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Articles Discussing Colorado Wage & Hour Issues.

Amended Colorado Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) Law Addresses Neonatal Intensive Care, Slightly Lowers Employee Wage Premiums

Posted: June 4, 2025 | Littler Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour

Amended Colorado Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) Law Addresses Neonatal Intensive Care, Slightly Lowers Employee Wage Premiums

This legislative session, Colorado amended the state’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) law via SB 25-144 in two material ways affecting lengths of leave and FAMLI premiums (i.e., taxes).

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New Minimum Wage Takes Effect in Boulder, Colorado

Posted: January 6, 2025 | Littler Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour

The City of Boulder has enacted its own local minimum wage ordinance, which took effect January 1, 2025, setting the city’s minimum wage at $15.57 per hour. The new law adds another challenge to multi-jurisdiction compliance for employers as the city’s minimum wage is higher than the State of Colorado’s,

Recent Court Ruling Creates Holiday Incentive Pay Twist for Colorado Employers

Posted: November 12, 2024 | Jackson Lewis Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour

Takeaways:A recent Colorado Supreme Court decision deviates from federal law by requiring holiday incentive pay to be included in the regular rate for overtime purposes.Employers covered by Colorado’s COMPS Order 39 should not follow the FLSA when considering holiday pay for purposes of overtime calculation.Colorado employers should review their pay policies and practices and consider drawing a clear distinction between “holiday pay” and “holiday incentive pay” in their policies and practices.Related link:

Colorado Pay Transparency Amendments Go Live January 1, 2024, Requiring Application Deadlines and Post-Selection Notices

Posted: December 25, 2023 | Littler Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour

Starting January 1, Colorado employers must comply with new pay transparency requirements in job postings and internal promotional notices. The new law includes various notification requirements for current employees. Colorado Department of Labor and Employment issued new guidance on these requirements.

Colorado Releases Proposed Equal Pay Transparency Rules

Posted: October 6, 2023 | Jackson Lewis Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has issued proposed Equal Pay Transparency (EPT) Rules. The proposed rules seek to clarify Colorado’s Ensure Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The Act, which goes into effect January 1, 2024, amended Colorado’s pay transparency statute. A public hearing on the proposed rules

CO Release Timeline for Proposed Equal Pay Rules

Posted: July 30, 2023 | Jackson Lewis Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour

As an update to our previous report on Colorado’s new Ensure Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, on July 28, 2023, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) issued a revised Interpretive Notice and Formal Opinion (INFO) #9 to establish a timeline for the proposed rulemaking process. According to

Colorado Amends Equal Pay Transparency Posting Requirements, Extends Statute of Limitations for Wage Discrimination Claims to Six Years

Posted: June 8, 2023 | Littler Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour

On June 5, 2023, Governor Polis Signed SB 23-105 into law, which will significantly change employers’ job posting and promotional notice obligations in Colorado.

Colorado Expands Reasons Employees Can Use Paid Sick Leave

Posted: June 6, 2023 | Littler Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour

On June 2, 2023, Governor Jared Polis signed into law Senate Bill 23-017, which expands the reasons employees can use paid sick leave under Colorado’s Healthy Families & Workplaces Act (HFWA).

Denver Auditor’s Office Adopts New Civil Wage Theft Rules

Posted: April 16, 2023 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour Tags: Denver

In January 2023, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock approved an ordinance (File No. 22-1614) passed by the Denver City Council that provided new avenues for workers in the City and County of Denver to pursue claims for wage theft. Denver Labor, a division of the Auditor’s Office, recently adopted rules regarding

Denver Ordinance Creates New Avenue for Workers to Pursue Wage Theft Violations by Employers

Posted: January 23, 2023 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour Tags: Denver

On January 10, 2023, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock approved an ordinance (File No. 22-1614) passed by the Denver City Council that will provide new avenues for workers in the City and County of Denver to pursue claims for wage theft.

Colorado’s Pay Transparency Law Survives Preliminary Injunction: Next Steps for Employers

Posted: June 30, 2021 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour

Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act went into effect on January 1, 2021. The act creates significant compliance burdens for employers with even one employee in Colorado. In fact, the act is the only law in the United States to require employers to (1) post compensation and benefits information

Injunction Denied: Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act Stands (For Now)

Posted: May 27, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour

Today, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado issued a long-awaited ruling on a motion to enjoin the recently enacted Colorado Pay Equity Transparency Rules.

These rules were first proposed in September 2020, finalized in November 2020, clarified in December 2020, and became effective January 1, 2021.

Colorado Equal Pay Bill Moves Forward…With Amendments

Posted: February 25, 2019 | Jackson Lewis Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour

Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (SB 19-085), originally introduced on January 17, received its first hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 20, 2019.

Colorado Law Claims for Unpaid Wages Limited to Two or Three Years Prior to Termination

Posted: March 8, 2018 | Jackson Lewis Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour

Under the Colorado Wage Claim Act (CWCA), a terminated employee’s right to seek unpaid wages or compensation at termination is subject to the two- or three-year statute of limitations found in the CWCA, the Colorado Supreme Court has held. Hernandez v. Domenico Farms, Inc., 2018 CO 15 (Mar. 5, 2018).

Colorado Companions for Elderly Entitled to Overtime Pay

Posted: October 2, 2015 | Jackson Lewis Category: Colorado - Wage & Hour

The minimum wage and overtime pay rules in Colorado’s Minimum Wage Order (MWO) apply to companions for the elderly or infirm who work for third-party employers, a federal judge in Colorado has ruled. Kennett v. Bayada Home Health Care, Inc., 14-cv-2005-CMA-MJW (D. Colo. Sept. 24, 2015).

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