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Terms Used In Utah Code 67-21-8

  • Employee: means a person who performs a service for wages or other remuneration under a contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied. See Utah Code 67-21-2
  • Employer: includes an agent of an employer. See Utah Code 67-21-2
  • Public body: means any of the following:
         (11)(a) a state officer, employee, agency, department, division, bureau, board, commission, council, authority, educational institution, or any other body in the executive branch of state government;
         (11)(b) an agency, board, commission, council, institution member, or employee of the legislative branch of state government;
         (11)(c) a county, city, town, regional governing body, council, school district, special district, special service district, or municipal corporation, board, department, commission, council, agency, or any member or employee of them;
         (11)(d) any other body that is created by state or local authority, or that is primarily funded by or through state or local authority, or any member or employee of that body;
         (11)(e) a law enforcement agency or any member or employee of a law enforcement agency; and
         (11)(f) the judiciary and any member or employee of the judiciary. See Utah Code 67-21-2

     This chapter shall not be construed to require an employer to compensate an employee for participation in an investigation, hearing, or inquiry held by a public body in accordance with Section 67-21-3.