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CENTRALIZED NEW HIRE REGISTRY ACT AMENDMENTS

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2012 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Jeremy A. Peterson

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Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      Committee Note:
             9          The Workforce Services and Community and Economic Development Interim
             10      Committee recommended this bill.
             11      General Description:
             12          This bill modifies an employer's reporting requirements under the Centralized New Hire
             13      Registry Act.
             14      Highlighted Provisions:
             15          This bill:
             16          .    defines terms;
             17          .    requires employers in the state to report the date of hire or rehire of each new
             18      employee to the Department of Workforce Services in compliance with recent
             19      additional reporting requirements of the Social Security Act; and
             20          .    makes technical changes.
             21      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             22          None
             23      Other Special Clauses:
             24          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2012.
             25      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             26      AMENDS:
             27          35A-7-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2000, Chapter 161


             28          35A-7-104, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1997, Chapter 232
             29     
             30      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             31          Section 1. Section 35A-7-102 is amended to read:
             32           35A-7-102. Definitions.
             33          As used in this chapter:
             34          (1) "Business day" means a day on which state offices are open for regular business.
             35          (2) "Compensation" means payment owed by an employer for labor or services
             36      [rendered] performed by an employee.
             37          (3) "Date of hire" means the [earlier of:] date labor or services for compensation are
             38      first performed by the employee.
             39          [(a) the first day for which the employee is owed compensation by the employer; or]
             40          [(b) the first day that an employee reports to work or performs labor or services for the
             41      employer.]
             42          (4) "Date of rehire" means the [earlier of:] date labor or services for compensation are
             43      first performed by an employee who was previously employed by the employer but has been
             44      separated from that employment for at least 60 consecutive days.
             45          [(a) the first day for which the employee is owed compensation by the employer
             46      following an unpaid absence of a minimum of six consecutive weeks; or]
             47          [(b) the first day that an employee reports to work or performs labor or services for the
             48      employer following an unpaid absence of a minimum of six consecutive weeks.]
             49          (5) (a) "Employee" means an individual who is an employee within the meaning of
             50      Chapter 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [and].
             51          (b) "Employee" does not include an employee of a federal or state agency performing
             52      intelligence or counterintelligence functions[,] if the head of that agency determines that
             53      reporting the employee could endanger the safety of the employee or compromise an ongoing
             54      investigation or intelligence mission.
             55          (6) (a) "Employer" means any person or entity [who or which] that is an employer as
             56      defined in Section 3401(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [and].
             57          (b) "Employer" includes any governmental entity and any labor organization.
             58          (7) (a) "Labor organization" means any entity as defined in Section 2(5) of the National


             59      Labor Relations Act[, and].
             60          (b) "Labor organization" includes any entity or hiring hall [which] that is used by
             61      agreement between the organization and an employer to carry out requirements described in
             62      Section 8(f)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act.
             63          (8) "Registry" means the centralized new hire registry created in Section 35A-7-103 .
             64          Section 2. Section 35A-7-104 is amended to read:
             65           35A-7-104. Reporting requirements.
             66          (1) An employer [who] that hires or rehires an employee [on or after October 1, 1997,]
             67      shall send to the department:
             68          (a) the employee's name, address, [and] Social Security number, and date of hire or
             69      date of rehire; and
             70          (b) the employer's name, address, and federal tax identification number.
             71          (2) An employer shall send the information required by this section to the department:
             72          (a) not later than 20 days after the date [the employer hires or rehires the employee] of
             73      hire or date of rehire; or
             74          (b) if approved by the department, on a semimonthly basis of not less than 12 days nor
             75      more than 16 days apart.
             76          (3) The department shall determine by rule the form and manner for sending the
             77      information required under this section, which may include magnetic, electronic, and voice
             78      activated transmission.
             79          (4) The reporting requirement of this section does not apply to an employer [who] if
             80      the employer:
             81          (a) has employees in two or more states [and];
             82          (b) sends the information required by this section to a state other than Utah [if in
             83      compliance with the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 453A.]; and
             84          (c) complies with the multi-state employer reporting requirement of Section 453A of
             85      the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 653a.
             86          Section 3. Effective date.
             87          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2012.





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