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UT Code § 34-28-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 28 - Payment of Wages|Section 4 - Notice of paydays -- Failure to notify a misdemeanor.

 Effective 5/8/2018  34-28-4. Notice of paydays -- Failure to notify a misdemeanor.    (1) It shall be the duty of every employer to notify the employer's employees at the time of hiring of the day and place of payment, of the rate of pay, and of any change with respect to any of these items prior to the time of the change. Alternatively, however, every employer shall have the option of giving such notification by posting these facts and keeping them posted conspicuously at or near the place of work where such posted notice can be seen by each employee as the employee comes or goes to the employee's place of work.     (2) Failure to post and to keep posted any notice or failure to give notice as prescribed in this section is a class B misdemeanor.    Amended by Chapter 148, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 34-28-5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 28 - Payment of Wages|Section 5 - Separation from payroll -- Resignation -- Cessation because of industrial dispute.

 Effective 5/8/2018  34-28-5. Separation from payroll -- Resignation -- Cessation because of industrial dispute.    (1)   (a) When an employer separates an employee from the employer's payroll the unpaid wages of the employee become due immediately, and the employer shall pay the wages to the employee within 24 hours of the time of separation at the specified place of payment.     (b) An employer satisfies the 24-hour time requirement described in Subsection (1)(a) if:   (i)   (A) the employer mails the wages to the employee; and     (B) the envelope that contains the wages is postmarked with a date that is no more than one day after the day on which the employer separates the employee from the employer's payroll; or       (ii) within 24 hours after the employer separates the employee from the employer's payroll, the employer:   (A) initiates a direct deposit of the wages into the employee's account; or     (B) hand delivers the wages to the employee.         (c)   (i) In case of failure to pay wages due an employee within 24 hours of written demand, the wages of the employee shall continue from the date of demand until paid, but in no event to exceed 60 days, at the same rate that the employee received at the time of separation.     (ii) The employee may recover the penalty thus accruing to the employee in a civil action. This action shall be commenced within 60 days from the date of separation.     (iii) An employee who has not made a written demand for payment is not entitled to any penalty under this Subsection (1)(c).         (2) If an employee does not have a written contract for a definite period and resigns the employee's employment, the wages earned and unpaid together with any deposit held by the employer and properly belonging to the resigned employee for the performance of the employee's employment duties become due and payable on the next regular payday.     (3) If work ceases as the result of an industrial dispute, the wages earned and unpaid at the time of this cessation become due and payable at the next regular payday, as provided in Section 34-28-3, including, without abatement or reduction, all amounts due all persons whose work has been suspended as a result of the industrial dispute, together with any deposit or other guaranty held by the employer for the faithful performance of the duties of the employment.     (4) For a sales agent employed in whole or in part on a commission basis who has custody of accounts, money, or goods of the sales agent's principal, this section does not apply to the commission-based portion of the sales agent's earnings if the net amount due the agent is determined only after an audit or verification of sales, accounts, funds, or stocks.    Amended by Chapter 307, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 34-28-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 28 - Payment of Wages|Section 6 - Dispute over wages -- Notice and payment.

34-28-6. Dispute over wages -- Notice and payment.    (1) In case of a dispute over wages, the employer shall give written notice to the employee of the amount of wages that the employer concedes to be due and shall pay such amount without condition within the time set by this chapter.     (2) Acceptance by an employee of a payment described in Subsection (1) does not constitute a release as to the balance of the employee's claim.    Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 34-28-7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 28 - Payment of Wages|Section 7 - Payment at more frequent intervals permitted -- Agreements to contravene chapter prohibited unless approved by division.

34-28-7. Payment at more frequent intervals permitted -- Agreements to contravene chapter prohibited unless approved by division.  Nothing contained in this chapter shall in any way limit or prohibit the payment of wages or compensation at more frequent intervals, or in greater amounts or in full when or before due, but no provisions of this chapter can in any way be contravened or set aside by a mutual agreement unless the agreement is approved by the division.  Amended by Chapter 240, 1996 General Session
UT Code § 34-28-9.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 28 - Payment of Wages|Section 9.5 - Private cause of action.

 Effective 5/9/2017  34-28-9.5. Private cause of action.    (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), for a wage claim that is less than or equal to $10,000, the employee shall exhaust the employee's administrative remedies described in Section 34-28-9 and rules made by the commission under Section 34-28-9 before the employee may file an action in district court.     (2) An employee may file an action for a wage claim in district court without exhausting the administrative remedies described in Section 34-28-9 and rules made by the commission under Section 34-28-9 if:   (a) the employee's wage claim is over $10,000;     (b)   (i) the employee's wage claim is less than or equal to $10,000;     (ii) the employee asserts one or more additional claims against the same employer; and     (iii) the aggregate amount of damages resulting from the claims described in this Subsection (2)(b) is greater than $10,000; or       (c)   (i) in the same civil action, more than one employee files a wage claim against an employer; and     (ii) the aggregate amount of the employees' combined wage claim is greater than $10,000.         (3) In an action under this section, the court may award an employee:   (a) actual damages;     (b) an amount equal to 2.5% of the unpaid wages owed to the employee, assessed daily for the lesser of:   (i) the period beginning the day on which the court issues a final order and ending the day on which the employer pays the unpaid wages owed to the employee; or     (ii) 20 days after the day on which the court issues a final order; and       (c) a penalty described in Subsection 34-28-5(1)(c), if applicable.      Enacted by Chapter 85, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 34-28-10 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 28 - Payment of Wages|Section 10 - Employers' records -- Inspection by division.

 Effective 5/13/2014  34-28-10. Employers' records -- Inspection by division.    (1)   (a) Every employer shall keep a true and accurate record of time worked and wages paid each pay period to each employee who is employed on an hourly or a daily basis in the form required by the commission rules.     (b) The employer shall keep the records on file for at least one year after the entry of the record.       (2) An employer licensed under Title 58, Chapter 55, Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act, shall retain a copy of each pay statement described in Subsection 34-28-3(5) for at least three years after the day on which the employer gives a copy of the pay statement to the employee.     (3) The director of the division or the director's designee may enter any place of employment during business hours to inspect the records described in this section and to ensure compliance with this section.     (4) Any effort of any employer to obstruct the commission in the performance of its duties is considered to be a violation of this chapter and may be punished as any other violation of this chapter.    Amended by Chapter 188, 2014 General Session
UT Code § 34-28-12 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 28 - Payment of Wages|Section 12 - Violations -- Misdemeanor.

 Effective 5/8/2018  34-28-12. Violations -- Misdemeanor.    (1) Any employer who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.     (2) Any employer who shall refuse to pay the wages due and payable when demanded as in this chapter provided, or who shall falsely deny the amount thereof, or that the same is due, with intent to secure for the employer or any other person any discount upon such indebtedness or with intent to annoy, harass, oppress, hinder, delay or defraud the person to whom such indebtedness is due, or who hires additional employees without advising each of them of every wage claim due and unpaid and of every judgment that the employer has failed to satisfy, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.    Amended by Chapter 148, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 34-28-13 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 28 - Payment of Wages|Section 13 - Assignment of wage claims -- Powers of division.

34-28-13. Assignment of wage claims -- Powers of division.    (1) The division may take assignments of wage claims, rights of actions for penalties under Section 34-28-5, mechanics' and other liens of workers and rights of action against sureties, without being bound to any of the technical rules with reference to the validity of the assignments.     (2) The division may prosecute actions for the collection of claims which are valid and enforceable in the courts. The division may join various claimants in one preferred claim or lien, and in case of suit to join them in one cause of action.    Amended by Chapter 240, 1996 General Session
UT Code § 34-28-14 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 28 - Payment of Wages|Section 14 - Actions by division as assignee -- Costs need not be advanced.

34-28-14. Actions by division as assignee -- Costs need not be advanced.    (1) In all actions brought by the division as assignee under Section 34-28-13, no court costs of any nature shall be required to be advanced nor shall any bond or other security be required from the division in connection with the same.     (2) Any sheriff, constable, or other officer requested by the division to serve summons, writs, complaints, orders, including any garnishment papers, and all necessary and legal papers within his jurisdiction shall do so without requiring the division to advance the fees or furnish any security or bond.     (3) Whenever the division shall require the sheriff, constable, or other officer whose duty it is to seize property or levy thereon in any attachment proceedings to satisfy any wage claim judgment to perform any such duty, this officer shall do so without requiring the division to furnish any security or bond in the action.     (4) The officer in carrying out the provisions of this Subsection (4) is not responsible in damages for any wrongful seizure made in good faith.     (5) Whenever anyone other than the defendant claims the right of possession or ownership to such seized property, then in such case the officer may permit such claimant to have the custody of such property pending a determination of the court as to who has right of possession or ownership of such property.     (6) Any garnishee defendant shall be required to appear and make answer in any such action, as required by law, without having paid to the garnishee defendant in advance witness fees, but such witness fees shall be included as part of the taxable costs of such action. Out of any recovery on a judgment in such a suit, there shall be paid the following: first, the witness fees to the garnishee defendant; second, the wage claims involved; third, the sheriff's or constable's fees; and fourth, the court costs.    Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 34-28-19 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 28 - Payment of Wages|Section 19 - Retaliation prohibited -- Administrative process -- Enforcement -- Rulemaking.

 Effective 5/13/2014  34-28-19. Retaliation prohibited -- Administrative process -- Enforcement -- Rulemaking.    (1)   (a) An employer violates this chapter if the employer takes an action described in Subsection (1)(b) against an employee because:   (i) the employee files a complaint or testifies in a proceeding relative to the enforcement of this chapter;     (ii) the employee is going to file a complaint or testify in a proceeding relative to the enforcement of this chapter; or     (iii) the employer believes that the employee may file a complaint or testify in any proceeding relative to the enforcement of this chapter.       (b) Subsection (1)(a) applies to the following actions of an employer:   (i) the discharge of an employee;     (ii) the demotion of an employee; or     (iii) any other form of retaliation against an employee in the terms, privileges, or conditions of employment.         (2)   (a) An employee claiming to be aggrieved by an action of the employer in violation of Subsection (1) may file with the division a request for agency action.     (b) On receipt of a request for agency action under Subsection (2)(a), the division:   (i) shall conduct an adjudicative proceeding pursuant to Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act; and     (ii) may attempt to reach a settlement between the parties through a settlement conference.         (3) If the division determines that a violation has occurred, the division may require the employer to:   (a) cease and desist any retaliatory action;     (b) compensate the employee, which compensation may not exceed reimbursement for, and payment of, lost wages and benefits to the employee; or     (c) do both Subsections (3)(a) and (b).       (4) The division may enforce this section in accordance with Subsections 34-28-9(4) and (5).     (5) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission shall adopt rules, as required, to implement this section.    Amended by Chapter 188, 2014 General Session
UT Code § 34-29-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 29 - Employment Agencies|Section 1 - License required -- Agencies for teachers excepted.

 Effective 5/8/2018  34-29-1. License required -- Agencies for teachers excepted.  It is unlawful for any person to open and establish in any city or town, or elsewhere within the limits of this state, any intelligence or employment office for the purpose of procuring or obtaining for money or other valuable consideration, either directly or indirectly, any work or employment for persons seeking the same, or to otherwise engage in such business, or in any way to act as a broker or go-between between employers and persons seeking work, without first having obtained a license so to do from the city, town, or, if not within any city or town, from the county where such intelligence or employment office is to be opened or such business is to be carried on. Any person performing any of these services shall be deemed to be an employment agent within the meaning of this chapter, but the provisions of Section 34-29-10 do not apply to any person operating agencies for schoolteachers; but it is a class B misdemeanor for any schoolteachers' employment agency to receive as commission for information or assistance such as is described herein any consideration in value in excess of 5% of the amount of the first year's salary of the person to whom such information is furnished. Amended by Chapter 148, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 34-29-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 29 - Employment Agencies|Section 2 - License -- Duty of cities, towns and counties to issue and regulate.

34-29-2. License -- Duty of cities, towns and counties to issue and regulate.  Every city, town and county shall by ordinance provide for the issuing of licenses as contemplated by this chapter and shall establish such rules and regulations as are not herein provided for the carrying on of the business or occupation for which such license may be issued.  Enacted by Chapter 85, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 34-29-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 29 - Employment Agencies|Section 3 - License -- Application.

34-29-3. License -- Application.  Any person applying for a license under the provisions of this chapter shall make application to the board of city commissioners, city council or board of town trustees, or the county executive for the same and shall deposit with the city, town or county treasurer in advance the annual fee for such license, to be evidenced by the receipt of the city, town or county treasurer endorsed on the application. If the board of city commissioners, city council, board of town trustees, or the county executive refuses to order the issuance of such license to the party applying for the same, the sum so deposited with the city, town or county treasurer shall be refunded to the applicant for license without any further action of the governing body.  Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 34-29-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 29 - Employment Agencies|Section 4 - License -- Bond -- Transfer.

34-29-4. License -- Bond -- Transfer.  Any person licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall pay an annual license fee in such amount as may be determined by the board of city commissioners, city council, board of town trustees, or the county legislative body, and before such license shall be issued shall deposit with the city, town or county treasurer a bond in the penal sum of $1,000, with two or more sureties to be approved by the officers designated by ordinance. The bond shall be made payable to the city, town or county where such business is to be carried on and shall be conditioned that the person applying for the license will comply with this chapter and will pay all damages occasioned to any person by reason of any misstatement, misrepresentation, fraud or deceit of any person, or by any other violation of this chapter, in carrying on the business for which a license is granted. If at any time in the opinion of the officers designated by ordinance to approve such bond, the sureties or any of them shall become irresponsible, the person holding such license shall, upon notice from the city, town or county treasurer, give a new bond, to be approved as hereinafter provided. Failure to give a new bond within 10 days after such notice shall operate as a revocation of such license, and the license certificate shall be immediately returned to the city, town or county treasurer, who shall destroy the same. Licenses granted under this chapter may be transferred by order of the board of city commissioners, city council, board of town trustees, or the county executive, but before such transfer shall be authorized, the applicant for the same shall deposit with the city, town or county treasurer the sum of $5, which shall be endorsed upon the application, and the person to whom such license is transferred shall also deposit such a bond as is required by the applicant for an original license as hereinbefore prescribed, to be approved in the same manner.  Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 34-29-5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 29 - Employment Agencies|Section 5 - License -- Posting.

34-29-5. License -- Posting.  Upon the granting of a license by the board of city commissioners, city council, board of town trustees, or the county executive under this chapter, the city, town, or county treasurer shall within one week after payment of the license fee issue to the applicant entitled to the same a certificate setting forth the fact that such license has been granted. It shall be the duty of all persons who may obtain such license to keep the same publicly exposed to view in a conspicuous place in their offices or places of business.  Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 34-29-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 29 - Employment Agencies|Section 6 - Referring employment to unlawful places -- Penalty.

 Effective 5/8/2018  34-29-6. Referring employment to unlawful places -- Penalty.  Any employment agent who knowingly refers employment to any place of bad repute, house of ill fame, assignation house, or to any house or place of amusement kept for immoral purposes, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. In addition to any other penalty, the agent's license shall be revoked. Amended by Chapter 148, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 34-29-7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 29 - Employment Agencies|Section 7 - Referrals on bona fide orders only.

34-29-7. Referrals on bona fide orders only.  Any employment agent who sends out any help without having previously obtained a bona fide order therefor shall, for each and every offense, be subject to the penalties provided in Section 34-29-15.  Enacted by Chapter 85, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 34-29-8 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 29 - Employment Agencies|Section 8 - Taking commission in advance unlawful -- Penalty.

34-29-8. Taking commission in advance unlawful -- Penalty.    (1) It is unlawful for any employment agent to receive, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable consideration from any person seeking employment for any information or assistance furnished or to be furnished by the agent to such person, enabling or tending to enable that person to secure employment, before the time the information or assistance is actually furnished.     (2) An employment agent who violates Subsection (1) is liable to the person from whom the money or other valuable consideration is received for an amount equal to twice the amount of money or other valuable consideration paid to the employment agent.    Amended by Chapter 149, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 34-29-9 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 29 - Employment Agencies|Section 9 - Commission to be returned if employment not secured.

34-29-9. Commission to be returned if employment not secured.  It shall be unlawful for an employment agent to retain, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable consideration received for any information or assistance described in Section 34-29-1, if the person for whom such information or assistance is furnished fails through no neglect or fault of his own to secure the employment regarding which such information or assistance is furnished; and the money or consideration shall be by the agent forthwith returned to the payer of the same upon demand.  Enacted by Chapter 85, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 34-29-10 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 29 - Employment Agencies|Section 10 - Schedule of fees -- Fee limitations.

34-29-10. Schedule of fees -- Fee limitations.    (1)   (a) A private employment agency shall maintain a schedule of fees to be charged and collected in the conduct of its business.     (b) A private employment agency shall post the schedule described in Subsection (1)(a) in a conspicuous place in the private employment agency.     (c) A private employment agency may change the schedule described in Subsection (1)(a), but a change is not effective until the amended schedule is posted in accordance with Subsection (1)(b).       (2) A private employment agency may not charge or collect a fee that is greater than:   (a) the fee on the schedule of fees in effect at the time the contract for employment is issued; or     (b) 25% of the amount actually earned in the employment during the first 30 days, if the employment ends during the 30-day period.      Amended by Chapter 240, 2008 General Session