Title 8, Labor and Industry
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-5-103 Enforcement - rules - complaints
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-5-104 Employer liability - awards
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-5-105 Records open to inspection - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 55: p. 504, � 5. CRS 53: � 80-23-5. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-3-5. L. 69: p. 594, � 71. L. 2019: (2) added by revision, (SB 19-085), ch. 247, pp. 2415, 2417, �� 7, 9. Editor's note: Subsection (2) provided for the repeal of this section, effective January 1, 2021. (See L. 2019…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-5-106 Colorado pay equity commission - creation - duties - cash fund - report - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 8-5-106Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services l…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-5-201 Employment opportunities - job opportunities or advancement - pay rates in job listings - rules
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-5-202 Record keeping
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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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-5-203 Enforcement - rules
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(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…
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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-9-101 Assignment of wages - requirements
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This article is subject to the provisions of articles 2 and 3 of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code. No assignment of wages by any employee to any person for the benefit of such employee shall be valid or enforceable. No employer or debtor shall recognize or honor any assignment of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-9-102 Copies to be given employer and assignor
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No assignment of wages shall be valid or enforceable unless a copy of the assignment is given or mailed by registered mail to the employer within five days after its execution and a copy of the assignment given to the wage earner making the assignment. Source: L. 49: p. 232, � 4.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-9-103 When assignment must be recorded
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No assignment of wages not already earned at the time of the assignment and no assignment of any other sum to become due to the assignor shall be valid as against any creditor of the assignor who has not had actual notice of the assignment at the time the same is made unless the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-9-104 Joinder of wife or husband in assignment - acknowledgment
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No assignment of wages, except for child support, not already earned at the time of the assignment or any sum to become due the assignor after the date of such assignment shall be valid unless, if the assignor is married and residing with his spouse, such spouse joins in and sign…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-9-105 Burden of proof of validity on assignee
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If any assignment of wages or other sums to be earned or to become due after the date of such assignment is contested by any creditor of the assignor, the burden of proof that the assignment was recorded as provided in section 8-9-103 or that the creditor had actual notice of the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-9-106 Deductions for union dues
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Nothing in this article shall prevent or prohibit the use of the check-off between employers or employees in the custom or practice of the deduction of union dues by an employer for his employees where such an arrangement has been entered into between the parties. Source: L. 49: …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-9-107 Other authorized deductions
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(1) Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to affect deductions authorized by an employee to be made by an employer for hospital, medical, stock purchases, savings, insurance, charities, credit unions, banks, savings and loans, or any other financial institution or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-10-101 Wages a preferred claim
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When the business of any person, corporation, company, or firm is suspended by the action of creditors or put into the hands of a receiver or trustee, the debts owing to laborers, servants, or employees, which have occurred by reason of their labor or employment shall be consider…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-10-102 Statement of claim presented
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Any laborer, servant, or employee desiring to enforce his claim for wages under this article shall present a statement under oath showing the amount due, the kind of work for which the wages are due, and when performed to the officer, person, or court charged with the property wi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-10-103 Payment - prorating - prior mortgage not impaired
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No claim under this article shall be paid until after the expiration of the time in which to present such claim. If the funds realized from the sale of the property seized are insufficient to pay the total claims presented, such funds shall be prorated on such claims. The provisi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-11-100 1 to 8-11-125. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 8-11-100.1Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Service…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-12-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado Youth Employment Opportunity Act of 1971. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 889, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-6-13.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-12-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) It is the policy of this state to foster the economic, social, and educational development of young people through employment. Work is an integral factor in providing a sense of purpose, direction, and self-esteem necessary to the overall physical and mental health of an indi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-12-103 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Repealed. (2) Director means the director of the division of labor standards and statistics. (3) Division means the division of labor standards and statistics in the department of labor and employment. (4) Employ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-12-104 Exemptions
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(1) The provisions of this article, except section 8-12-110, shall not apply to the following: (a) School work and supervised educational activities; (b) Home chores; (c) Work done for a parent or guardian, except where the parent or guardian receives any payment therefor; (d) Ne…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-12-105 Minimum age requirements - maximum hours of work
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(1) No minor under the age of fourteen shall be permitted employment in this state except as authorized by sections 8-12-104, 8-12-106, and 8-12-107. (2) On school days, during school hours, no minor under the age of sixteen shall be permitted employment except as provided in sec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-12-106 Permissible occupations at age nine or older
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(1) Subject to the limitations of sections 8-12-105 and 8-12-110, any minor at age nine or older shall be permitted employment in any of the following nonhazardous occupations: (a) Delivery of handbills, advertising, and advertising samples; (b) Shoeshining; (c) Gardening and car…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-12-107 Permissible occupations at age twelve or older
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(1) Subject to the limitations of sections 8-12-105 and 8-12-110, any minor at age twelve or older shall be permitted employment in any of the following nonhazardous occupations: (a) Sale and delivery of periodicals and door-to-door selling of merchandise and the delivery thereof…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-12-108 Permissible occupations at age fourteen or older
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(1) In addition to the occupations permitted by sections 8-12-106 and 8-12-107, and subject to the limitations of sections 8-12-105 and 8-12-110, any minor fourteen years of age or older shall be permitted employment in any of the following occupations: (a) Nonhazardous occupatio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-12-109 Permissible occupations at age sixteen or older
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In addition to the occupations permitted by sections 8-12-106 to 8-12-108 and subject to the limitations of sections 8-12-105 and 8-12-110, any minor sixteen years of age or older shall be permitted employment in any occupation which involves the use of a motor vehicle if the min…