Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 67 > Chapter 19a > Part 3 - Grievance Procedures

• Abusive conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Section 67-26-102. See Utah Code 67-19a-101
• Administrator: means the person appointed under Section 67-19a-201 to head the Career Service Review Office. See Utah Code 67-19a-101
• Career service employee: means a person employed in career service as defined in Section 63A-17-102. See Utah Code 67-19a-101
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Division: means the Division of Human Resource Management. See Utah Code 67-19a-101
• Grievance: means :
       (7)(a) a complaint by a career service employee concerning any matter touching upon the relationship between the employee and the employer;
       (7)(b) any dispute between a career service employee and the employer;
       (7)(c) a complaint by a reporting employee that a public entity has engaged in retaliatory action against the reporting employee ; and
       (7)(d) a complaint that the employer subjected the employee to conditions that a reasonable person would consider intolerable, including abusive conduct. See Utah Code 67-19a-101
• Office: means the Career Service Review Office created under Section 67-19a-201. See Utah Code 67-19a-101
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Reporting employee: means an employee of a public entity who alleges that the public entity engaged in retaliatory action against the employee. See Utah Code 67-19a-101
• Retaliatory action: means to do any of the following to an employee in violation of Section 67-21-3:
       (11)(a) dismiss the employee;
       (11)(b) reduce the employee's compensation;
       (11)(c) fail to increase the employee's compensation by an amount that the employee is otherwise entitled to or was promised;
       (11)(d) fail to promote the employee if the employee would have otherwise been promoted; or
       (11)(e) threaten to take an action described in Subsections (11)(a) through (d). See Utah Code 67-19a-101
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Supervisor: means the person:
       (12)(a) to whom an employee reports; or
       (12)(b) who assigns and oversees an employee's work. See Utah Code 67-19a-101