March 2023: Utah Enacts Law Restricting Use of Vaccination or Immunity Status in Employment Decisions
Update Applicable to:All employers in the state of Utah. What happened?On March 15, 2023, Governor Cox signed House Bill 131 (HB 131) into law, which prohibits employers, government entities, and places of public accommodation from using an individual’s immunity status as a restriction. What are the details? Effective May 3, 2023, prohibits employers subject to […]
March 2023: Utah Enacts Law Allowing Employers to Obtain Workplace Violence Protective Orders
Update Applicable to:All employers in the state of Utah. What happened?On March 14, 2023, Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox signed House Bill 324 (HB 324) into law amending Utah’s protective order statute to allow employers to petition for and obtain workplace violence protective orders against an individual who has engaged in or threatened potential workplace violence. […]
April 2022: Utah Amends Vaccination and Testing Requirements to Include Exemptions for Previous COVID-19 Infection
Update Applicable to:All employers with vaccination mandates in the state of Utah. What happened?On March 22, 2022, Utah Governor Cox signed House Bill 63 (HB 63) into law, amending legislation passed in the Utah Legislature’s second special session of 2021 related to vaccine mandates in the workplace. What are the details?Effective on May 3, 2022, […]
April 2022: Utah Consumer Privacy Act Signed Into Law
Update Applicable to:All businesses in possession of consumer information in the state of Utah. What happened?On March 24, 2022, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed Senate Bill 0227, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA), into law which will go into effect on December 31, 2023. What are the details? In comparison to other state laws, the […]
