(1)  Any employer who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

Attorney's Note

Under the Utah Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class B misdemeanorup to 6 monthsup to $1,000
For details, see Utah Code § 76-3-204
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Terms Used In Utah Code 34-28-12

  • Employer: means the same as that term is defined in 29 U. See Utah Code 34-28-2
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Wages: means the amounts due the employee for labor or services, whether the amount is fixed or ascertained on a time, task, piece, commission basis or other method of calculating such amount. See Utah Code 34-28-2
(2)  Any employer who shall refuse to pay the wages due and payable when demanded as in this chapter provided, or who shall falsely deny the amount thereof, or that the same is due, with intent to secure for the employer or any other person any discount upon such indebtedness or with intent to annoy, harass, oppress, hinder, delay or defraud the person to whom such indebtedness is due, or who hires additional employees without advising each of them of every wage claim due and unpaid and of every judgment that the employer has failed to satisfy, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

Amended by Chapter 148, 2018 General Session