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EQUAL PAY AMENDMENTS

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2017 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Jacob L. Anderegg

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House Sponsor: ____________

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill modifies provisions related to employee pay in the state.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     defines terms;
13          ▸     requires certain employers in the state to adopt and disclose to each employee
14     uniform criteria that the employer uses to determine whether to change an
15     employee's compensation or benefits based on the employee's performance;
16          ▸     instructs the Department of Workforce Services to conduct a study on whether there
17     is a difference in pay between men and women in the state;
18          ▸     provides that the Department of Workforce Services shall create and maintain a pay
19     index for certain occupations that states the average pay range in the state for each
20     occupation based on years of experience in the occupation; and
21          ▸     makes technical changes.
22     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
23          None
24     Other Special Clauses:
25          None
26     Utah Code Sections Affected:
27     AMENDS:

28          35A-1-104.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 283
29          35A-4-312, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 296
30          63I-2-235, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 278
31     ENACTS:
32          34-52-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
33          34-52-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
34          34-52-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
35          35A-5-501, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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37     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
38          Section 1. Section 34-52-101 is enacted to read:
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CHAPTER 52. EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE ACT

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Part 1. General Provisions

41          34-52-101. Title.
42          This chapter is known as the "Employee Performance Act."
43          Section 2. Section 34-52-102 is enacted to read:
44          34-52-102. Definitions.
45          As used in this chapter, "employer" means a person that employs 15 or more
46     individuals in the state for each working day in each of 20 weeks or more in the current or
47     preceding calendar year.
48          Section 3. Section 34-52-201 is enacted to read:
49     
Part 2. Employee Evaluations

50          34-52-201. Written criteria required.
51          (1) Each employer shall adopt and disclose to each employee written criteria that the
52     employer uses to determine whether to change an employee's compensation or benefits based
53     on the employee's performance.
54          (2) An employer may adopt different criteria for each type of position, but shall apply
55     the criteria uniformly to each employee that holds the type of position to which the criteria
56     apply.
57          (3) An employer may not change the criteria described in the section that apply to an
58     employee less than six months before the day on which the employer considers whether to

59     change the employee's compensation or benefits based on the employee's performance.
60          Section 4. Section 35A-1-104.5 is amended to read:
61          35A-1-104.5. Other department duties -- Strategic plan for health system reform
62     -- Reporting suspected misuse of a social security number -- Wage study.
63          (1) The department shall work with the Department of Health, the Insurance
64     Department, the Governor's Office of Economic Development, and the Legislature to develop
65     the health system reform in accordance with Title 63N, Chapter 11, Health System Reform
66     Act.
67          (2) In the process of determining an individual's eligibility for a public benefit or
68     service under this title or under federal law, if the department determines that a valid Social
69     Security number is being used by an unauthorized individual, the department shall:
70          (a) inform the individual who the department determines to be the likely actual owner
71     of the social security number or, if the likely actual owner is a minor, the minor's parent or
72     guardian, of the suspected misuse; and
73          (b) subject to federal law, provide information of the suspected misuse to an
74     appropriate law enforcement agency responsible for investigating identity fraud.
75          (3) If the department learns or determines that providing information under Subsection
76     (2)(b) is prohibited by federal law, the department shall notify the Legislative Management
77     Committee.
78          (4) (a) The department shall conduct a study that analyzes any difference in pay
79     between men and women in the state.
80          (b) The study described in Subsection (4)(a) shall:
81          (i) use the most recent wage data for workers in the state available to the department;
82     and
83          (ii) to the extent possible, control for other variables, including education, years of
84     experience, occupation, and industry.
85          (c) The department shall present the study described in this Subsection (4) to the
86     Economic Development and Workforce Services Interim Committee and the Women in
87     Economy Commission no later than November 30, 2018.
88          (d) The Driver License Division shall, in accordance with federal law, coordinate with
89     the department to provide the department information necessary to complete the study

90     described in this Subsection (4).
91          Section 5. Section 35A-4-312 is amended to read:
92          35A-4-312. Records.
93          (1) (a) An employing unit shall keep true and accurate work records containing
94     information the department may prescribe by rule.
95          (b) A record shall be open to inspection and subject to being copied by the division or
96     its authorized representatives at a reasonable time and as often as necessary.
97          (c) An employing unit shall make a record available in the state for three years after the
98     calendar year in which the services are rendered.
99          (2) The division may require from an employing unit a sworn or unsworn report with
100     respect to a person employed by the employing unit that the division considers necessary for
101     the effective administration of this chapter.
102          (3) Except as provided in this section or in Sections 35A-4-103 and 35A-4-106,
103     information obtained under this chapter or obtained from an individual may not be published or
104     open to public inspection in a manner revealing the employing unit's or individual's identity.
105          (4) (a) The information obtained by the division under this section may not be used in
106     court or admitted into evidence in an action or proceeding, except:
107          (i) in an action or proceeding arising out of this chapter;
108          (ii) if the Labor Commission enters into a written agreement with the division under
109     Subsection (6)(b), in an action or proceeding by the Labor Commission to enforce:
110          (A) Title 34, Chapter 23, Employment of Minors;
111          (B) Title 34, Chapter 28, Payment of Wages;
112          (C) Title 34, Chapter 40, Utah Minimum Wage Act; or
113          (D) Title 34A, Utah Labor Code;
114          (iii) under the terms of a court order obtained under Subsection 63G-2-202(7) and
115     Section 63G-2-207; or
116          (iv) under the terms of a written agreement between the Office of State Debt Collection
117     and the division as provided in Subsection (5).
118          (b) The information obtained by the division under this section shall be disclosed to:
119          (i) a party to an unemployment insurance hearing before an administrative law judge of
120     the department or a review by the Workforce Appeals Board to the extent necessary for the

121     proper presentation of the party's case; or
122          (ii) an employer, upon request in writing for information concerning a claim for a
123     benefit with respect to a former employee of the employer.
124          (5) The information obtained by the division under this section may be disclosed to:
125          (a) an employee of the department in the performance of the employee's duties in
126     administering this chapter or other programs of the department;
127          (b) an employee of the Labor Commission for the purpose of carrying out the programs
128     administered by the Labor Commission;
129          (c) an employee of the Department of Commerce for the purpose of carrying out the
130     programs administered by the Department of Commerce;
131          (d) an employee of the governor's office or another state governmental agency
132     administratively responsible for statewide economic development, to the extent necessary for
133     economic development policy analysis and formulation;
134          (e) an employee of another governmental agency that is specifically identified and
135     authorized by federal or state law to receive the information for the purposes stated in the law
136     authorizing the employee of the agency to receive the information;
137          (f) an employee of a governmental agency or workers' compensation insurer to the
138     extent the information will aid in:
139          (i) the detection or avoidance of duplicate, inconsistent, or fraudulent claims against:
140          (A) a workers' compensation program; or
141          (B) public assistance funds; or
142          (ii) the recovery of overpayments of workers' compensation or public assistance funds;
143          (g) an employee of a law enforcement agency to the extent the disclosure is necessary
144     to avoid a significant risk to public safety or in aid of a felony criminal investigation;
145          (h) an employee of the State Tax Commission or the Internal Revenue Service for the
146     purposes of:
147          (i) audit verification or simplification;
148          (ii) state or federal tax compliance;
149          (iii) verification of a code or classification of the:
150          (A) 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the federal Executive Office of
151     the President, Office of Management and Budget; or

152          (B) 2002 North American Industry Classification System of the federal Executive
153     Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget; and
154          (iv) statistics;
155          (i) an employee or contractor of the department or an educational institution, or other
156     governmental entity engaged in workforce investment and development activities under the
157     Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 3101 et seq., for the purpose of:
158          (i) coordinating services with the department;
159          (ii) evaluating the effectiveness of those activities; and
160          (iii) measuring performance;
161          (j) an employee of the Governor's Office of Economic Development, for the purpose of
162     periodically publishing in the Directory of Business and Industry, the name, address, telephone
163     number, number of employees by range, code or classification of an employer, and type of
164     ownership of Utah employers;
165          (k) the public for any purpose following a written waiver by all interested parties of
166     their rights to nondisclosure;
167          (l) an individual whose wage data is submitted to the department by an employer, if no
168     information other than the individual's wage data and the identity of the employer who
169     submitted the information is provided to the individual;
170          (m) an employee of the Insurance Department for the purpose of administering Title
171     31A, Chapter 40, Professional Employer Organization Licensing Act;
172          (n) an employee of the Office of State Debt Collection for the purpose of collecting
173     state accounts receivable as provided in Section 63A-3-502;
174          (o) a creditor, under a court order, to collect on a judgment as provided in Section
175     35A-4-314; [or]
176          (p) an employee of the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of
177     Labor for the purpose of carrying out the programs administered by the Wage and Hour
178     Division as permitted under 20 C.F.R. 603.5(e), if the information is subject to the payment of
179     costs described in 20 C.F.R. 603.8(d) and:
180          (i) is limited to:
181          (A) the name and identifying information of an employer found by the department to
182     have misclassified one or more workers under Subsection 35A-4-204(3);

183          (B) the total number of misclassified workers for that employer; and
184          (C) the aggregate amount of misclassified wages for that employer;
185          (ii) an employer is given the opportunity to cure a misclassification of one or more
186     workers, in a manner established by division rule in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3,
187     Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, before the information is disclosed as described in this
188     Subsection (5)(p); and
189          (iii) an annual report regarding the benefit to the state from disclosure of information
190     under this Subsection (5)(p) is provided to the department for inclusion in the department's
191     annual report described in Section 35A-1-109[.]; or
192          (q) an employee of the Driver License Division for purposes of obtaining data
193     necessary to complete the study described in Subsection 35A-1-104.5(4).
194          (6) Disclosure of private information under Subsection (4)(a)(ii) or Subsection (5),
195     with the exception of Subsections (5)(a), (g), and (o), may be made if:
196          (a) the division determines that the disclosure will not have a negative effect on:
197          (i) the willingness of employers to report wage and employment information; or
198          (ii) the willingness of individuals to file claims for unemployment benefits; and
199          (b) the agency enters into a written agreement with the division in accordance with
200     rules made by the department.
201          (7) (a) The employees of a division of the department other than the Workforce
202     Research and Analysis Division and the Unemployment Insurance Division or an agency
203     receiving private information from the division under this chapter are subject to the same
204     requirements of privacy and confidentiality and to the same penalties for misuse or improper
205     disclosure of the information as employees of the division.
206          (b) Use of private information obtained from the department by a person or for a
207     purpose other than one authorized in Subsection (4) or (5) violates Subsection 76-8-1301(4).
208          Section 6. Section 35A-5-501 is enacted to read:
209     
Part 5. Occupational Pay Data

210          35A-5-501. Creation and maintenance of pay indices.
211          (1) (a) For each occupation in the Bureau of Labor Statistic's Standard Occupational
212     Classification System, the department shall create and maintain an index of the current pay
213     range for individuals employed in the occupation in the state.

214          (b) For each index described in Subsection (1)(a), the department shall include a
215     separate pay range for at least every five years of experience in the occupation.
216          (2) The department shall:
217          (a) update each index described in Subsection (1) no later than July 1 each year; and
218          (b) make each index described in Subsection (1) available to the public on the
219     department's website.
220          (3) The department shall prepare and conduct an advertising campaign to promote the
221     availability and utility of the indices described in Subsection (1).
222          Section 7. Section 63I-2-235 is amended to read:
223          63I-2-235. Repeal dates -- Title 35A.
224          (1) Subsection 35A-1-104.5(4) is repealed December 1, 2018.
225          (2) Subsection 35A-4-312(5)(q) is repealed December 1, 2018.
226          [(1)] (3) Subsection 35A-8-604(6) is repealed October 1, 2020.
227          [(2) Title 35A, Chapter 8, Part 11, Methamphetamine Housing Reconstruction and
228     Rehabilitation Account Act, is repealed July 1, 2015.]
229          [(3) Section 35A-12-402 is repealed December 31, 2015.]






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