Title 8, Labor and Industry
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-72-109 State-federal cooperation
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(1) (a) In the administration of articles 70 to 82 of this title, the division shall cooperate with the United States department of labor to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of articles 70 to 82 of this title, and shall take such action through the adoption of ap…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-72-110 Reciprocal interstate agreements - rules
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(1) The division is authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states, or of the federal government, or both, whereby potential rights to benefits under articles 70 to 82 of this title may constitute the basis for payme…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-72-111 Release of location information concerning individuals with outstanding felony arrest warrants
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(1) Notwithstanding any provision of state law to the contrary and to the extent allowable under federal law, at the request of the Colorado bureau of investigation, the division shall provide the bureau with information concerning the location of any person whose name appears in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-72-112 Division - reporting - veterans programs
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The division, by September 30, 2002, and on or before September 30 each year thereafter, shall provide sufficient information to enable the Colorado board of veterans affairs to complete the report required by section 28-5-703 (3), C.R.S. Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-72-113 Annual report - federal stimulus moneys to expand unemployment benefits - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 8-72-113Statutes 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 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-72-114 Employee misclassification - investigations - enforcement - advisory opinions - rules - employee misclassification advisory opinion fund - statewide study - report - definitions - legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Misclassification of employees as independent contractors in violation of the ”Colorado Employment Security Act” and, in particular, the provisions of article 70 of this title defining the employment relationship, may p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-101 Payment of benefits
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(1) All benefits provided in this article shall be payable from the fund. All benefits shall be paid through employment offices or such other agencies as the director of the division, by general rule, may designate. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-102 Weekly benefit amount for total unemployment - definitions
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(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 8-73-104 or subsection (2) of this section, each eligible individual who is totally unemployed in any week shall be paid, with respect to such week, benefits at the rate of sixty percent of one-twenty-sixth of the wages paid for ins…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-103 Benefits for partial unemployment
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(1) Each eligible individual who is partially unemployed shall be paid a partial benefit. Partial benefits shall be in an amount equal to the eligible individual's weekly benefit amount for total unemployment, minus that part of wages payable to the individual with respect to the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-104 Duration of benefits
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(1) The division shall compute wage credits for each individual by crediting him with the wages for insured work paid during each quarter of such individual's base period or twenty-six times the current maximum benefit amount, whichever is the lesser. Any otherwise eligible indiv…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-105 Part-time workers
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(1) As used in this section, part-time worker means an individual whose normal work is in an occupation in which his services are not required for the customary scheduled full-time hours prevailing in the establishment in which he is employed or who, owing to personal circumstanc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-105.3 Temporary employees
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(1) As used in this section, temporary employee means an individual who is employed by an employer on an irregular schedule and who has agreed to work for the employer on an as-needed or on-call basis. (2) At the time of hire as a temporary employee, an employer must give the emp…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-105.5 Employment by temporary help contracting firm
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(1) (a) For the purposes of this section, temporary help contracting firm means any person who is in the business of employing individuals and, for compensation from a third party, providing those individuals to perform work for the third party, under the supervision of the third…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-106 Seasonal industry
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(1) (a) Repealed. (b) During the nonseasonal period or periods, the seasonal employer may employ not more than twenty-five percent of the total number of workers in each functionally distinct occupation that were employed in the previous seasonal period or periods without losing …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-107 Eligibility conditions - penalty
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(1) Any unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the division finds that: (a) (I) He or she has registered for work at and thereafter has continued to report at an employment office in accordance with such regulations as the dir…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-108 Benefit awards - definitions
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(1) (a) In the granting of benefit awards, it is the intent of the general assembly that the division at all times be guided by the principle that unemployment insurance is for the benefit of persons unemployed through no fault of their own; and that each eligible individual who …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-109 Strikes or other labor disputes - definitions
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(1) (a) For purposes of this section: (I) Coordinated bargaining means two or more employers bargaining with a union where there is communication and accommodation among the employers but where each is free to make independent decisions on some or all of the issues being negotiat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-110 Other remuneration - severance pay - definitions
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(1) (a) The benefits for an individual who is separated from employment and receives a severance allowance must be postponed for a number of calendar weeks after separation from employment that is equal to the total amount of the severance allowance, divided by the individual's u…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-111 Compensation from other state
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An individual shall not receive an award for any week with respect to which or a part of which he has received or is seeking unemployment benefits under an unemployment compensation law of another state, the federal government, or a foreign country. If the appropriate agency of s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-112 Benefits payable after receiving workers' compensation benefits
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Any provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, a person who is separated from employment due to an accident or injury resulting in a temporary total disability for which he has been compensated under section 8-42-105, if otherwise eligible, shall be entitled to receive…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-113 Benefits payable during approved training - definition
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of articles 70 to 82 of this title, the division shall not deny benefits for any week to an otherwise eligible individual because: (a) The individual is in training approved under section 236 (a)(1) of the federal Trade Act of 1974, Pub.L.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-114 Enhanced unemployment insurance compensation benefits - eligibility - approved training programs - amount of benefits - outreach - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 8-73-114Statutes 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 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-115 Dependent allowance - study - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2022: Entire section added, (SB 22-234), ch. 224, p. 1614, � 4, effective May 25. Editor's note: Subsection (4) provided for the repeal of this section, effective September 1, 2023. (See L. 2022, p. 1614.) 8-73-116. Benefit recovery fund - recovery benefits - eligible …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-73-116 Benefit recovery fund - recovery benefits - eligible individuals - third-party administrator - definitions - rules - access to personal information or tax data to administer fund - confidentiality requirements
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(1) As used in this section: (a) “Department” means the department of labor and employment. (b) “Eligible individual” means an individual who, regardless of immigration status: (I) Has separated from employment through no fault of the individual due to one or more of the factors …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-74-100.3 Definitions
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As used in this article 74, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Deputy means a person who adjudicates claims for the division when Colorado is the paying state. Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2035, � 32, effective August 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-74-101 Claims for benefits - employer-provided information required
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(1) Claims for benefits shall be made, processed, and reviewed pursuant to articles 70 to 82 of this title and such regulations as the director of the division may prescribe. (2) Every employer shall post and maintain notices to inform his employees that he is subject to the Colo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-74-102 Deputy's decision - rules
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(1) Upon receipt of a claim, the division shall notify any other interested parties of the claim by mail or electronic means in accordance with such rules as the director of the division may promulgate. The interested parties must be afforded seven calendar days after the date of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-74-103 Hearing officer review - rules
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(1) Any interested party who is dissatisfied with a deputy's decision may appeal that decision and obtain a hearing covering any issue relevant to the disputed claim. The issue of a claimant's availability will be relevant to the extent set forth in section 8-73-107 (1)(c)(I)(A).…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-74-104 Industrial claim appeals office review
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(1) Any interested party who is dissatisfied by a hearing officer's decision may appeal that decision and obtain administrative review by the industrial claim appeals office. Any such appeal must be received by the industrial claim appeals office within twenty calendar days after…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-74-105 Reconsiderations
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The deputy, hearing officer, or industrial claim appeals panel may, on his or its own motion, reconsider a decision within a twelve-month period subsequent to the date of decision when it appears that an apparent procedural or substantive error has occurred in connection therewit…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-74-106 Appeals - time limits - procedures
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(1) The following procedures and limitations shall apply to all appeals taken pursuant to this article: (a) Any party may petition for review of a deputy's decision by filing a petition therefor with the division within twenty calendar days after the date of notification of such …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-74-107 Court review
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(1) No action, proceeding, or suit to set aside an industrial claim appeals panel's decision or to enjoin the enforcement thereof shall be brought unless the petitioning party has first complied with the review provisions of sections 8-74-104 and 8-74-106. (2) Actions, proceeding…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-74-108 Conclusiveness of determinations and decisions
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Any right, fact, or matter in issue directly passed upon or necessarily involved in a decision of a deputy, a hearing officer, the industrial claim appeals office, or the court of appeals which has become a final decision under this article, after appeal procedures, if initiated,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-74-109 Payment of benefits
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, if a decision grants benefits to a claimant, such benefits shall be promptly paid in accordance with and upon issuance of the decision. If further benefits are granted by a subsequent decision, all accrued and unpaid benef…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-74-110 Decisions of industrial claim appeals panel. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 89: Entire section added, p. 371, � 2, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section repealed, p. 1812, � 4, effective March 19.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-101 Definitions
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As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Eligibility period of an individual means the period consisting of the weeks in his benefit year which begin in an extended benefit period and, if his benefit year ends within such extended benefit period, any wee…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-102 Effect of state law provisions relating to regular benefits on claims for, and payment of, extended benefits
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Except when the result would be inconsistent with the other provisions of this section as provided in the regulations of the division, the provisions of articles 70 to 82 of this title which apply to claims for, or the payment of, regular benefits shall apply to claims for, and t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-103 Eligibility requirements for extended benefits
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(1) An individual shall be eligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in his eligibility period only if the division finds that with respect to such week: (a) He is an exhaustee; (b) He has satisfied the requirements of articles 70 to 82 of thi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-103.5 Additional extended benefit requirements
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(1) An individual shall be ineligible for payment of extended benefits for any week of unemployment in his eligibility period if the division finds that during such period: (a) He failed to accept any offer of suitable work as defined under subsection (3) of this section or faile…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-104 Weekly extended benefit amount
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The weekly extended benefit amount payable to an individual for a week of total unemployment in his eligibility period shall be an amount equal to the weekly benefit amount payable to him during his applicable benefit year; except that, for any week during a period in which feder…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-105 Total extended benefit amount
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(1) The total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible individual with respect to his applicable benefit year shall be the least of the following amounts: (a) Fifty percent of the total amount of regular benefits which were payable to him under articles 70 to 82 of this ti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-106 Beginning and termination of extended benefit period
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(1) Whenever an extended benefit period is to become effective in this state as a result of an on indicator, or an extended benefit period is to be terminated in this state as a result of an off indicator, the division shall make an appropriate public announcement. (2) Computatio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-107 Amended determination of on or off indicator. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire section added, p. 325, � 1, effective January 1. L. 79: Entire section repealed, p. 1632, � 3, effective July 19.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-108 Total unemployment rate extended benefits
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(1) For weeks of unemployment beginning on or after November 1, 2020: (a) There is an on indicator for a week of TUR extended benefits, in the amount determined pursuant to sections 8-75-104 and 8-75-105, if subsections (1)(a)(I) and (1)(a)(II) of this section apply: (I) The seas…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-201 Short title
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This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado Work Share Program. Source: L. 2010: Entire part added, (SB 10-028), ch. 397, p. 1886, � 1, effective June 9.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-202 Definitions
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Affected unit means a specified plant, department, shift, or other definable unit to which a work share plan applies. (2) Director means the director of the division or his or her designee. (3) Normal weekly work …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-203 Work share program - work share plan - eligibility of employer - approval - denial - rules
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(1) (a) Repealed. (b) (I) The director shall establish a voluntary work share program for the purpose of allowing the payment of unemployment compensation benefits to employees whose wages and hours have been reduced. In order to participate in the work share program, an employer…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-204 Employee eligibility for unemployment benefits under the work share plan - employee eligibility for job training
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title 8, an employee may be eligible for unemployment compensation benefits for a particular week pursuant to this part 2 if: (a) The employee is employed as a member of an affected unit that is subject to an approved work share pla…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-205 Benefits formula - limitation of benefits
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(1) Formula. The division shall pay an employee who is eligible for unemployment compensation benefits under a work share plan a weekly benefit that is the product of the employee's regular weekly benefit amount pursuant to article 73 of this title, multiplied by the nearest full…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-75-206 Work share plan - effective date - expiration - termination
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(1) A work share plan and the payment of unemployment compensation benefits pursuant to the plan shall begin the first week following approval of the plan by the director or the first week specified by the employer, whichever is later. (2) A work share plan shall expire twelve mo…