Employment Laws in Utah
Definition of employee. Employee means any person applying for employment with or employed by an employer.
Definition of employer. Employer means the state and its political subdivisions and every person employing 15 or more employees within Utah for each working day in each of 20 calendar weeks or more in the current or preceding calendar year, but does not include religions organizations.
Prohibited employment discrimination. It is a discriminatory or prohibited employment practice for an employer to refuse to hire, or promote, or to discharge, demote, terminate any person, or to retaliate against, harass, or discriminate with respect to compensation or terms, privileges, and conditions of employment, against any person otherwise qualified, because of race, color, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions, age (40 and over), religion, national origin, disability or genetic information.
Refusal to sell alcoholic beverages.--A sanction or termination of employment may not be imposed upon any employee of any restaurant, airport lounge, private club, on-premise beer retailer or any other establishment serving alcoholic beverages as a result of the employee having exercised his or her independent judgment to refuse to sell alcoholic beverages to any person the employee considers to be under 21 or under the influence of alcohol or drugs. An employer who terminates an employee or imposes sanctions on an employee for this reason is considered to have discriminated against the employee under the Utah Antidiscrimination Act.
Recordkeeping requirements. Any personnel or employment record made or kept by an employer must be preserved for six months from the time they are made or from the date of termination, whichever occurs later. Records to be retained include application forms, records having to do with hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, layoff or termination, rates of pay and selection for training or apprenticeship.
Posting requirements. Not specified.
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