(1) A private employer who employs 150 or more employees on or after May 4, 2022, may not hire a new employee on or after May 4, 2022, unless the private employer:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 13-47-201

  • Employee: means an individual:
         (2)(a) who is hired to perform services in Utah; and
         (2)(b) to whom a private employer provides a federal form required for federal taxation purposes to report income paid to the individual for the services performed. See Utah Code 13-47-102
  • private employer: means a person who for federal taxation purposes is required to provide a federal form:
              (3)(a)(i) to an individual who performs services for the person in Utah; and
              (3)(a)(ii) to report income paid to the individual who performs the services. See Utah Code 13-47-102
  • Status verification system: includes :
              (4)(b)(i) the electronic verification of the work authorization program of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Utah Code 13-47-102
     (1)(a) is registered with a status verification system to verify the federal legal working status of any new employee; and
     (1)(b) uses the status verification system to verify the federal legal working status of the new employee in accordance with the requirements of the status verification system.
(2) This section does not apply to a private employer of a foreign national if the foreign national holds a visa issued in response to a petition by the private employer that is classified as H-2A or H-2B.