Sec. 4. Every corporation, limited liability company, company, association, firm, or person who shall fail for ten (10) days after demand of payment has been made to pay employees for their labor, in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, shall be liable to such employee for the full value of his labor, to which shall be added a penalty of one dollar ($1) for each succeeding day, not exceeding double the amount of wages due, and a reasonable attorney's fee, to be recovered in a civil action and collectable without relief.
Ind. Code § 22-2-4-4
Failure to pay; fines and penalties; damages
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Die & Mold, Inc. v. Western (1983)
Most recently applied in In re Fedex Ground Package System, Inc., Employment Practices Litigation (April 2012)
Formerly: Acts 1911, c.68, s.4
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