No, the intent of this project is not to change any employee's actual work tasks or responsibilities. Rather, the intent is to make sure the data stored in the human resources information system (HRIS) more accurately reflects the work performed by employees today.

Public job descriptions are viewable at jobdesc.utah.gov  and can be verified anytime after the effective date of the changes (June 21, 2025). Just enter the job title in the search field and use the "Job Category" drop-down menu to filter by Courts jobs.

A small number of employees were already notified individually if error corrections on things like overtime indicators needed to occur. Aside from that, the data cleanup has no immediate impact on any employee's paycheck. However, we are confident that better data will lead to better pay for employees in the future!

The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS) are among several important entities that rely heavily on accurate job data to report local and national salary trends in the job market. Additionally, our local public sector competitors regularly review and update their job and salary range data as they prepare budget requests. Clear and accurate data crafted in accordance with human resource industry standards, and verifiable under publicly accessible data sources such as the BLS and DWS, help the Utah judiciary achieve the best possible starting point to craft much needed legislative funding requests. Moving forward, the Utah judiciary will need to stay ahead of accurate market and job classification data needs to increase the likelihood of compelling and successful employee compensation funding requests with the Legislature.