§ 12-20-11-2 — Nonprofit human services agency employment; suitability; value of performance; furnished equipment; supervision; insurance; displacement of employees

(a) The township trustee may require the
recipient to perform work for nonprofit human services agencies
located within the county or an adjoining township in another county
unless the recipient attends courses under section 3 of this chapter.
(b) The township trustee shall determine a township assistance
applicant's suitability to perform available work under this section. The
township trustee may provide for medical examinations necessary to
make the determination.
(c) A township assistance recipient shall perform an amount of work
that equals the value of assistance received by the township assistance
recipient or the recipient's household. The township assistance
recipient shall work off the assistance at a rate not less than the federal
minimum wage.
(d) The nonprofit agency for which work is performed under this
section shall furnish the necessary tools, materials, or transportation,
unless the trustee agrees in writing to furnish the necessary tools,
materials, or transportation to and from the work site from the trustee's
office.
(e) Supervision of the work of a township assistance recipient under
this section is the responsibility of the nonprofit agency for which the
work is performed.
(f) The township trustee shall ensure that a township assistance
recipient performing work under this section is covered by adequate
liability insurance for injuries or damages suffered by or caused by the
township assistance recipient.
(g) A township assistance recipient may not be assigned to work that
would result in the displacement of employees of the nonprofit agency
or in the reduction of hours worked by those employees.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-10(i).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.56.