these claims. See Employer Liability Regarding Communications.