{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-67-21-3.5","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 67-21-3.5","heading":"Administrative review of retaliatory action against a public entity employee.","body":"(1) A public entity employee who believes that the employee's employer has taken retaliatory action against the employee in violation of this chapter may file a grievance with the Career Service Review Office in accordance with Section 67-19a-402.5 and subject to Section 67-21-4.\n(2) If the Career Service Review Office determines that retaliatory action is taken in violation of this chapter against the public entity employee, the Career Service Review Office may order:\n(a) reinstatement of the public entity employee at the same level held by the public entity employee before the retaliatory action;\n(b) the payment of back wages, in accordance with Subsection 67-19a-406(5)(b);\n(c) full reinstatement of benefits;\n(d) full reinstatement of other employment rights; or\n(e) if the retaliatory action includes failure to promote, as described in Subsection 67-19a-101(11)(d), a pay raise that results in the employee receiving the pay that the employee would have received if the employee had been promoted.\n(3) A public entity employer has the burden to prove by substantial evidence that the public entity employer's action was justified.\n(4) A public entity employee or public entity employer may appeal a determination of the Career Service Review Office as provided in Section 67-19a-402.5.","path":["Title 67 State Officers and Employees","Chapter 67-21 Utah Protection of Public Employees Act"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title67/Chapter21/67-21-S3.5.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"268de3b79e7dad39a318c34b7e37b99e5d70f9309380f245bdcaa4aedf720748","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-67-21-3","next":"us-ut/utah-code-67-21-3.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}