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Utah Code §34A-2-201.
With few exceptions, every Utah employer must provide workers compensation coverage for its employees — Utah Code §34A-2-201. If you hold a DOPL contractor licence and you have employees, DOPL needs proof of coverage on file with DOPL named as the certificate holder. We handle that filing as part of binding, because it is the step that gets missed.
§201 Utah Code §34A-2-201.
Utah Code §34A-2-201
An employer shall secure the payment of workers' compensation benefits for the employer's employees.
What Utah requires
With few exceptions, every Utah employer must provide workers compensation coverage for its employees. Utah Code §34A-2-201. If you have W-2 payroll, you are in.
The DOPL certificate holder
If you hold a DOPL contractor licence and you have employees, DOPL needs proof of coverage on file with DOPL named as the certificate holder. We handle that filing as part of binding, because it is the step that gets missed.
If you think you are waived
A sole proprietor with no employees, or a corporation that has filed an owner waiver, is a different fact pattern than a shop with payroll. Confirm a waiver in writing before you skip coverage. A waiver is not a certificate, and a general contractor will not accept a waiver in place of a policy covering employees.
Why we mention the waiver
If you think you are waived — a sole proprietor with no employees, or a corporation that has filed an owner waiver — confirm it in writing before you skip coverage. A waiver is not a certificate, and a general contractor will not accept a waiver in place of a policy covering payroll. If you have W-2 employees, you are not waived. We mention it because this is the conversation that wastes afternoons.