Who needs an unemployment insurance account, new hire reporting and workers’ compensation in Utah?
Issued by Utah Department of Workforce Services; Utah Labor Commission, Industrial Accidents Division, at step 6 of 6 in the opening sequence: before the first hire.
Every kind of business in Utah
The Utah table lists this for every kind of business.
Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account. Workers’ compensation insurance is required for every employer with any employee, from the first hire, with no headcount threshold, and the Labor Commission fines employers found uninsured. Report each new hire within 20 days of the first day of work.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 6 of 6: Before the first hire
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Utah Department of Workforce Services; Utah Labor Commission, Industrial Accidents Division.
Sources and dates
Department of Workforce Services employer tax rate page (2026 taxable wage base and rate limits); new hire handbook and form 6; Utah Code 34A-2-201. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Yes. Register with Workforce Services when the first wages are paid; the rate notice comes with the account.
Utah Department of Workforce Services; Utah Labor Commission, Industrial Accidents Division.
Step 6 of 6, before the first hire. The steps before it: set up the business, register for tax, approve the space, get the permits for your kind of business and alcohol permits.
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