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Home » US Law » 2022 Utah Code » Title 34 - Labor in General » Chapter 29 - Employment Agencies

Section 1 – License required — Agencies for teachers excepted.

Effective 5/8/2018 34-29-1. License required — Agencies for teachers excepted. It is unlawful for any person to open and establish in any city or town, or elsewhere within the limits of this state, any intelligence or employment office for the purpose of procuring or obtaining for money or other valuable consideration, either directly or indirectly, […]

Section 10 – Schedule of fees — Fee limitations.

34-29-10. Schedule of fees — Fee limitations. (1) (a) A private employment agency shall maintain a schedule of fees to be charged and collected in the conduct of its business. (b) A private employment agency shall post the schedule described in Subsection (1)(a) in a conspicuous place in the private employment agency. (c) A private […]

Section 11 – Register of employers to be kept.

34-29-11. Register of employers to be kept. Each employment agent licensed under this chapter shall enter upon a register, to be kept for that purpose and to be known as an “employers’ register,” every order received from any corporation, company or individual desiring the service of any persons seeking work or employment, the name and […]

Section 12 – Register of applicants to be kept — Open for inspection.

34-29-12. Register of applicants to be kept — Open for inspection. Each employment agent shall keep a register, to be known as “labor applicants’ register,” which shall show the name of each person seeking work or employment to whom information or assistance is furnished and the amount of the commission received in each such case […]

Section 13 – Statements to be furnished applicants.

34-29-13. Statements to be furnished applicants. Every person securing information or intelligence from an employment agent relative to hiring or engagement to work for others as provided in Section 34-29-1 shall be furnished a written copy, in duplicate, of the terms of such hiring or engagement, by the employment agent, showing the amount of commissions […]

Section 14 – Dividing of fees prohibited.

34-29-14. Dividing of fees prohibited. Any employment agent sending out help to contractors or other employers of help and dividing the fees allowed under this chapter with subcontractors and employers of help, or their foremen or anyone in their employ, shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section 34-29-15. Enacted by Chapter 85, 1969 […]

Section 16 – Action on bond — Brought in name of injured party.

34-29-16. Action on bond — Brought in name of injured party. Any action brought in any court against any employment or intelligence agent upon the bond deposited with the city, town or county treasurer by this employment or intelligence agent as provided in Section 34-29-4 may be brought in the name of the party injured. […]

Section 17 – Religious or charitable associations excepted from chapter.

34-29-17. Religious or charitable associations excepted from chapter. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed so as to require any religious or charitable association which may assist in procuring situations or employment for persons seeking the same to obtain a license therefor. Enacted by Chapter 85, 1969 General Session

Section 18 – Copies of laws to be posted.

34-29-18. Copies of laws to be posted. The keeper of an employment or intelligence office shall cause two copies of Sections 34-29-7 to 34-29-10, inclusive, and of Sections 34-29-13 to 34-29-15, inclusive, printed in type of sufficient size to be easily read, to be conspicuously posted in each room used or occupied for the purpose […]

Section 19 – Deceptive or duplicate orders for employees — Liability to applicants.

34-29-19. Deceptive or duplicate orders for employees — Liability to applicants. Any person who places with an employment agent an order for more employees than he actually desires, or who places with employment agents duplicate orders for employees, or who permits a standing order for employees to remain uncanceled at a time when he does […]

Section 2 – License — Duty of cities, towns and counties to issue and regulate.

34-29-2. License — Duty of cities, towns and counties to issue and regulate. Every city, town and county shall by ordinance provide for the issuing of licenses as contemplated by this chapter and shall establish such rules and regulations as are not herein provided for the carrying on of the business or occupation for which […]

Section 20 – False orders for employees — Misdemeanor.

Effective 5/8/2018 34-29-20. False orders for employees — Misdemeanor. Any person who gives to an employment agent any false or unauthorized order for employees, or who causes to be published in any newspaper or otherwise any false or unauthorized notice or statement that employees are wanted by any person, is guilty of a class B […]

Section 3 – License — Application.

34-29-3. License — Application. Any person applying for a license under the provisions of this chapter shall make application to the board of city commissioners, city council or board of town trustees, or the county executive for the same and shall deposit with the city, town or county treasurer in advance the annual fee for […]

Section 4 – License — Bond — Transfer.

34-29-4. License — Bond — Transfer. Any person licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall pay an annual license fee in such amount as may be determined by the board of city commissioners, city council, board of town trustees, or the county legislative body, and before such license shall be issued shall deposit with […]

Section 5 – License — Posting.

34-29-5. License — Posting. Upon the granting of a license by the board of city commissioners, city council, board of town trustees, or the county executive under this chapter, the city, town, or county treasurer shall within one week after payment of the license fee issue to the applicant entitled to the same a certificate […]

Section 6 – Referring employment to unlawful places — Penalty.

Effective 5/8/2018 34-29-6. Referring employment to unlawful places — Penalty. Any employment agent who knowingly refers employment to any place of bad repute, house of ill fame, assignation house, or to any house or place of amusement kept for immoral purposes, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. In addition to any other penalty, the […]

Section 7 – Referrals on bona fide orders only.

34-29-7. Referrals on bona fide orders only. Any employment agent who sends out any help without having previously obtained a bona fide order therefor shall, for each and every offense, be subject to the penalties provided in Section 34-29-15. Enacted by Chapter 85, 1969 General Session

Section 8 – Taking commission in advance unlawful — Penalty.

34-29-8. Taking commission in advance unlawful — Penalty. (1) It is unlawful for any employment agent to receive, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable consideration from any person seeking employment for any information or assistance furnished or to be furnished by the agent to such person, enabling or tending to enable that person […]

Section 9 – Commission to be returned if employment not secured.

34-29-9. Commission to be returned if employment not secured. It shall be unlawful for an employment agent to retain, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable consideration received for any information or assistance described in Section 34-29-1, if the person for whom such information or assistance is furnished fails through no neglect or fault […]