Getting Paid

An employer pays wages at regular intervals no longer than semimonthly, on paydays designated in advance, and pays for each pay period within 10 days after it closes. A payday on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday moves to the day before.

• A salaried employee may be paid monthly, on or before the seventh of the following month.
• Wages are paid in full in money, by a check convertible to cash on demand at full face value, or by electronic transfer to the employee's chosen institution.
• When a deduction is made, the employee gets a statement each payday showing the total of each deduction.
• No part of wages may be withheld or diverted except as a court order or law requires, as the employee expressly authorizes in writing, or as the section otherwise allows.

• §Utah Code 34-28-3StatuteRegular paydays -- Currency or negotiable checks required -- Deposit in financial institution -- Statement of total deductions -- Unlawful withholding or diversion of wagesOpens le.utah.gov ↗

The minimum wage is set by the Labor Commission by rule, may not exceed the federal minimum wage, and is reviewed at least every three years and whenever the federal one changes.

• §Utah Code 34-40-103StatuteMinimum wage -- Commission to review and modify minimum wageOpens le.utah.gov ↗