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EMPLOYEE STATUS AMENDMENTS

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2021 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

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House Sponsor: James A. Dunnigan

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends Title 34, Labor in General regarding the employment status of certain
10     workers.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     defines terms; and
14          ▸     establishes that a remote-service contractor is not an employee of a marketplace
15     company if certain conditions are met.
16     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17          None
18     Other Special Clauses:
19          None
20     Utah Code Sections Affected:
21     ENACTS:
22          34-53a-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
23          34-53a-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
24          34-53a-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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26     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27          Section 1. Section 34-53a-101 is enacted to read:
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CHAPTER 53a. REMOTE SERVICE MARKETPLACE PLATFORMS ACT

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Part 1. General Provisions


30          34-53a-101. Title.
31          This chapter is known as "Remote Service Marketplace Platforms Act."
32          Section 2. Section 34-53a-102 is enacted to read:
33          34-53a-102. Definitions.
34          As used in this chapter:
35          (1) "Digital application" means an Internet-connected software application that a
36     person uses to obtain or provide a remote service.
37          (2) "Marketplace company" means a person that:
38          (a) offers a digital application to the public; and
39          (b) accepts requests for remote services exclusively through the person's digital
40     application.
41          (3) (a) "Remote service" means a service that a person performs remotely through a
42     digital application.
43          (b) "Remote service" includes tutoring, closed captioning, open captioning, subtitling,
44     transcribing, translating, interpreting, and conducting a language assessment remotely through
45     a digital application.
46          (4) "Remote-service contractor" means a person who uses a marketplace company's
47     digital application to provide a remote service to another person.
48          Section 3. Section 34-53a-201 is enacted to read:
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Part 2. Employment Status

50          34-53a-201. Conditions under which a remote-service contractor is not an
51     employee of a marketplace company.
52          (1) A remote-service contractor is not an employee of a marketplace company, if under
53     the agreement between the remote-service contractor and the marketplace company and in fact:
54          (a) all or substantially all of the work the remote-service contractor performs under the
55     agreement:
56          (i) is on a per-job or per-transaction basis; and
57          (ii) the remote-service contractor receives payment for on an hourly, per-job, or

58     per-transaction basis;
59          (b) the marketplace company does not:
60          (i) prescribe specific hours during which the remote-service contractor must be
61     available to accept a request for remote service;
62          (ii) prescribe a specific location where the remote-service contractor must be available
63     to perform a remote service; or
64          (iii) restrict the remote-service contractor from engaging in another occupation or
65     business; and
66          (c) except for the use of the marketplace company's digital application, the
67     remote-service contractor is responsible for providing the necessary tools, materials, and
68     equipment to perform a remote service a person requests through the marketplace company's
69     digital application.
70          (2) A marketplace company's act of screening or training a remote-service contractor
71     does not affect the remote-service contractor's employment status under this chapter.