{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-17-75-402","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 17-75-402","heading":"Merit principles.","body":"It is the policy of this state that each county may establish a personnel system administered in a manner that will provide for the effective implementation of the following merit principles:\n(1) recruiting, selecting, and advancing county employees on the basis of relative ability, knowledge, and skills, including open consideration of qualified applicants for employment for initial appointment;\n(2) providing equitable and adequate compensation to county employees;\n(3) training county employees as needed to assure high-quality performance;\n(4) retaining county employees on the basis of the adequacy of the county employee's performance;\n(5) separating from county employees whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected;\n(6) treating applicants for employment and county employees fairly in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to:\n(a) race;\n(b) color;\n(c) religion;\n(d) sex;\n(e) national origin;\n(f) political affiliation;\n(g) age; or\n(h) disability;\n(7) having proper regard for each county employee's privacy and constitutional rights as citizens;\n(8) providing county employees information regarding a county employee's political rights and prohibited practices under the Hatch Act; and\n(9) providing a formal procedure for processing a county employee's appeals and grievances without:\n(a) discrimination;\n(b) coercion;\n(c) restraint; or\n(d) retaliation.","path":["Title 17 Counties","Chapter 17-75 General County Personnel Management","Part 17-75-4 Personnel Management - General"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17/Chapter75/17-75-S402.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"4d8e25a006390b921ff6237119b4ee9598975d90fdb7827516ee186c9204b629","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-17-75-401","next":"us-ut/utah-code-17-75-403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}