December
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November
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October
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September
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August
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July
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
June
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May
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April
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March
Public Safety Employee Personal Data
Bill
House Bill 345
Summary
Modifies provisions relating to protection of personal information of certain public safety employees; creates and modifies definitions; modifies requirements and prohibitions relating to protection of personal information of certain public safety employees.
Enacted
03/24/2022
Effective Date
05/04/2022
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Limitations on Employer Liability
Bill
Senate Bill 95
Summary
Addresses liability of an employer for negligently hiring an employee that has been previously convicted of an offense; provides that a cause of action may not be brought against an employer for negligently hiring an employee based solely on evidence that the employee has been previously convicted in this state or in another jurisdiction of an offense; provides that the protections provided to an employer do not apply in a cause of action concerning the misuse of funds or property of a person.
Enacted
03/24/2022
Effective Date
05/04/2022
Topics
Claims_and_Penalties: Negligent_hiring; Employment_relations: Employee, Independent_contract
Paid Leave Modifications
Bill
Senate Bill 100
Summary
Requires certain state employers to offer paid parental leave; requires certain state employers to provide certain employees paid parental leave upon the birth of the employees child, the adoption of a minor child, or the appointment of legal guardianship of a minor child or incapacitated adult; requires the Department of Human Resource Management to adopt rules to administer parental leave; allows the Department of Government Operations to transfer certain money for the costs of leave; appropriates funds.
Enacted
03/24/2022
Effective Date
07/01/2022
Topics
Family_members: Adopted, Biological, Child, Legal_guardian; Industry: Public_employer;
Leave_laws: Bonding, Parental, Postpartum_recovery
Firearms Preemption Enforcement Act
Bill
Senate Bill 115
Summary
Clarifies preemption of the field of firearms regulation; creates the Firearms Preemption Enforcement Act; outlines exceptions and violations of legislative firearm preemption; provides for civil action and remedies for a violation of legislative firearm preemption; addresses governmental immunity.
Enacted
03/24/2022
Effective Date
05/04/2022
Topics
Workplace_Behavior: Firearm, Vehicle
State Employment
Bill
House Bill 104
Summary
Enacts and amends provisions related to the employment and management of state personnel; requires the Division of Human Resource Management to provide training for supervisors of state agency employees; requires a supervisor to attend the training; requires the division to establish a pay for performance management system; requires the division to make rules allowing an employee to receive a wage that exceeds the employees’ salary range if necessary to recognize the employees’ performance.
Enacted
03/23/2022
Effective Date
05/04/2022, 07/01/2022, 07/01/2023
Topics
Employer_Obligations: Performance_evalu, Training; Industry: Public_employer
Coronavirus In the Workplace
Bill
House Bill 63
Summary
Requires an employer to exempt an employee or a prospective employee from a coronavirus vaccine requirement if the employee or prospective employee submits a primary care provider’s note stating that the employee or prospective employee was previously infected by coronavirus; amends provisions related to recordkeeping; prohibits an employer from keeping or maintaining a record or copy of an employee’s coronavirus test results, except as otherwise required by law.
Enacted
03/22/2022
Effective Date
05/04/2022
Topics
Covid: Covid; Employee_obligation: Documentation, Medical_exemption; Prohibited_Practices: Immunization_status, Vaccination_status
Bereavement Leave Modifications
Bill
House Bill 449
Summary
Requires certain entities to provide bereavement leave for employees who are affected by a miscarriage or stillbirth; requires the Utah Board of Higher Education and the human resource bodies of state, county, and municipal governments to implement rules that provide bereavement leave for employees who are affected by the miscarriage or stillbirth of a child.
Enacted
03/22/2022
Effective Date
05/04/2022
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
State Protection of Public Employees Act
Bill
Senate Bill 40
Summary
Amends the Utah Protection of Public Employees Act; specifies the parties burdens of proof in a civil action where a violation of the Utah Protection of Public Employees Act is alleged.
Enacted
03/22/2022
Effective Date
05/04/2022
Topics
Industry: Public_employer; Prohibited_Practices: Marijuana_card, Retaliation
Bereavement Leave Amendments
Bill
Senate Bill 63
Summary
Requires certain entities to provide bereavement leave for employees who experience a miscarriage or stillbirth; defines terms; requires the Utah Board of Higher Education and the human resources bodies of state, county, and municipal governments to implement rules that will provide bereavement leave for employees who suffer the loss of a child as a result of a miscarriage or stillbirth.
Enacted
03/22/2022
Effective Date
05/04/2022
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Background Check Procedures
Bill
Senate Bill 248
Summary
Concerns background check procedures and information; creates and modifies definitions.
Enacted
03/22/2022
Effective Date
05/04/2022
Topics
Employer_Obligations: Background_checks
February
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January
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