On April 3, 2019, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed legislation (S.B. 231) excluding a direct seller from the definition of “employee” under the state’s minimum wage law and unemployment compensation system, except under certain conditions.
A direct seller is a person engaged in only services performed by a person that is in the trade or business of selling, or soliciting the sale of, consumer products or services to any buyer on a buy-sell basis, deposit-commission basis, or similar basis, in any place other than in a permanent retail establishment; or selling, or soliciting the sale of, consumer products or services in any place other than in a permanent retail establishment:
The law is effective July 1, 2019.
Read IN S.B. 231