Utah employers, were you aware that Utah statutes restrict non-competition agreements and clauses in significant ways? Many Utah employers understandably would like to prevent their executive-level employees from going to work for their competitors after the executives have left their company. However, Utah law prevents employers from including clauses in their employment agreements that restrict […]
Next to discipline, employee evaluations are probably the most despised part of many supervisors’ managerial duties. However, evaluations are critical tools that should not be ignored. There is no question that employers, managers, and supervisors often do not fairly or accurately complete employee evaluations. As a result, in many employment-related lawsuits involving discrimination claims, an employer might […]
Can a Utah employer deduct accidental overpayments to an employee from a later paycheck to the employee? If you are a private employer, you might be surprised by the answer. Employers cannot lawfully deduct or offset wages from an employee, in almost any instance, without first getting the employee’s signed authorization to do so. That […]
In Utah, even the smallest local government entity has a duty to create a merit-based employment system, i.e., a civil service system, and conduct an annual review of the system. If you are an elected official, have you assured that such a system has been established or that an annual review has been conducted? Why […]
On Thursday, October 28, 2021, D. Scott Crook will be presenting with other distinguished faculty members at the upcoming National Business Institute (NB() Seminar, Mini Law School for Utah HR Professional, A Comprehensive Primer on Labor and Employment Law. Scott’s presentation will focus on Controlling Unemployment Compensation Costs. To register for the course, please click […]
D. Scott Crook, managing attorney of Crook & Taylor Law PLLC and The Utah Employment Lawyer blog creator, will be presenting at the upcoming National Business Institute (NBI) seminar, Utah Employment Law, scheduled for June 1 and 2, 2020, to be held at the historic Peery Hotel, located at 110 West Broadway in Salt Lake […]
Crook & Taylor Law PLLC is pleased to announce that attorney D. Scott Crook has been recognized in the 2020 Edition of the Best Lawyers in America for his work in Labor and Employment Litigation. This marks the eighth year that he has been recognized by his peers for inclusion in the publication. Lawyers are […]
D. Scott Crook, the creator of The Utah Employment Lawyer and the Managing Attorney of Crook & Taylor Law PLLC, was nominated by his peers for inclusion in the 2019 Edition of Best Lawyers in America for Labor and Employment Litigation. Mr. Crook, who has also been named as a Mountain States Super Lawyer and as Utah Legal Elite by Utah Business Magazine, has […]
In a press release issued today, the EEOC announced that the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, a university located in the Tenth Circuit, has agreed to pay $2.66 million to settle an Equal Pay Act claim brought by female law professors. The lawsuit alleged that as of October 2013 female full law professors […]
