Wage and Hour, Employees, Colorado

Colorado Court of Appeals Says Employers May Not Deduct Product Fees That Are Costs of Business From an Employee’s Wages

Clark Hill PLC on 2/26/2025

The Colorado Court of Appeals held that deducting product fees from an employee’s wages unlawfully shifts the burden of an employer’s business costs and reduces an employee’s wages....more

Colorado Adopts Equal Pay Transparency Rules to Clarify Recent Amendments to State’s Equal Pay Law

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/12/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: Colorado has adopted final Equal Pay Transparency Rules which, along with the underlying equal pay law amendments, will become effective January 1, 2024....more

Colorado Peculiarities

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/31/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: Seyfarth’s excellent publication “Cal-Peculiarities: How California Employment Law Is Different,” which is updated annually, highlights the many unique aspects of the Golden State’s employment law. ...more

Colorado Employers’ Pay Transparency Obligations Are Changing in 2024

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/29/2023

Governor Jared Polis recently signed into law legislation (SB 23-105 or the “Amendments”) that will soon change Colorado employers’ disclosure and notice requirements under the state’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (“Act”)....more

Colorado Expands Reasons Employees Can Use Paid Sick Leave

Littler on 6/6/2023

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). In addition to the health and...more

Colorado Issues Final Rules on Benefits and Employer Participation Requirements for Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance...

Littler on 9/7/2022

Colorado’s rulemaking process regarding its new paid family and medical leave insurance program (“FAMLI”) continues. On August 26, 2022, the state published final regulations on benefits and employer participation...more

Colorado Updates its Paid Sick Leave Guidance, Including Clarifications on Carry-Over Amounts and Public Health Emergency Leave

Littler on 7/13/2022

On June 24, 2022, Colorado’s Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) published a revised version of its Interpretive Notice & Formal Opinion (INFO) #6B regarding the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA), the state’s...more

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