Rule Designates Informal Adjudication Process for Complaints About Claim Interference

The Utah Labor Commission has proposed a rule that would designate proceedings initiated against employers who interfere with an employee’s workers’ compensation claim as informal adjudicatory actions. The proposed amendment to Rule 612-100-4 would put hearings concerning proposed penalties against employers for allegedly unlawfully interfering with an employee’s claim as an informal proceeding. Proceedings against employers accused of failing to provide workers’ compensation coverage, failing to report injuries or improperly notifying the Industrial Accidents Com...