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8 General Description:
9 This bill enacts provisions related to unpaid family and medical leave.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ defines terms;
13 ▸ provides that a state-eligible employer is subject to certain provisions of the Family
14 and Medical Leave Act; and
15 ▸ addresses enforcement of the provisions of this bill.
16 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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18 Other Special Clauses:
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20 Utah Code Sections Affected:
21 ENACTS:
22 34-56-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
23 34-56-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
24 34-56-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
25 34-56-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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27 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
28 Section 1. Section 34-56-101 is enacted to read:
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31 34-56-101. Title.
32 This chapter is known as "Family and Medical Unpaid Leave Provisions."
33 Section 2. Section 34-56-102 is enacted to read:
34 34-56-102. Definitions.
35 As used in this chapter:
36 (1) "Eligible employee" means the same as that term is defined in 29 U.S.C. Sec. 2611.
37 (2) "FMLA" means the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 2601, et seq.
38 (3) "Unpaid leave" means the type of leave to which an eligible employee is entitled
39 under the FMLA.
40 (4) (a) "State-eligible employer" means a public or private person who employs at least
41 30 and fewer than 50 employees in the state for each working day during each of 20 or more
42 calendar work weeks in the current or preceding calendar year.
43 (b) "State-eligible employer" includes:
44 (i) a person who acts, directly or indirectly, in the interest of a person described in
45 Subsection (4)(a) to an employee of the person described in Subsection (4)(a); and
46 (ii) any successor in interest of a person described in Subsection (4)(a).
47 Section 3. Section 34-56-201 is enacted to read:
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49 34-56-201. State-eligible employers.
50 (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the provisions of the FMLA apply to each
51 state-eligible employer as if the state-eligible employer were an employer as defined in 29
52 U.S.C. Sec. 2611.
53 (2) Each eligible employee of a state-eligible employer is entitled to three workweeks
54 of unpaid leave during any 12-month period.
55 Section 4. Section 34-56-301 is enacted to read:
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57 34-56-301. Right to damages or equitable relief.
58 An eligible employee may recover damages or equitable relief in any state court of
59 competent jurisdiction against a state-eligible employer for a violation of this chapter.