Utah Antidiscrimination Act — protected classes and employer coverage
The Utah Antidiscrimination Act (Utah Code Ann. § 34A-5-101 et seq.) prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), age (40 or older), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity. An employer may not refuse to hire, promote, discharge, demote, terminate, retaliate against, harass, or discriminate in compensation or other terms and conditions of employment because of any protected class. The Act applies to employers with 15 or more employees within Utah for each working day in each of 20 calendar weeks or more in the current or preceding calendar year. The Utah Antidiscrimination and Labor Division (UALD) of the Utah Labor Commission administers and enforces the Act.
Source: Utah Code § 34A-5-106(1)(a)(i); Utah Code § 34A-5-102(1)(i); Utah Labor Commission
Charge-filing deadline with UALD
An aggrieved person (or their attorney or agent) must file a request for agency action (charge) with the Utah Antidiscrimination and Labor Division within 180 days after the alleged discriminatory or prohibited employment practice occurs. The charge must be verified under oath or affirmation. The division may transfer a charge to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under a work-share agreement between the two agencies.
Source: Utah Code § 34A-5-107(1)(c)