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Colorado Supreme Court Rules That Regular Rate of Pay Includes Holiday Incentive Pay for Calculating Overtime

Last week, the Colorado Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated decision, finding that the “regular rate of pay” under Colorado law does include holiday incentive pay for purposes of calculating overtime. The Tenth Circuit,...more

Colorado's New Employment Laws: What to Know

The 2024 Colorado legislative session concluded on May 8, 2024. Consistent with last year’s session, the 74th General Assembly ended with a number of new employment-related laws passing. Enacted legislation will enhance...more

Final Countdown to FAMLI: Key Steps for Employers in Colorado

The big day is finally here! More than three years after voter approval of Colorado’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance program (FAMLI), the program goes live on January 1, 2024. For the past 12 months, employers...more

Colorado's New Employment Laws: What to Know (2023)

The 2023 Colorado legislative session closed on May 8, 2023, and in what is now an annual tradition, the General Assembly devoted considerable time during its 120-day session to debating employment-related bills, some quite...more

Final Rules Issued on Private Plans Under Colorado's Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act

On November 1, 2022, the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Division (the Division) of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment adopted final rules that employers must follow to offer private plans under Colorado’s...more

Colorado Cracks Down on Restrictive Covenants

As anticipated, Governor Polis signed into law last week Colorado’s new limitations on restrictive covenants, which includes noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and confidentiality covenants. ...more

FAQs: Colorado Further Limits Restrictive Covenants

Last week, Colorado’s General Assembly passed major revisions to Colorado’s statutory limitations on restrictive covenants, which include covenants limiting competition, the solicitation of customers, and the use and...more

CDLE Proposes New Rules: PTO, Use It or Lose It, and Overtime Exemptions - UPDATED January 2022

The Colorado Department of Labor approved the COMPS Rule 38, 2022 Publication And Yearly Calculation of Adjusted Labor Compensation (2022 PAY CALC) Order, 7 CCR 1103-14 and Wage Protection Rules, 7 CCR 1103-7...more

CDLE Proposes New Rules: PTO, Use It or Lose It, and Overtime Exemptions

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) has proposed new rules to Colorado’s ever-changing laws on overtime, minimum wage, and vacation requirements. As with other changes to Colorado employment law in recent...more

UPDATED | FAQs: Colorado's Equal Pay Rules For Job Posting And Pay Transparency- UPDATED August 2021

Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA) went into effect January 1, 2021. The Division of Labor Standards and Statistics within the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment adopted final regulations on November 10,...more

Colorado Supreme Court Bans "Use-It Or Lose-It" Vacation Policies

On Monday, June 14, 2021, the Colorado Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision prohibiting so-called “use-it or lose-it” vacation policies. In Nieto v. Clark's Market, 19SC553, the Supreme Court overturned both the trial...more

U.S. District Court Denies Injunction Of Colorado Equal Pay Law

Last week, in the case of Rocky Mountain Association of Recruiters v. Moss, Case No. 1:20-cv-03819 (U.S.D.C. Colo.), U.S. District Judge William J. Martinez denied a plaintiff’s request for a preliminary injunction to block...more

UPDATED | FAQs: Colorado's Equal Pay Rules For Job Posting And Pay Transparency

Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA) goes into effect January 1, 2021, and the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics within the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment adopted final regulations on November...more

FAQs For Colorado Paid Family Leave Law (FAMLI)

On November 3, 2020, Colorado voters approved Proposition 118, the culmination of a long-running effort to mandate paid family and medical leave for all Colorado employees. This law continues the recent uptick of major...more

FAQs: Colorado's New Equal Pay Rules For Job Posting And Pay Transparency

Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA) goes into effect January 1, 2021, and the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics within the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment issued proposed regulations on...more

Masks Are Mandatory In Office Environments, Including Cubicles

On July 16, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis issued an Executive Order requiring masks to be worn in all public indoor spaces, with limited exceptions. Executive Order D 2020 138 went into effect at midnight on July 16 and...more

Many Large Employers In Colorado Are Suddenly Obligated To Provide Up To 80 Hours Of Paid Sick Leave For COVID-19 Related Reasons

Effective April 27, 2020, many large employers in Colorado (those with 500 or more employees) are now required to pay up to 80 hours of sick leave at a rate of two-thirds employees’ regular pay for a variety of...more

Colorado Governor Orders 50% Reduction in Workforce For All Non-Critical Businesses To Mitigate COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Sunday March 22, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis issued Executive Order 2020-013 (the “Executive Order”), to require Colorado employers to reduce their in-person workforces by...more

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