(1) An employer is immune from civil liability for:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-7-1108

  • Employer: means a person who employs an individual in this state. See Utah Code 78B-7-1101
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • Protective order: means :
         (4)(a) a workplace violence protective order; or
         (4)(b) an ex parte workplace violence protective order. See Utah Code 78B-7-1101
  • Workplace violence: means knowingly causing or threatening to cause bodily injury to, or significant damage to the property of, a person, if:
         (5)(a) the person is:
              (5)(a)(i) an employer; or
              (5)(a)(ii) an employee performing the employee's duties as an employee; and
         (5)(b)
              (5)(b)(i) the action would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or harassed; or
              (5)(b)(ii) the threat:
                   (5)(b)(ii)(A) would cause a reasonable person to fear that the threat will be carried out; and
                   (5)(b)(ii)(B) if carried out, would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or harassed. See Utah Code 78B-7-1101
  • Workplace violence protective order: means an order issued under this part after a hearing on the petition, of which the petitioner and respondent have been given notice. See Utah Code 78B-7-1101
     (1)(a) seeking a workplace violence protective order, if the employer acts in good faith in seeking the order; or
     (1)(b) failing to seek a workplace violence protective order.
(2) An employer’s action or statement made under this part:

     (2)(a) is not an admission of any fact; and
     (2)(b) may be used for purposes of impeachment.