1. (1) A deposit may be required whenever circumstances would reasonably cause doubt as to an employer's future compliance with the provisions of the Act. Failure to comply includes such things as failing to file reports, pay amounts due, file a wage list or comply with other requests made by the Department. Some of the more common reasons for requiring a deposit are;

   1. (a) the employer's past failure to comply,
   2. (b) the employer is an out-of-state employer and has workers in Utah,
   3. (c) the employer is in an industry where the rate of past failure to comply is high, or
   4. (d) the employer's or principal's past failure to comply in other businesses with which the employer or principal is or has been affiliated.

KEY: unemployment compensation, bonding requirements

Date of Last Change: July 1, 2007

Notice of Continuation: April 22, 2026

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 35A-4-308(1)