Meat workers - restrooms - definitions - fines

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-101.7, under Minimum Wages of Workers.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-101.7

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Employee" means an employee engaged in the slaughter of livestock or the rendering or packaging of meat.

(b) "Employer" means an employer with five hundred or more employees in the state.

(2) An employer shall not unreasonably deny an employee the use of a restroom during compensable time.

(3) The division may fine an employer one hundred dollars per employee for each violation of subsection (2) of this section. The fine imposed pursuant to this subsection (3) must not exceed two hundred dollars per employee per week.

Source: L. 2026: Entire section added, (SB 26-160), ch. 339, p. 2059, § 3, effective June 3.