Indiana Unemployment Benefits Office Must Comply With Subpoena, Court Says

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development must provide documents relating to an employee’s application for unemployment benefits, despite its claim that the information is confidential under state law, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana ruled July 29 (Miller v. St. John’s Health Sys. Inc.).

Denying the agency’s motion to quash a subpoena, the court found that the records are relevant to Barbara Miller’s suit against her former employer, St. John’s Health System Inc.

Miller alleged that she was wrongfully terminated in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. In an effort to determine ...