Discrimination at Work
Utah Code 34A-5-107 — 180 days to file with the Antidiscrimination and Labor Division
An employer may not refuse to hire, promote, discharge, demote or terminate someone otherwise qualified, or retaliate against, harass or discriminate against them in pay or other terms of employment, because of race, color, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions, age if 40 or older, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Who handles this in Utah: Disability Law Center and Utah Labor Commission, Employment Discrimination; and legal aid programs and the state offices, listed in the Utah directory.
- The act's employers include a person employing 15 or more employees in the state for each working day in each of 20 calendar weeks or more in the current or preceding year.
- Discrimination in pay means paying different wages to employees with substantially equal experience, responsibilities and skill for the job.
A person claiming to be aggrieved files a request for agency action with the division within 180 days after the practice occurs. The division may transfer it to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under a work share agreement.
Sources for this section (3)
- Utah Code 34A-5-106 — Discriminatory or prohibited employment practices -- Permitted practices
- Utah Code 34A-5-107 — Procedure for aggrieved person to file claim -- Investigations -- Adjudicative proceedings -- Settlement -- Reconsideration -- Determination
- Utah Code 34A-5-102 — Definitions -- Unincorporated entities -- Joint employers -- Franchisors
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Utah attorney.