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Show AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ABOLrrION 0"6 DISCRIMINATORY WAGE RATES BASED ON SEX; PROVIJ)INO POR THE ENS'ORCEMElfl' OF THE Aat BY THE mwSTRlAL COMMISSION 0., UTAH; PROVIDING POR COLLEClION 01' UNPAID WAOES goa RECORDS AND REPORTING Sf EMPLO!'ERS AND POB PENALTIES FOR VIOLA'fION Of! THE AC'f. Be it enacted by the Legislature or the State ot Utah: Section 1. (1) "Employee means any lndl Vidual employed by employer including individuals employed by the state or any of its political subdivisions inoluding publio bodies. an (2) tlEmployet directly in includes any person acting directly or in the interest or an employer in relation to an employee. (3) "Wage rate" means all compensat1on tor employment, in cluding payment in kind and amounts paid by employers for em ployee benefits, as defined by the Commissioner in regulat10ns issued under this act. (4) "Employ" (5) "Occupation" (6) "Commission" branch thereot, includes to sutter or any includes any employment means or or permit to work. industry! trade, business class ot employment. the Industrial or Conunission of Utah. (7) "Person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships .. corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bank ruptcy, or voluntary associations. Section 2. (1) No employer shall discriminate between em poyees in the same establishment on the basiS ot sex, by paying wages to an employee in any occupation of this state at a rate less than the rate at which he pas any employee ot the OPPOSite sex tor comparable work on jobs which have comparable requirements relating to Skill, effort and responsibility. Ditferentials which are paId pursuant to established seniority systems or merit in crease systems, which do not discriminate on the baSis ot sex, are not Within this prohibitIon. (2) An employer who 1s paying a wage differential in viola tion or this act shall not, in order to comply with it, reduce the wage rates ot any employee. (3) No person shall cause or attempt to aause an employer to discriminate against any employee in violation of this act. (4) No employer may discharge or d1scr1nate against any of action taken employee by any by such employee to invoke or assist in any manner the entoroement of this act. reason Seotion 3. shall be its duty (1) The commission shall have power and it provisions ot this act. to carry out the 1 |
