Section 22-2-6-1 - Definitions(a) Any direction given by an employee to an employer to make a deduction from the wages to be earned by said employee, after said direction is given, shall constitute an assignment of the wages of said employee.(b) For the purpose of this chapter, the term "employer" shall also include the state and any political subdivision of the state.(Formerly: Acts 1945, c.183, s.1; Acts 1965, c.301, s.1.) As amended by P.L. 144-1986, SEC.10; P.L. 143-1988, SEC.2.