Section 707 – Complaints.
Effective 7/1/2021 63A-17-707. Complaints. (1) A complaint against an administrative law judge shall be filed with the division. (2) Upon receipt of a complaint, the division shall conduct an investigation. (3) If the division’s investigation determines that the complaint is frivolous or without merit, it may dismiss it without further action. A complaint that merely […]
Section 708 – Administrative Law Judge Conduct Committee.
Effective 7/1/2021 63A-17-708. Administrative Law Judge Conduct Committee. (1) There is created the Administrative Law Judge Conduct Committee to investigate, review, and hear complaints filed against administrative law judges. (2) The committee shall be composed of: (a) the director, or the director’s designee, as chair; and (b) four executive directors, or their designees, of agencies […]
Section 709 – Procedure for review of complaint by conduct committee.
Effective 7/1/2021 63A-17-709. Procedure for review of complaint by conduct committee. (1) Upon a determination that a complaint requires further action, the director shall select four executive directors or their designees and convene the committee. The executive director of the agency that employs or contracts with the administrative law judge who is the subject of […]
Section 603 – Discriminatory/prohibited employment practices grievances — Procedures.
Effective 7/1/2021 63A-17-603. Discriminatory/prohibited employment practices grievances — Procedures. (1) An applicant for a position in state government, a probationary employee, career service employee, or an exempt employee who alleges a discriminatory or prohibited employment practice as defined in Section 34A-5-106 may submit a written grievance to the department head where the alleged unlawful act […]
Section 702 – Administrative law judges — Applicability — Destruction of evidence.
Effective 7/1/2021 63A-17-702. Administrative law judges — Applicability — Destruction of evidence. (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (1)(b) and (2), the provisions of this part apply to an administrative law judge who conducts formal adjudicative proceedings. (b) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the provisions of this part do not apply to an […]
Section 703 – Rulemaking authority.
Effective 7/1/2021 63A-17-703. Rulemaking authority. The division shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act: (1) establishing minimum performance standards for all administrative law judges; (2) providing procedures for filing, addressing, and reviewing complaints against administrative law judges; (3) providing standards for complaints against administrative law judges; (4) promulgating […]
Section 704 – Hiring of administrative law judges.
Effective 7/1/2021 63A-17-704. Hiring of administrative law judges. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (6), each administrative law judge hired on or after May 10, 2016, shall be hired in accordance with this section. (2) If an applicant for an administrative law judge position is selected for an interview in accordance with applicable law and […]
Section 602 – Position classification grievances — Scope — Procedure.
Effective 7/1/2021 63A-17-602. Position classification grievances — Scope — Procedure. (1) (a) For the purpose of position classification grievances, the process that culminates in assigning a career service position to an appropriate class specification is a matter of position classification and may be grieved. (b) The process that culminates in assigning a salary range to […]
Section 510 – Annual leave — Definitions — Previously accrued hours — Recognition of liability.
Effective 7/1/2021 63A-17-510. Annual leave — Definitions — Previously accrued hours — Recognition of liability. (1) As used in this section: (a) (i) “Annual leave II” means leave hours an employing agency provides to an employee, beginning on the change date established in Subsection (2), as time off from work for personal use without affecting […]
Section 511 – Parental leave — Postpartum recovery leave.
Effective 7/1/2022 63A-17-511. Parental leave — Postpartum recovery leave. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Parental leave” means leave hours a state employer provides to a parental leave eligible employee. (b) “Parental leave eligible employee” means an employee who: (i) is in a position that receives retirement benefits under Title 49, Utah State Retirement […]