Effective 12/31/2017 34A-2-201. Employers to secure workers’ compensation benefits for employees — Methods. An employer shall secure the payment of workers’ compensation benefits for its employees by: (1) insuring, and keeping insured, the payment of this compensation with an insurer authorized under Title 31A, Insurance Code, to transact the business of workers’ compensation insurance in […]
34A-2-201.3. Direct payments prohibited except by self-insured employer. (1) An employer who is not a self-insured employer, as defined in Section 34A-2-201.5, may not pay a benefit provided for under this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, directly: (a) to an employee; or (b) for the employee. (2) (a) Subject to Title 63G, […]
34A-2-201.5. Self-insured employer — Acceptable security — Procedures. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Acceptable security” means one or more of the following: (i) cash; (ii) a surety bond issued: (A) by a person acceptable to the division; and (B) in a form approved by the division; (iii) an irrevocable letter of credit issued: […]
Effective 5/12/2020 34A-2-202. Assessment on self-insured employers including the state, counties, cities, towns, or school districts paying compensation direct. (1) (a) (i) A self-insured employer, including a county, city, town, or school district, shall pay annually, on or before March 31, an assessment in accordance with this section and rules made by the commission under […]
Affected by 63I-1-234 on 12/31/2030 Effective 5/5/2021 34A-2-202.5. Offset for occupational health and safety related donations. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Occupational health and safety center” means the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health created in Title 53B, Chapter 30, Part 2, Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. (b) […]
Effective 12/31/2017 34A-2-203. Payment of premiums for workers’ compensation. (1) The state shall secure the payment of workers’ compensation benefits for its employees: (a) by: (i) insuring, and keeping insured, the payment of this compensation with an insurer authorized under Title 31A, Insurance Code, to transact the business of workers’ compensation insurance in this state; […]
34A-2-204. Compliance with chapter — Notice to employees. (1) Each employer providing insurance, or electing directly to pay compensation to the employer’s injured workers, or the dependents of the employer’s killed employees, in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, shall post in conspicuous places about the employer’s place of business […]
34A-2-205. Notification of workers’ compensation insurance coverage to division — Cancellation requirements — Penalty for violation. (1) (a) An insurance carrier writing workers’ compensation insurance coverage in this state or for this state, regardless of the state in which the policy is written, shall file notification of that coverage with the division or the division’s […]
Effective 5/14/2019 34A-2-206. Furnishing information to division — Employers’ annual report — Rights of division — Examination of employers under oath — Penalties. (1) (a) Every employer shall furnish the division, upon request, all information required by it to carry out the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act. (b) In […]
34A-2-207. Noncompliance — Civil action by employees. (1) (a) Employers who fail to comply with Section 34A-2-201 are not entitled to the benefits of this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, during the period of noncompliance, but shall be liable in a civil action to their employees for damages suffered by reason of […]
34A-2-208. Right to compensation when employer fails to comply. (1) Any employee, or the employee’s dependents if death has ensued, may, in lieu of proceeding against the employee’s employer by civil action in the courts as provided in Section 34A-2-207, file an application with the Division of Adjudication for compensation in accordance with this chapter […]
Effective 5/8/2018 34A-2-209. Employer’s penalty for violation — Notice of noncompliance — Proof required — Admissible evidence — Criminal prosecution. (1) (a) (i) An employer who fails to comply, and every officer of a corporation or association that fails to comply, with Section 34A-2-201 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (ii) Each day’s failure […]
Effective 12/31/2017 34A-2-210. Power to bring suit for noncompliance. (1) (a) The commission or the division on behalf of the commission may maintain a suit in any court of the state to enjoin any employer, within this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, from further operation of the employer’s business, when the employer […]
Effective 5/8/2018 34A-2-211. Notice of noncompliance to employer — Enforcement power of division — Penalty. (1) (a) In addition to the remedies described in Section 34A-2-210, if the division has reason to believe that an employer is conducting business without securing the payment of benefits in accordance with Section 34A-2-201, the division shall deliver written […]
Effective 5/9/2017 34A-2-212. Docketing awards in district court — Enforcing judgment. (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3), an abstract of a final order of the commission providing an award may be filed under this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, in the office of the clerk of the district court of […]
