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UT Code § 34-20-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20 - Employment Relations and Collective Bargaining|Section 3 - Labor relations board.

 Effective 1/1/2021  34-20-3. Labor relations board.    (1)   (a) There is created the Labor Relations Board consisting of the following:   (i) the commissioner of the Labor Commission;     (ii) two members who shall be, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 24, Part 2, Vacancies, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate consisting of:   (A) a representative of employers, in the appointment of whom the governor shall consider nominations from employer organizations; and     (B) a representative of employees, in the appointment of whom the governor shall consider nominations from employee organizations.         (b)   (i) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b)(ii), as terms of members appointed under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) expire, the governor shall appoint each new member or reappointed member to a four-year term.     (ii) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (1)(b)(i), the governor shall, at the time of appointment or reappointment, adjust the length of terms to ensure that the terms of members appointed under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) are staggered so one member is appointed every two years.       (c) The commissioner shall serve as chair of the board.     (d) A vacancy occurring on the board for any cause of the members appointed under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) shall be filled by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate pursuant to this section for the unexpired term of the vacating member.     (e) The governor may at any time remove a member appointed under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) but only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance or malfeasance in office, or for cause upon a hearing.     (f) A member of the board appointed under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) may not hold any other office in the government of the United States, this state or any other state, or of any county government or municipal corporation within a state.     (g) A member appointed under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service, but may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with:   (i) Section 63A-3-106;     (ii) Section 63A-3-107; and     (iii) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.         (2) A meeting of the board may be called:   (a) by the chair; or     (b) jointly by the members appointed under Subsection (1)(a)(ii).       (3) The chair may provide staff and administrative support as necessary from the Labor Commission.     (4) A vacancy in the board does not impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of the board, and two members of the board shall at all times constitute a quorum.     (5) The board shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed.     (6) A member shall comply with the conflict of interest provisions described in Title 63G, Chapter 24, Part 3, Conflicts of Interest.    Amended by Chapter 352, 2020 General SessionAmended by Chapter 373, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 34-20-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20 - Employment Relations and Collective Bargaining|Section 4 - Labor relations board -- Employees -- Agencies -- Expenses.

34-20-4. Labor relations board -- Employees -- Agencies -- Expenses.    (1) The board may employ an executive secretary, attorneys, examiners, and may employ such other employees with regard to existing laws applicable to the employment and compensation of officers and employees of the state as it may from time to time find necessary for the proper performance of its duties. The board may establish or utilize such regional, local, or other agencies, and utilize such voluntary and uncompensated services, as may from time to time be needed. Attorneys employed under this section may, at the direction of the board, appear for and represent the board in any case in court. Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the board to employ individuals for the purpose of conciliation or mediation (or for statistical work) where and if such service may be obtained from the Labor Commission.     (2) All of the expenses of the board, including the necessary traveling expenses, incurred by the members or employees of the board under its orders, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the board or by any individual it designates for the purpose.    Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 34-20-5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20 - Employment Relations and Collective Bargaining|Section 5 - Labor relations board -- Offices -- Jurisdiction -- Member's participation in case.

34-20-5. Labor relations board -- Offices -- Jurisdiction -- Member's participation in case.  The principal office of the board shall be at the state capitol, but it may meet and exercise any or all of its powers at any other place. The board may, by one or more of its members or by the agents or agencies it may designate, prosecute any inquiry necessary to its functions in any part of the state. A member who participates in the inquiry may not be disqualified from subsequently participating in a decision of the board in the same case.  Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 34-20-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20 - Employment Relations and Collective Bargaining|Section 6 - Labor relations board -- Rules and regulations.

34-20-6. Labor relations board -- Rules and regulations.  The board shall have authority from time to time to make, amend and rescind such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. Such rules and regulations shall be effective upon publication in the manner in which the board shall prescribe.  Enacted by Chapter 85, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 34-20-7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20 - Employment Relations and Collective Bargaining|Section 7 - Organization and collective bargaining -- Employees' rights.

34-20-7. Organization and collective bargaining -- Employees' rights.  Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; and such employees shall also have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities.  Enacted by Chapter 85, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 34-20-9 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20 - Employment Relations and Collective Bargaining|Section 9 - Collective bargaining -- Representatives -- Powers of board.

34-20-9. Collective bargaining -- Representatives -- Powers of board.    (1)   (a) Representatives designated or selected for the purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for those purposes shall be the exclusive representatives of all the employees in that unit for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rate of pay, wages, hours of employment, and of other conditions of employment.     (b) Any individual employee or group of employees may present grievances to their employer at any time.       (2) The board shall decide in each case whether, in order to ensure to employees the full benefit of their right to self-organization and to collective bargaining, and otherwise to effectuate the policies of this act, the unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining shall be the employer unit, craft unit, plant unit, or subdivision of same.     (3) Whenever a question affecting intrastate commerce or the orderly operation of industry arises concerning the representation of employees, the board may investigate such controversy and certify to the parties in writing, the name or names of the representatives that have been designated or selected. In any such investigation, the board shall provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice, either in conjunction with a proceeding under Section 34-20-10, or otherwise, and may take a secret ballot of employees, or utilize any other suitable method to ascertain such representatives.     (4)   (a) Whenever an order of the board made according to Section 34-20-10 is based in whole or in part upon facts certified following an investigation under Subsection (3), and there is a petition for the enforcement or review of such order, the certification and the record of the investigation shall be included in the transcript of the entire record required to be filed under Section 34-20-10.     (b) The decree of the court enforcing, modifying, or setting aside in whole or in part the order of the board shall be made and entered upon the pleadings, testimony, and proceedings set forth in the transcript.      Amended by Chapter 161, 1987 General Session
UT Code § 34-20-12 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20 - Employment Relations and Collective Bargaining|Section 12 - Willful interference -- Penalty.

34-20-12. Willful interference -- Penalty.  Any person who shall willfully resist, prevent, impede or interfere with any member of the board, or any of its agents or agencies, in the performance of duties pursuant to this act shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.  Enacted by Chapter 85, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 34-20-13 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20 - Employment Relations and Collective Bargaining|Section 13 - Right to strike.

34-20-13. Right to strike.  This chapter does not interfere with, impede, or diminish in any way the right to strike.  Amended by Chapter 201, 1991 General Session
UT Code § 34-20-14 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20 - Employment Relations and Collective Bargaining|Section 14 - Determining joint employment status -- Franchisors excluded.

 Effective 5/10/2016  34-20-14. Determining joint employment status -- Franchisors excluded.    (1) For purposes of determining whether two or more persons are considered joint employers under this chapter, an administrative ruling of a federal executive agency may not be considered a generally applicable law unless that administrative ruling is determined to be generally applicable by a court of law, or adopted by statute or rule.     (2)   (a) For purposes of this chapter, a franchisor is not considered to be an employer of:   (i) a franchisee; or     (ii) a franchisee's employee.       (b) With respect to a specific claim for relief under this chapter made by a franchisee or a franchisee's employee, this Subsection (2) does not apply to a franchisor under a franchise that exercises a type or degree of control over the franchisee or the franchisee's employee not customarily exercised by a franchisor for the purpose of protecting the franchisor's trademarks and brand.      Enacted by Chapter 370, 2016 General Session
UT Code § 34-20a-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20a - Utah Fire Fighters' Negotiations Act|Section 1 - Title.

34-20a-1. Title.  This chapter is known as the "Utah Fire Fighters' Negotiations Act."  Amended by Chapter 20, 1995 General Session
UT Code § 34-20a-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20a - Utah Fire Fighters' Negotiations Act|Section 2 - Definitions.

34-20a-2. Definitions.  As used in this chapter:  (1) "Fire fighters" means the full-time, salaried, members of any regularly constituted fire department in any city, town, or county.     (2) "Corporate authorities" means the council, commission, or other governing body of any city, town, or county which fixes hours, wages, salaries, and other conditions of employment.     Amended by Chapter 20, 1995 General Session
UT Code § 34-20a-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20a - Utah Fire Fighters' Negotiations Act|Section 3 - Fire fighters' right to bargain collectively.

34-20a-3. Fire fighters' right to bargain collectively.  Fire fighters have the right to bargain collectively about wages, hours, and other conditions of employment with corporate authorities and to be represented in such negotiations by a bargaining representative chosen by such fire fighters.  Enacted by Chapter 102, 1975 General Session
UT Code § 34-20a-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20a - Utah Fire Fighters' Negotiations Act|Section 4 - Exclusive bargaining representative -- Selection -- Exclusions from negotiating team.

34-20a-4. Exclusive bargaining representative -- Selection -- Exclusions from negotiating team.  The organization selected by a majority of fire fighters in an appropriate bargaining unit shall act as the exclusive bargaining representative for all members of the department until recognition of such bargaining representative is withdrawn by a vote of a majority of the fire fighters in the department. No negotiating team of the established bargaining unit is appropriate which includes any fire chief, assistant chief, battalion or deputy chief, captain or lieutenant.  Enacted by Chapter 102, 1975 General Session
UT Code § 34-20a-5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20a - Utah Fire Fighters' Negotiations Act|Section 5 - Corporate authority duty -- Collective bargaining agreement -- No-strike clause.

34-20a-5. Corporate authority duty -- Collective bargaining agreement -- No-strike clause.  It is the duty of any corporate authority to meet and collectively bargain in good faith with the bargaining representative within 10 days after receipt of written notice from such representative that it represents a majority of the employees in the bargaining unit. No collective bargaining agreement shall be executed for a period of more than two years. Each bargaining agreement shall contain a no-strike clause.  Enacted by Chapter 102, 1975 General Session
UT Code § 34-20a-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20a - Utah Fire Fighters' Negotiations Act|Section 6 - Notice of request for collective bargaining -- Time.

34-20a-6. Notice of request for collective bargaining -- Time.  Whenever wages, rates of pay, or any other matter requiring appropriation of money by any city, town, or county are included as a matter of collective bargaining conducted under this chapter, it is the obligation of the bargaining representative to serve written notice of request for collective bargaining on the corporate authorities at least 120 days before the last day on which funds can be appropriated to cover the contract period which is the subject of collective bargaining.  Amended by Chapter 20, 1995 General Session
UT Code § 34-20a-7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20a - Utah Fire Fighters' Negotiations Act|Section 7 - Arbitration.

34-20a-7. Arbitration.  If the bargaining representative and the corporate authorities are unable to reach an agreement within 30 days after negotiations, all unresolved issues shall be submitted to arbitration.  Enacted by Chapter 102, 1975 General Session
UT Code § 34-20a-8 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20a - Utah Fire Fighters' Negotiations Act|Section 8 - Procedure for arbitration.

34-20a-8. Procedure for arbitration.  If no agreement is reached within the period prescribed by Section 34-20a-7, each party within five days after the expiration of such period shall name one individual to serve as an arbitrator. Each party shall furnish written notification of the name and address of its arbitrator. The two arbitrators within 10 days after their selection shall make application to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for a list of seven names from which they shall name the third arbitrator who shall serve as chairman of the arbitration panel. The third arbitrator shall be chosen within five days after receipt of the list of arbitrators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service with each party alternately striking one name until six names are stricken. The remaining unstricken name shall serve as the third member of the arbitration panel. Formal arbitration shall commence within four days after selection of the third arbitrator.  Enacted by Chapter 102, 1975 General Session
UT Code § 34-20a-9 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 20a - Utah Fire Fighters' Negotiations Act|Section 9 - Board of arbitration -- Determination -- Final and binding -- Exception -- Expense.

34-20a-9. Board of arbitration -- Determination -- Final and binding -- Exception -- Expense.  The determination of the majority of the board of arbitration thus established shall be final and binding on all matters in dispute except in salary or wage matters which shall be considered advisory only. Each party shall pay one-half of the expense of arbitration.  Enacted by Chapter 102, 1975 General Session
UT Code § 34-25-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 25 - Fellow Servants|Section 1 - "Vice-principal" defined.

34-25-1. "Vice-principal" defined.  All persons engaged in the service of any person and entrusted by such employer with authority of superintendence, control or command of other persons in the employ or service of such employer, or with authority to direct any other employee in the performance of any duties of such employee, are vice-principals of such employer, and are not fellow servants.  Enacted by Chapter 85, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 34-25-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 25 - Fellow Servants|Section 2 - "Fellow servant" defined.

34-25-2. "Fellow servant" defined.  All persons who are engaged in the service of any employer and who while so engaged are in the same grade of service and are working together at the same time and place and to a common purpose, neither of such persons being entrusted by such employer with any superintendence or control over the person's fellow employees, are fellow servants with each other; but nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to make the employees of such employer fellow servants with other employees engaged in any other department of service of such employer. Employees who do not come within the provisions of this section may not be considered fellow servants.  Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 34-26-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 26 - Wages A Preferred Debt|Section 1 - Extent and condition of preference.

34-26-1. Extent and condition of preference.  If any property of any person is seized through any process of any court, or when his business is suspended by the act of creditors or is put into the hands of a receiver, assignee, or trustee, either by voluntary or involuntary action, the amount owing to workmen, clerks, traveling or city salesmen, or servants, for work or labor performed within five months next preceding the seizure or transfer of the property shall be considered and treated as preferred debts, and the workmen, clerks, traveling and city salesmen, and servants shall be preferred creditors, the first to be paid in full. If there are not sufficient proceeds to pay them in full, then the proceeds shall be paid to them pro rata, after paying costs. No officer, director, or general manager of a corporation employer or any member of an association employer or partner of a partnership employer is entitled to this preference.  Amended by Chapter 206, 1987 General Session
UT Code § 34-26-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 26 - Wages A Preferred Debt|Section 2 - Claim -- Notice.

34-26-2. Claim -- Notice.  Any such employee, laborer or servant desiring to enforce his claim for wages under this chapter shall present a statement under oath to the officer, person or court charged with such property within 10 days after the seizure of it on any process, or within 30 days after the same may have been placed in the hands of any receiver, assignee or trustee, showing the amount due after allowing all just credits and setoffs, the kind of work for which such wages are due and when performed. Any person with whom any such claim shall have been filed shall give immediate notice thereof by mail to all persons interested, and, if the claim is not contested as provided in Section 34-26-3, it shall be the duty of the person or the court receiving such statement to pay the amount of such claim or claims to the person or persons entitled thereto, after first paying all costs occasioned by the seizure of such property, out of the proceeds of the sale of the property seized.  Enacted by Chapter 85, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 34-26-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 26 - Wages A Preferred Debt|Section 3 - Claim -- Exceptions -- Contest.

34-26-3. Claim -- Exceptions -- Contest.  Any person interested may within 10 days after the notice of presentment of said statement contest such claims, or any part of them, by filing exceptions to them supported by affidavit with the officer or court having the custody of such property, and thereupon the claimant shall be required to reduce his claim to judgment in some court having jurisdiction before any part thereof shall be paid. The person contesting shall be made a party defendant in any such action and shall have the right to contest such claim, and the prevailing party shall recover proper costs.  Enacted by Chapter 85, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 34-26-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 26 - Wages A Preferred Debt|Section 4 - "Wages" defined.

34-26-4. "Wages" defined.  Whenever used in this chapter, "wages" shall mean all amounts due the employee for labor or services, whether the amount is fixed or ascertained on a time, task, piece, commission basis or other method of calculating such amount.  Enacted by Chapter 85, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 34-27-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 27 - Attorneys' Fees in Suits for Wages|Section 1 - Reasonable amount -- Taxed as costs.

34-27-1. Reasonable amount -- Taxed as costs.  Whenever a mechanic, artisan, miner, laborer, servant, or other employee shall have cause to bring suit for wages earned and due according to the terms of his employment and shall establish by the decision of the court that the amount for which he has brought suit is justly due, and that a demand has been made in writing at least 15 days before suit was brought for a sum not to exceed the amount so found due, then it shall be the duty of the court before which the case shall be tried to allow to the plaintiff a reasonable attorneys' fee in addition to the amount found due for wages, to be taxed as costs of suit.  Enacted by Chapter 85, 1969 General Session
UT Code § 34-28-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34 - Labor in General|Chapter 28 - Payment of Wages|Section 1 - Public and certain other employments excepted.

34-28-1. Public and certain other employments excepted.  None of the provisions of this chapter shall apply to the state, or to any county, incorporated city or town, or other political subdivision, or to employers and employees engaged in farm, dairy, agricultural, viticultural or horticultural pursuits or to stock or poultry raising, or to household domestic service, or to any other employment where an agreement exists between employer and employee providing for different terms of payment, except the provisions of Section 34-28-5 shall apply to employers or employees engaged in farm, dairy, agricultural, viticultural, horticultural or stock or poultry raising.  Amended by Chapter 64, 1973 General Session