This month, Oxfam released its report on the “Best and Worst States to Work in America” - and it didn’t make Utah look good. In particular, Utah was ranked 44th.
Health care workers attend to patients in the intensive care unit at University Hospital in Salt Lake City in March.This month, the highly regarded, anti-famine nonprofit Oxfam released its report on the “
In particular, 20 states have laws preventing employers from disciplining their workers for discussing their pay. Utah has no such law. And 21 states, to break the cycle of wage discrimination, have laws preventing employers from requesting or requiring salary history from prospective workers. Utah, again, doesn’t have any such protection.Some states have laws that give paid family leave or paid sick leave to their workers — some paid by the state; some paid for by the business.
In addition, some states have laws about employee exposure to wildfire smoke. Oregon’s law, for instance, says employers must give their outdoor crews respirators when air quality metrics reach certain levels. Utah, despite all of the heat and smoke, doesn’t have these laws.Oxfam's rankings in the Worker Protections dimension.
Some states require collective bargaining between teachers and districts if a majority of teachers vote for union representation. Other states say collective bargaining for teachers is expressly illegal. Utah takes a middle road in which collective bargaining is permissible, but districts aren’t legally obligated to engage in bargaining.Project labor agreements say that contracts for public construction projects go exclusively to unionized firms.
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