IC 27-16-3-2
Effect on duties
     Sec. 2. This article and a professional employer agreement do not do the following:
        (1) Diminish, abolish, or remove the obligations of a client to a covered employee that exist before the effective date of the professional employer agreement.
        (2) Affect, modify, or amend a contractual relationship or restrictive covenant:
            (A) between a covered employee and a client that is in effect on the effective date of the professional employer agreement; or
            (B) that is entered into between a client and a covered employee after the effective date of the professional employer agreement.
        A PEO is not responsible or liable for a dispute in connection with or arising out of a contractual relationship or restrictive covenant described in this subdivision unless the PEO has otherwise specifically agreed in writing.
        (3) Create a new or additional enforceable right of a covered employee against a PEO that is not specifically provided by the professional employer agreement or this article.
As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.

IC 27-16-3-3
Effect on federal, state, or local requirements
     Sec. 3. (a) This article and a professional employer agreement do not affect, modify, or amend a federal, state, or local:
        (1) license;
        (2) registration; or
        (3) certification;
requirement that applies to a client or covered employee.

IC 27-16-3-4
Effect on tax credits and incentives
     Sec. 4. (a) For purposes of the determination of tax credits and other economic incentives:
        (1) provided by the state or another governmental entity; and
        (2) based on employment;
a covered employee is considered an employee solely of the client.
    (b) A client is entitled to the benefit of any tax credit, economic incentive, or other benefit arising as the result of the employment of a covered employee of the client.
    (c) If the grant or amount of an incentive is based on the number of employees a client employs:
        (1) each client must be treated as employing only the covered employees actually working in the client's business operations; and
        (2) covered employees working for other clients of the PEO must not be counted.
    (d) A PEO shall provide, upon request by a client or an agency or a department of the state or of another governmental entity, employment information:
        (1) reasonably required by an agency or a department of the state or of another governmental entity that is responsible for

administration of a tax credit or economic incentive described in this section; and
        (2) necessary;
to support a request, a claim, an application, or another action by a client seeking a tax credit or an economic incentive.
As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.

IC 27-16-3-5
Effect on government contracts
     Sec. 5. With respect to a bid, a contract, a purchase order, or an agreement entered into with the state or a political subdivision of the state, a client's status or certification as a:
        (1) small, minority owned, disadvantaged, or woman owned business enterprise; or
        (2) historically underutilized business;
is not affected because the client has entered into the professional employment agreement.
As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.