Current through Bulletin 2024-23, December 1, 2024
Section R156-38a-204b - Claims Against the Fund by Laborers - Supporting Documents(1) The following supporting documents shall, at a minimum, accompany each laborer claim for recovery from the fund: (a) one of the following: (i) a copy of a wage claim assignment filed with the Employment Standards Bureau of the Antidiscrimination and Labor Division of the Labor Commission of Utah for the amount of the claim, together with all supporting documents submitted in conjunction therewith; or(ii) a copy of an action filed by claimant against claimant's employer to recover wages owed;(b) one of the following: (i) a copy of a final administrative order for payment issued by the Employment Standards Bureau of the Antidiscrimination and Labor Division of the Labor Commission of Utah containing a finding that the claimant is an employee and that the claimant has not been paid wages due for work performed at the site of construction on an owner- occupied residence;(ii) a copy of a civil judgment entered in favor of claimant against the employer containing a finding that the employer failed to pay the claimant wages due for work performed at the site of construction on an owner- occupied residence; or(iii) a copy of a bankruptcy filing by the employer which prevented the entry of an order or a judgment against the employer;(c) one of the following: (i) a copy of the certificate of compliance issued by the Division establishing that the owner is in compliance with Subsection 38-11-204(4)(a) and (b) for the residence at issue in the claim;(ii) an affidavit from the homeowner establishing that he is an owner as defined in Subsection 38-11- 102(17) and that the residence is an owner-occupied residence as defined by Subsection 38-11-102(18);(iii) a copy of a civil judgment containing a finding that the homeowner is an owner as defined by Subsection 38-11-102(17) and that the residence is an owner-occupied residence as defined by Subsection 38-11-102(18); or(iv) other credible evidence establishing that the owner is an owner as defined by Subsection 38-11- 102(17) and that the residence is an owner-occupied residence as defined by Subsection 38-11-102(18).(2) When a laborer makes claim on multiple residences as a result of a single incident of nonpayment by the same employer, the Division must require payment of at least one application fee required under Section 38-11- 204(1)(b) and at least one registration fee required under Subsection 38-11-204(7), but may waive additional application and registration fees for claims for the additional residences, where no legitimate purpose would be served by requiring separate filings.Utah Admin. Code R156-38a-204b