Title 8, Labor and Industry
0 chapters · 874 sections in this title.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-101 Legislative declaration - minimum wage of workers - authority of a local government to enact minimum wage laws - tip offsets - enforcement - report - severability - definition
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(1) The welfare of the state of Colorado demands that workers be protected from conditions of labor that have a pernicious effect on their health and morals, and it is therefore declared, in the exercise of the police and sovereign power of the state of Colorado, that inadequate …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-101.5 Minimum wage for agricultural workers - rest periods - overwork protections - definition
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(1) (a) On and after January 1, 2022, except as provided in subsection (1)(b) of this section, the minimum wage requirements of section 15 of article XVIII of the state constitution, and any minimum wage laws enacted pursuant to this article 6, apply to agricultural employers emp…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-102 Construction
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Whenever this article or any part thereof is interpreted by any court, it shall be liberally construed by such court. Source: L. 17: p. 389, � 22. C.L. � 4282. CSA: C. 97, � 256. CRS 53: � 80-9-20. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-7-20.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-103 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) and (2) Repealed. (3) Director means the director of the division of labor standards and statistics. (4) Division means the division of labor standards and statistics in the department of labor and employment. (5…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-104 Wages shall be adequate - conditions healthful and moral
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It is unlawful to employ workers in any occupation within the state of Colorado for wages which are inadequate to supply the necessary cost of living and to maintain the health of the workers so employed. It is unlawful to employ workers in any occupation within this state under …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-105 Director to investigate
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It is the duty of the director to inquire into the wages paid to employees and into the conditions of labor surrounding said employees in any occupation in this state if the director has reason to believe that said conditions of labor are detrimental to the health or morals of sa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-106 Determination of minimum wage and conditions
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The director shall determine the minimum wages sufficient for living wages for persons of ordinary ability, including minimum wages sufficient for living wages, whether paid according to time rate or piece rate; the minimum wages sufficient for living wages for learners and appre…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-107 Powers of director - duty of employer
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(1) The director, for the purposes of this article, has power to investigate and ascertain the conditions of labor and the wages in the different occupations, whether paid by time rate or piece rate, in the state of Colorado. The director has power, in person or through any autho…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-108 Public hearings - witness fees - contempt - director to make rules
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(1) The director may hold public hearings at such times and places as he deems proper for the purpose of investigating any of the matters he is authorized to investigate by this article at which hearings employers, employees, or other interested persons may appear and give testim…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-108.5 Minimum wage - rules
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(1) Effective July 1, 1977, the minimum wage for minors may be fifteen percent below the minimum wage for other workers; except that the full minimum wage shall be paid to any emancipated minor. An emancipated minor shall mean any individual less than eighteen years of age who: (…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-108.7 Elimination of subminimum wage for individuals with disabilities - legislative declaration - definitions
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Colorado is an employment first state committed to the goal of achieving competitive integrated employment for individuals with disabilities; (b) Ensuring that individuals with disabilities have the opportunity to pursue emplo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-109 Methods of establishing minimum wages - wage board
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(1) If after investigation the director is of the opinion that the conditions of employment surrounding said employees are detrimental to the health or morals or that a substantial number of workers in any occupation are receiving wages, whether by time rate or piece rate, inadeq…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-110 Wage board - duties - report - quorum
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The director may transmit to each wage board all pertinent information in his possession relative to the wages paid or material to the subject of inquiry of the occupation in question. Each wage board shall endeavor to determine, if requested so to do by the director, the standar…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-111 Director to review report
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(1) Upon the receipt of a report from a wage board, the director shall review the same and may approve or disapprove any determination or recommit the subject to the same or a new wage board. If the director approves any of the determinations of the wage board, said director shal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-112 New determination of wages and conditions
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Whenever a minimum wage rate or a new standard of conditions of employment has been established in any occupation, the director, if he deems proper or necessary so to do, upon petition of either employers or employees, may reconvene the wage board or establish a new wage board, a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-113 Employment at less than minimum wage - license. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 17: p. 387, � 13. C.L. � 4274. CSA: C. 97, � 248. CRS 53: � 80-9-12. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-7-12. L. 69: p. 608, � 95. L. 77: Entire section repealed, p. 432, � 13, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-114 Wages and working conditions for minors. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 17: p. 387, � 14. C.L. � 4275. CSA: C. 97, � 247. CRS 53: � 80-9-13. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-7-13. L. 69: p. 608, � 96. L. 77: Entire section repealed, p. 432, � 13, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-115 Discrimination by employer - penalty - prosecutions
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Any employer who discharges or threatens to discharge, or in any other way discriminates against an employee because such employee serves upon a wage board, or is active in its formation, or has testified or is about to testify, or because the employer believes that the employee …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-116 Violation - penalty
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(1) The minimum wages fixed by the director, as provided in this article 6, are the minimum wages paid to the employees, and the payment to such employees of a wage less than the minimum so fixed is unlawful, and every employer or other person who intentionally, individually or a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-117 Minimum wage presumed reasonable - conclusiveness
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In every prosecution for the violation of any provision of this article, the minimum wage established by the director shall be prima facie presumed to be reasonable and lawful and the wage required to be paid. The findings of fact made by the director acting within prescribed pow…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-118 Recovery of balance of minimum wage
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An employee receiving less than the legal minimum wage applicable to such employee is entitled to recover in a civil action the unpaid balance of the full amount of such minimum wage, together with reasonable attorney fees and court costs, notwithstanding any agreement to work fo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-119 Investigation of complaints
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Any person may register with the division a complaint that the wages paid to an employee for whom a rate has been established are less than that rate, and the director shall investigate the matter and take all proceedings necessary to enforce the payment of the minimum wage rate.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-6-120 Overtime wages for agricultural workers - rules
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The director shall promulgate rules providing meaningful overtime and maximum hours protections to agricultural employees to be proposed no later than October 31, 2021, and adopted no later than January 31, 2022. In promulgating such rules, the director shall consider the inequit…