Utah Admin. Code 610-2-4

Current through Bulletin 2024-23, December 1, 2024

Section R610-2-4 - Employment of Minors Engaged in Door-to-Door Sales, License

A. The following shall apply for minors in the age range of 12 through 15 who work for income by engaging in sales of cookies, candies, magazines, merchandise coupons, and other similar products by door-to-door methods at locations including residential housing areas, shopping centers, and malls:

1. An employer-employee relationship is determined to exist if minors are paid by time, piece, carton, quantity, task, bonus, or any other basis of calculation;

a. employees shall be paid at least the Utah minimum wage in effect at the time the work is performed and shall include all time from the time of pickup to the time the minor is returned to the minor's home, except for that time utilized as a meal period as specified in R610-2-3.A.;

b. minors engaged in door-to-door sales of goods, products, or services are not independent contractors or outside sales personnel for purposes of payment of minimum wage;

2. Minors cannot be transported further than 30 miles from where they reside;

3. Minors so engaged must work in pairs, as a team, on the same or opposite side of the street while selling in residential housing areas;

4. Minors so engaged must be supervised by an adult supervisor for each crew of ten or fewer minors;

5. Minors must be within the sight or sound of the adult supervisor at least once every hour while selling in residential housing areas;

6. Minors must be returned to their respective homes daily after each day's work by 9:30 p.m.;

7. Minors must be allowed an opportunity to use rest room facilities at least once every three hours;

8. Minors must be allowed to partake of food and drink if they work more than three consecutive hours. This benefit cannot be utilized by the employer to coerce minors into making a set number of sales;

9. The driver of the vehicle that transports minor workers must be licensed by the state to transport minors;

10. Businesses must be licensed in accordance with the respective city or county ordinances in which they are employed;

11. Five days prior to conducting business in Utah, every employer employing minors who operates a door-to-door sales business must obtain a license from the Division. A written application for a license shall be filed with the Division and shall include:

a. the company or business name, address, and telephone number;

b. the name, address, and telephone number of the owner, each partner from applicant partnerships, each member of applicant limited liability companies, or the principals, officers, and directors of applicant corporations;

c. the business or occupation engaged in by the owner, partners, members, principals, officers, and directors for at least two years immediately preceding the filing of the application;

d. the name and address of any supplier of any item to be sold by minors for the door-to-door sales operation;

e. the identity of any out of state affiliation, and the name, address, and telephone number of local contact person;

f. certified results of a criminal history background check by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification for the owner, each partner from applicant partnerships, each member of applicant limited liability companies, the principals, officers, and directors of applicant corporations, and of all supervisors and van drivers who have contact with the minor employees; the criminal history background check must be current for the year the license is sought;

g. a recent photograph of the owner, each partner from applicant partnerships, each member of applicant limited liability companies, or the principals, officers, and directors of applicant corporations; and

h. two separate letters of recommendation attesting to the reliability and responsibility of each owner, partner, member, principal, officer, director, supervisor, and van driver. These letters must be written and signed by persons who are residents of the state of Utah and who have known the owner, partner, member, principal, officer, director, supervisor, or van driver at least one year.

12. For each supervisor or van driver hired subsequent to submission of application for license the business operator shall submit to the Division the certified results of a criminal history background check as delineated in Subsection R610-2-4.A.11.f. and letters of recommendation as delineated in Subsection R610-2-4.A.11.h. prior to contact with any minor employee by the supervisor or van driver.

13. Before a license shall be issued pursuant to this rule, the applicant shall deposit with the Commission a bond in the penal sum of $10,000 with two or more sureties. The bond shall be made payable to the Labor Commission and shall be conditioned that the applicant, supervisor, and van driver will comply with the provisions of Title 34, Chapters 23, 28, and 40, and with the provisions of R610-1, R610-2, and R610-3, and shall pay all penalties or damages occasioned by any violation of these provisions in carrying on the business for which the license is issued.

14. The Division may deny or revoke a license when:

a. an applicant, supervisor, or van driver has been adjudged guilty of a violation of any criminal act, other than a minor traffic violation, in any state; or

b. an applicant has been determined by any state or federal agency to be in violation of any labor law within the past five years; or

c. any information provided as a part of the application process is false or misleading; or

d. any applicant fails to complete the licensing process and fails to provide the information requested; or

e. any business operator fails to submit to the Division the name and address of any van driver or supervisor hired along with the results of a criminal history background check as delineated in Subsection R610-2-4.A.11.f. or letters of recommendation as delineated in Subsection R610-2-4.A.11.h. at the time of hiring the van driver or supervisor; or

f. any business operator fails to comply with the provisions of Utah labor law or Labor Rules 610-1, 610-2, or 610-3.

15. Each license issued pursuant to this rule shall expire on December 31 of the year issued.

16. Annually, a completed application for renewal of license form must be completed and submitted to the Division along with all requested documents prior to December 31.

17. A door-to-door sales business shall not publish, print, or otherwise represent that the Commission has approved of any product or service offered by the door-to-door sales business.

B. Any school sponsored group, scout group, or fund raising group selling for the benefit of its organization must provide group members with an identification card, signed by an official of the organization with the organization's official telephone number affixed for verification purposes. Subsections R610-2-4.A.3. through R610-2-4.A.10. shall apply to these groups and the minor participants.

C. Nothing contained in Subsections R610-2-4.A. and R610-2-4.B. shall apply to nonprofit groups where the individual selling for the group is a true volunteer and there is no intention, understanding, expectation, agreement, or representation that the individual selling for the nonprofit group will receive any individual compensation or reimbursement for the sale.

D. Nothing in Subsections R610-2-4.A. and R610-2-4.B. shall prohibit or abridge the right of a minor to deliver, sell, or solicit subscriptions for newspapers or other regularly printed material door-to-door when the minor is a news carrier of the newspaper or other regularly printed material and delivers them to an established readership for consideration.

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