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Utah Administrative Code (Current through November 1, 2019) |
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R994. Workforce Services, Unemployment Insurance |
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R994-310. Coverage |
| R994-310-101. Coverage Definitions |
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(1) "Subject date" is the first day of the calendar quarter in which the employer is required to comply with the Act. (2) "Effective date" is the first day an employer pays wages or acquires an employing unit. (3) "Inactive date" is the last day an employer pays wages. |
| R994-310-102. Initiating Coverage |
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(1) An agricultural employer is subject to unemployment contributions the first day of the quarter that wages are paid in the year in which the employer; (a) pays $20,000 or more in cash wages in a quarter, or (b) employs ten or more workers for some portion of a day in each of 20 different calendar weeks. (2) A domestic employer is subject to unemployment contributions the first day of the quarter that wages are paid in the year in which the employer pays $1000 or more in cash wages in any quarter. (3) A nonprofit organization defined in 26 U.S.C.3306(c)(8) is subject to unemployment contributions the first day of the quarter that wages are paid in the year in which the employer employs four or more workers for some portion of a day in each of 20 different calendar weeks. (a) A nonprofit organization that has an Internal Revenue Service 501(c)(3) classification as the result of an affiliation with a national organization that is subject in another state, is a subject employer on the day they pay any wages in this state. |
| R994-310-103. Inactivating Coverage |
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(1) An agricultural employer's account may be inactivated the last day of a calendar year in which the employer; (a) pays less than $20,000 in wages in each quarter of that year, and (b) employs less than ten workers for some portion of a day in each of 20 different calendar weeks. (2) A domestic employer's account may be inactivated the last day of a calendar year in which the employer pays less than $1000 in wages in each quarter of that year. (3) The account of a nonprofit organization defined in the 26 U.S.C.3306(c)(8) may be inactivated the last day of a calendar year in which the employer employs less than four workers for some portion of a day in each of 20 different calendar weeks. (4) Coverage will automatically be inactivated if the employing unit has paid no wages in the preceding calendar year. (5) If within four fiscal years after coverage is inactivated, an employer becomes subject to the Act again, the employer's account may be reopened. |
| R994-310-104. Elections to Become Covered |
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An employing unit's election to become covered under the Act for either the entire employing unit or for services which do not constitute employment as defined in the Act, may be approved by the Executive Director or designee. |