Title 8, Labor and Industry

(1) (a) (I) An employer that provides automatic enrollment in an employee retirement plan is not liable for the investment decisions made by the employer on behalf of any participating employee with respect to the default investment of contributions made for that employee to the …

Nothing contained in this article shall in any way limit or prohibit the payment of wages or compensation at earlier dates, or at more frequent intervals, or in greater amounts, or in full when or before due. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1856, § 1,…

Every employer shall post and keep posted conspicuously at the place of work if practicable, or otherwise where it can be seen as employees come or go to their places of work, or at the office or nearest agency for payment kept by the employer a notice specifying the regular payd…

(1) In the event of a strike, every employee who is discharged shall be paid at the place of discharge, and every employee who quits or resigns shall be paid at the office or agency of the employer in the county or city and county where such employee has been performing the labor…

(1) (a) When an interruption in the employer-employee relationship by volition of the employer occurs, the wages or compensation for labor or service earned, vested, determinable, and unpaid at the time of such discharge is due and payable immediately. If at such time the employe…

(1) (a) The court may award the employer reasonable costs and attorney fees incurred in a civil action brought under this article 4 if, within fourteen days after a written demand letter is sent to or a civil action is served on the employer for unpaid wages or compensation: (I) …

(1) (a) (I) It is the duty of the director to: (A) Inquire diligently for any violation of this article 4; (B) Institute the actions for penalties or fines provided for in this article 4 in such cases as the director deems proper; and (C) Enforce generally the provisions of this …

(1) Pursuant to policies established by the director by rule, any interested party who is dissatisfied with the division's decision on a wage complaint filed pursuant to section 8-4-111 (2) may file a request for a hearing within thirty-five days after the division's decision is …

All courts shall take judicial notice of the seal of the director. Obedience to subpoenas issued by the director or his or her duly authorized representative shall be enforced by the courts in any county or city and county, as provided in section 24-4-105 (5), C.R.S., if said sub…

(1) (a) (I) (A) Except as provided in subsection (1)(a)(I)(B) of this section, if a case against an employer is enforced pursuant to section 8-4-111, any employer who without good faith legal justification fails to pay the wages of each of the employer's employees shall forfeit t…

(1) Any employer who violates the provisions of section 8-4-103 (6) commits: (a) A petty offense if the amount is less than three hundred dollars; (b) A class 2 misdemeanor if the amount is three hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand dollars; (c) A class 1 misdemeano…

No person shall engage in activities as a field labor contractor unless the person first obtains a certificate of registration from the division and unless such certificate is in full force and effect and in such person's immediate possession. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amen…

(1) The director, after appropriate investigation, shall issue a certificate of registration to any person who: (a) Has executed and filed with the director a written application subscribed and sworn to by the applicant containing such information concerning his or her conduct an…

(1) Every field labor contractor shall: (a) Carry a certificate of registration at all times while engaging in activities as a field labor contractor and exhibit the same to all persons with whom he or she intends to deal in the capacity of a field labor contractor; (b) Ascertain…

The director or the director's designated representative may investigate and gather data pertinent to matters that may aid in carrying out the provisions of this article. In any case where a complaint has been filed with the director or the director's designated representative re…

(1) Any field labor contractor who commits a violation of any provision of this article or implementing regulation shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than two hundred fifty dollars for each violation. The penalty shall be assessed by the director pursuant to a publis…

(1) An employer, or any other person that is regularly engaged in business or commercial activity that has contracted with an employer or worker, directly or indirectly, for labor from which such person is the beneficiary, shall not intimidate, threaten, restrain, coerce, blackli…

(1) Between August 1, 2027, and October 1, 2027, the division shall, using existing resources, report to the joint budget committee: (a) The extent to which the division has fully implemented the enforcement of wage hour laws as enacted in House Bill 25-1001, enacted in 2025; (b)…

Any agreement, written or oral, by any employee purporting to waive or to modify such employee's rights in violation of this article shall be void. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1862, § 1, effective August 6.

All actions brought pursuant to this article shall be commenced within two years after the cause of action accrues and not after that time; except that all actions brought for a willful violation of this article shall be commenced within three years after the cause of action accr…

(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that many businesses, such as nursing homes or building management companies, either desire or are required by law to have staff on premises at all times. As part of the compensation for such employees, many employer…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Retail food establishment" means a retail food establishment, as defined in section 25-4-1602 (14), that pays an annual license fee as required by section 25-4-1607. "Retail food establishment" does not incl…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Department" means the department of labor and employment. (b) "Health-care facility" means a facility licensed by the department of public health and environment pursuant to section 25-1.5-103 (1)(a). (c) "H…

(1) Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Consumer" means an individual who uses a digital platform to order delivery services from a delivery network company. (b) "Deactivate" or "deactivation" means conduct that a delivery network com…

(1) Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Available platform time" means the period when a driver is active on a transportation network company's digital platform while awaiting a transportation services request to come through the digi…

As used in this article 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Repealed. (1.3) "Career development" means a change to an employee's terms of compensation, benefits, full-time or part-time status, duties, or access to further advancement in order to update the employee's jo…

(1) An employer shall not discriminate between employees on the basis of sex, or on the basis of sex in combination with another protected status as described in section 24-34-402 (1)(a), by paying an employee of one sex a wage rate less than the rate paid to an employee of a dif…

(1) (a) The director shall: (I) Create and administer a process to accept complaints and provide legal resources concerning alleged violations of section 8-5-102, and shall promulgate rules as necessary for this purpose; (II) On or before July 1, 2024, create and administer a pro…

(1) (a) An employer who violates section 8-5-102 (1) is liable for economic damages in an amount equal to the difference between the amount that the employer paid to the complaining employee and the amount that the employee would have received had there been no violation plus liq…

(1) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to announce, post, or otherwise make known each job opportunity to all employees on the same calendar day and prior to the date on which the employer makes a selection decision; except that, if an employer is only physically located o…

An employer shall keep records of job descriptions and wage rate history for each employee for the duration of the employment plus two years after the end of employment in order to determine if there is a pattern of wage discrepancy. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-085…

(1) The director has the power to administer, carry out, and enforce all of the provisions of this part 2 and may promulgate rules for that purpose. The director shall provide written copies of rules promulgated pursuant to this section to all employees and employers upon written…

(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 …

(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…

(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 sha…

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.

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…

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 …

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…

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…

(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…

(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…

(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: (…

(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…

(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…

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…