A. The following
shall apply for minors in the age range of 12 through 15 who work for income by
engaging in sales of cookies, candies, magazines, merchandise coupons, and
other similar products by door-to-door methods at locations including
residential housing areas, shopping centers, and malls:
1. An employer-employee relationship is
determined to exist if minors are paid by time, piece, carton, quantity, task,
bonus, or any other basis of calculation;
a.
employees shall be paid at least the Utah minimum wage in effect at the time
the work is performed and shall include all time from the time of pickup to the
time the minor is returned to the minor's home, except for that time utilized
as a meal period as specified in
R610-2-3.A.;
b. minors engaged in door-to-door sales of
goods, products, or services are not independent contractors or outside sales
personnel for purposes of payment of minimum wage;
2. Minors cannot be transported further than
30 miles from where they reside;
3.
Minors so engaged must work in pairs, as a team, on the same or opposite side
of the street while selling in residential housing areas;
4. Minors so engaged must be supervised by an
adult supervisor for each crew of ten or fewer minors;
5. Minors must be within the sight or sound
of the adult supervisor at least once every hour while selling in residential
housing areas;
6. Minors must be
returned to their respective homes daily after each day's work by 9:30
p.m.;
7. Minors must be allowed an
opportunity to use rest room facilities at least once every three
hours;
8. Minors must be allowed to
partake of food and drink if they work more than three consecutive hours. This
benefit cannot be utilized by the employer to coerce minors into making a set
number of sales;
9. The driver of
the vehicle that transports minor workers must be licensed by the state to
transport minors;
10. Businesses
must be licensed in accordance with the respective city or county ordinances in
which they are employed;
11. Five
days prior to conducting business in Utah, every employer employing minors who
operates a door-to-door sales business must obtain a license from the Division.
A written application for a license shall be filed with the Division and shall
include:
a. the company or business name,
address, and telephone number;
b.
the name, address, and telephone number of the owner, each partner from
applicant partnerships, each member of applicant limited liability companies,
or the principals, officers, and directors of applicant corporations;
c. the business or occupation engaged in by
the owner, partners, members, principals, officers, and directors for at least
two years immediately preceding the filing of the application;
d. the name and address of any supplier of
any item to be sold by minors for the door-to-door sales operation;
e. the identity of any out of state
affiliation, and the name, address, and telephone number of local contact
person;
f. certified results of a
criminal history background check by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification
for the owner, each partner from applicant partnerships, each member of
applicant limited liability companies, the principals, officers, and directors
of applicant corporations, and of all supervisors and van drivers who have
contact with the minor employees; the criminal history background check must be
current for the year the license is sought;
g. a recent photograph of the owner, each
partner from applicant partnerships, each member of applicant limited liability
companies, or the principals, officers, and directors of applicant
corporations; and
h. two separate
letters of recommendation attesting to the reliability and responsibility of
each owner, partner, member, principal, officer, director, supervisor, and van
driver. These letters must be written and signed by persons who are residents
of the state of Utah and who have known the owner, partner, member, principal,
officer, director, supervisor, or van driver at least one year.
12. For each supervisor or van
driver hired subsequent to submission of application for license the business
operator shall submit to the Division the certified results of a criminal
history background check as delineated in Subsection R610-2-4.A.11.f. and
letters of recommendation as delineated in Subsection R610-2-4.A.11.h. prior to
contact with any minor employee by the supervisor or van driver.
13. Before a license shall be issued pursuant
to this rule, the applicant shall deposit with the Commission a bond in the
penal sum of $10,000 with two or more sureties. The bond shall be made payable
to the Labor Commission and shall be conditioned that the applicant,
supervisor, and van driver will comply with the provisions of Title 34,
Chapters 23, 28, and 40, and with the provisions of R610-1, R610-2, and R610-3,
and shall pay all penalties or damages occasioned by any violation of these
provisions in carrying on the business for which the license is
issued.
14. The Division may deny
or revoke a license when:
a. an applicant,
supervisor, or van driver has been adjudged guilty of a violation of any
criminal act, other than a minor traffic violation, in any state; or
b. an applicant has been determined by any
state or federal agency to be in violation of any labor law within the past
five years; or
c. any information
provided as a part of the application process is false or misleading;
or
d. any applicant fails to
complete the licensing process and fails to provide the information requested;
or
e. any business operator fails
to submit to the Division the name and address of any van driver or supervisor
hired along with the results of a criminal history background check as
delineated in Subsection R610-2-4.A.11.f. or letters of recommendation as
delineated in Subsection R610-2-4.A.11.h. at the time of hiring the van driver
or supervisor; or
f. any business
operator fails to comply with the provisions of Utah labor law or Labor Rules
610-1, 610-2, or 610-3.
15. Each license issued pursuant to this rule
shall expire on December 31 of the year issued.
16. Annually, a completed application for
renewal of license form must be completed and submitted to the Division along
with all requested documents prior to December 31.
17. A door-to-door sales business shall not
publish, print, or otherwise represent that the Commission has approved of any
product or service offered by the door-to-door sales business.
B. Any school sponsored group,
scout group, or fund raising group selling for the benefit of its organization
must provide group members with an identification card, signed by an official
of the organization with the organization's official telephone number affixed
for verification purposes. Subsections R610-2-4.A.3. through R610-2-4.A.10.
shall apply to these groups and the minor participants.
C. Nothing contained in Subsections
R610-2-4.A. and R610-2-4.B. shall apply to nonprofit groups where the
individual selling for the group is a true volunteer and there is no intention,
understanding, expectation, agreement, or representation that the individual
selling for the nonprofit group will receive any individual compensation or
reimbursement for the sale.
D.
Nothing in Subsections R610-2-4.A. and R610-2-4.B. shall prohibit or abridge
the right of a minor to deliver, sell, or solicit subscriptions for newspapers
or other regularly printed material door-to-door when the minor is a news
carrier of the newspaper or other regularly printed material and delivers them
to an established readership for consideration.