Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 67 > Chapter 19a > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Abusive conduct: means the same as that term is defined in Section 67-26-102. 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.
• Division: means the Division of Human Resource Management. See Utah Code 67-19a-101
• Employer: means the state of Utah and all supervisory personnel vested with the authority to implement and administer the policies of an agency. See Utah Code 67-19a-101
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Office: means the Career Service Review Office created under Section 67-19a-201. See Utah Code 67-19a-101
• Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public entity: means the same as that term is defined in Section 67-21-2. See Utah Code 67-19a-101
• 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:

  (a)	dismiss the employee;

  (b)	reduce the employee's compensation;

  (c)	fail to increase the employee's compensation by an amount that the employee is otherwise entitled to or was promised;

  (d)	fail to promote the employee if the employee would have otherwise been promoted; or

  (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