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Show ABOLl'!'ION OF DISCRIMINATORY WAGE RATES 1 9 6 5 STATE OP UTAH H. B. No. 164 REGULAR SESSION By Mrs. Conover,' Mrs. ver1dge, Poulson$ Cochran and Jensen Messrs. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ABOLITION 0' DISCRIMINATORY WAGE RATES BASED ON SEX; PROVIDING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE AC'J: BY THE DfDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF UTAH; UNPAID WAGES I lPOR BECOlmS PROVIDING POR COLLECTION OF ANI.lftEPORTING BY EMPLOYERS AND POR PENALTIES FOR VIOLA'lION OP THE ACT. E! .u. enacted l!l: .l?h!. Legislature !?! lh!. State of .Yl.!h: Section 1. (1) "employee'means any individual employed by employer, including indiv1duals employed bY' the state or any ot its politIcal subdivisions including public bodies. an (2) "Emplo7er" includes any person acting directly or employer in relation to an employee" in the interest or an indirectly (3) "Wage rate" means all compensation tor employment, (4) "Employ" (5) "Occupation" (6) "CommisSion" in .. tor eluding payment in kind and amounts paid by emi'loyers employee benefits, as defined by the Commissioner in regulations issued under this act. lranch thereot or includes to sutter any' or permit to work. includes any industry. trade" business or or class ot employment. employment means the Industrial Commission ot Utah. (7) "Person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships, cor porations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, or voluntar.y aSSOCiations. Section 2. ( 1) N<) employer shall discr1m1nate between elJl3)loyees 1n the same estab11shment on the bas1s ot sex. bY' paying wages to an employee in any occupation ot this state at a rate les8 than the rate at Which he pays any employee ot the OPPOSite sex tor comparable work on jobs which have comparable requirements relating to Skill, effort and respol'l8ib11ity. Differentials which are paid pursuant to estab liShed seniority 878tems or merit 1crea8e 'systems. whiCh do not diSCriminate on the basis ot sex, are not Within this prohibition. ( 2) An employer who 18 paying a wage differential' in Violation ot this act shall not. in order to comply With it, reduce the wage rates ot any employee. |
