C.R.S. § 8-40-301 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 40 / Part 3 / Section 8-40-301
8-40-301. Scope of term "employee" - definition
Status: in_force

8-40-301. Scope of term "employee" - definition. (1) (a) "Employee" excludes any person employed by a passenger tramway area operator, as defined in section 12-150-103 (1), or other employer, while participating in recreational activity, who at such time is relieved of and is not performing any duties of employment, regardless of whether such person is utilizing, by discount or otherwise, a pass, ticket, license, permit, or other device as an emolument of employment.

(b) (I) "Employee" excludes any person employed by an out-of-state employer performing incidental work in Colorado where the employee is covered at the time of injury under the workers' compensation act of another state regardless of where the contract for employment was created.

(II) For purposes of this section, "incidental work" means work that is randomly or fortuitously in Colorado.

(III) This section only applies to a workers' compensation act of another state that includes a reciprocal provision exempting Colorado employers from liability under the other state's act for incidental work.

(2) "Employee" excludes any person who is a licensed real estate sales agent or a licensed real estate broker associated with another real estate broker if:

(a) Substantially all of the sales agent's or associated broker's remuneration from real estate brokerage is derived from real estate commissions; and

(b) The services of the sales agent or associated broker are performed under a written contract specifying that the sales agent or associated broker is an independent contractor; and

(c) Such contract provides that the sales agent or associated broker shall not be treated as an employee for federal income tax purposes.

(3) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8-40-202 (1)(a)(IV), "employee" excludes any person who is confined to a city or county jail or any department of corrections facility as an inmate and who, as a part of such confinement, is working, performing services, or participating in a training or rehabilitation or work release program; except that "employee" includes an inmate of a department of corrections facility or a city, county, or city and county jail who is working, performing services, or participating in a training, rehabilitation, or work release program that has been certified by the federal prison industry enhancement certification program pursuant to the federal "Justice System Improvement Act of 1979", 18 U.S.C. sec. 1761 (c). For the purposes of articles 40 to 47 of this title, an inmate participating in a program certified by the federal prison industry enhancement certification program is an employee of that certified program, which certified program shall carry workers' compensation insurance pursuant to articles 40 to 47 of this title. No inmate participating in a certified program shall be deemed to be an employee of the state, city, county, or city and county that owns, operates, or contracts for the operation of the facility or jail in which the inmate is incarcerated.

(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) do not apply to an inmate who is working for a private employer under a contract of hire wherein the private employer is required to maintain workers' compensation insurance for its employees pursuant to articles 40 to 47 of this title. Such inmate shall be an employee of such private employer for purposes of articles 40 to 47 of this title.

(c) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) do not apply to an inmate working for a joint venture established pursuant to the provisions of section 17-24-119 or 17-24-121, C.R.S. Such inmate shall be an employee of such joint venture for purposes of articles 40 to 47 of this title.

(d) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) do not apply to an inmate working for a private person or entity pursuant to the provisions of section 17-24-122, C.R.S. Such inmate shall be an employee of such private person or entity for purposes of articles 40 to 47 of this title.

(4) "Employee" excludes any person who volunteers time or services for a ski area operator, as defined in section 33-44-103 (7), C.R.S., or for a ski area sponsored program or activity, notwithstanding the fact that such person may receive noncash remuneration for such person or such person's designee in conjunction with such person's status as a volunteer. No contract of hire, express or implied, is created between any volunteer pursuant to this section and a ski area operator. Notice shall be given to such volunteer in writing that the volunteering of time or services under this subsection (4) does not constitute employment for purposes of the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado" and that such person is not entitled to benefits pursuant to said act.

(5) "Employee" excludes any person who is working as a driver under a lease agreement pursuant to section 40-11.5-102, C.R.S., with a common carrier or contract carrier.

(6) Any person working as a driver with a common carrier or contract carrier as described in this section shall be eligible for and shall be offered workers' compensation insurance coverage by Pinnacol Assurance or similar coverage consistent with the requirements set forth in section 40-11.5-102 (5), C.R.S.

(7) Persons who provide host home services as part of residential services and supports, as described in section 25.5-10-206 (1)(e), for an eligible person, as defined in section 25.5-6-403 (2)(a), pursuant to the "Home- and Community-based Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act", part 4 of article 6 of title 25.5, and pursuant to a contract with a service agency as defined in section 25.5-10-202 (34) are not considered employees of the service agency.

(8) For the purposes of articles 40 to 47 of this title 8, "employee" excludes any person who performs services for more than one employer at a race meet as defined by section 44-32-102 (20) or at a horse track as defined by section 44-32-102 (8).

(9) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, "employee" includes a person who participates in a property tax work-off program established pursuant to article 3.7 of title 39, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 8-13-106 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 13 / Section 8-13-106
8-13-106. Penalty for violation
Status: repealed

8-13-106. Penalty for violation. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 8-20-1003 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 20 / Part 10 / Section 8-20-1003
8-20-1003. Notification to division
Status: in_force

8-20-1003. Notification to division. (1) The operator of an amusement ride shall notify the division, within such times and in such manner as established by rule of the director, regarding:

(a) Any injury caused by an equipment failure of an amusement ride;

(b) The installation of any new amusement rides; and

(c) The schedule for the location of the operation of amusement rides.
C.R.S. § 8-83-211 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 83 / Part 2 / Section 8-83-211
8-83-211. Functions of work force boards
Status: in_force

8-83-211. Functions of work force boards. (1) Each work force board shall, in partnership with and subject to the approval of the local elected officials for the work force development area, conduct the following functions:

(a) Develop the local plan;

(b) Designate and certify one-stop operators and certify and oversee work force development programs;

(c) Select one-stop operators to operate the one-stop career center in a local area;

(d) Authorize grants for youth services;

(e) Identify eligible providers of intensive services, if one-stop operators do not provide such services, and training services;

(f) Develop and enter into memorandums of understanding with work force partners specified in section 8-83-216 (1);

(g) Develop a budget for the purpose of carrying out the duties of the work force board;

(h) Negotiate local performance measures;

(i) Oversee and assist in statewide employment statistics systems;

(j) Coordinate and develop employer linkages with work force development activities carried out in the local area, including coordination of economic development strategies;

(k) Promote participation of private employers with the work force development program while ensuring the effective provision, through the work force system, of connecting, brokering, and coaching activities through intermediaries such as the one-stop operator in the local area or through other organizations to assist such employers in meeting their hiring needs; and

(l) Fulfill other functions outlined in the federal act.

(2) The work force board shall not provide training services; except that the governor may waive this prohibition annually if the work force board is a qualified provider of training that is in demand and in short supply for that county or area.

(3) Work force boards are authorized to operate only with the approval of the local elected officials and governor.
C.R.S. § 8-41-501 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 41 / Part 5 / Section 8-41-501
8-41-501. Persons presumed wholly dependent
Status: in_force

8-41-501. Persons presumed wholly dependent. (1) For the purposes of articles 40 to 47 of this title, the following described persons shall be presumed to be wholly dependent (however, such presumption may be rebutted by competent evidence):

(a) Widow or widower, unless it is shown that she or he was voluntarily separated and living apart from the spouse at the time of the injury or death or was not dependent in whole or in part on the deceased for support;

(a.5) A person who is designated in a designated beneficiary agreement for purposes of receiving workers' compensation benefits in accordance with the provisions of article 22 of title 15, C.R.S., unless it is shown that the designated beneficiary was voluntarily separated and living apart from the other designated beneficiary at the time of the injury or death or was not dependent in whole or in part on the deceased for support;

(b) Minor children of the deceased under the age of eighteen years, including posthumous or legally adopted children;

(c) Minor children of the deceased who are eighteen years or over and under the age of twenty-one years if it is shown that:

(I) At the time of the decedent's death they were actually dependent upon the deceased for support; and

(II) Either at the time of the decedent's death or at the time they attained the age of eighteen years they were engaged in courses of study as full-time students at any accredited school. The period of presumed dependency of such persons shall continue until they attain the age of twenty-one years or until they cease to be engaged in courses of study as full-time students at an accredited school, whichever occurs first.
C.R.S. § 8-55-103 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 55 / Section 8-55-103
8-55-103. Hearings - conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

8-55-103. Hearings - conflicts of interest. (1) The board shall commence each term on January 1 of each year and shall terminate each term on December 31.

(2) At the beginning of each term the board shall either in person or by teleconference:

(a) Elect a chair who shall be responsible for conducting each hearing;

(b) Appoint the member representing the workers' compensation rating organization as secretary; and

(c) Establish such organizational and procedural rules as are deemed necessary.

(3) The board shall meet as needed and in accordance with the following:

(a) The board shall schedule a hearing within thirty days after receipt of an appeal.

(b) The board shall provide written notice of a hearing to the appellant, the insurer, and the workers' compensation rating organization within thirty days after receipt of an appeal, but not less than ten days before the hearing.

(c) A hearing shall be conducted only if a quorum of the board is present, either in person or by teleconference. A quorum shall consist of a simple majority of the voting members, including at least two private sector members.

(d) Any decision of the board shall be by majority vote of the voting members who are present at the hearing.

(e) A member's vote shall be cast only by such member.

(f) If a board member has a conflict of interest with respect to any matter scheduled for hearing before the board, such member shall recuse himself or herself from any discussion and decisions on said matter unless, after full disclosure of the facts giving rise to such conflict, all parties to the appeal agree to waive such conflict. For purposes of this paragraph (f), a member shall be deemed to have a conflict of interest if such member:

(I) Has a conflict that would call into question such member's ability to render an unbiased decision; and

(II) Is associated with either party to the appeal. A member is "associated" with a party to an appeal if:

(A) The member and the party to the appeal are involved in a common business enterprise or are members of a controlled group, as defined in section 1563(a) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended; or

(B) The member has a familial relationship with the party to the appeal.

(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (f) of this subsection (3), the member representing the workers' compensation rating organization shall not be deemed to have a conflict of interest with respect to any appeal based solely on his or her affiliation with his or her organization.

(4) The secretary of the board shall carry out the administrative functions of the board and shall be responsible for providing notice of, preparing the agenda for, and arranging the facilities for each hearing and meeting. The secretary shall also prepare a memorandum after each hearing that includes the vote of the board. Such memoranda shall be signed by the chair of the board and, each month, the secretary shall deliver copies of that month's memoranda to the workers' compensation rating organization.
C.R.S. § 8-1-151 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 1 / Section 8-1-151
8-1-151. Public safety inspection fund created
Status: in_force

8-1-151. Public safety inspection fund created. There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund, to be known as the public safety inspection fund, which shall consist of moneys credited thereto pursuant to sections 8-20-104, 8-20-1002, and 9-7-108.5, C.R.S. All moneys in the public safety inspection fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly for the public safety inspection activities of the division of oil and public safety. The moneys in the public safety inspection fund shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund of the state.
C.R.S. § 8-13.3-205 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 13.3 / Part 2 / Section 8-13.3-205
8-13.3-205. Repeal of part
Status: repealed

8-13.3-205. Repeal of part. This part 2 is repealed if the United States congress enacts and the president signs federal legislation amending the FMLA to permit employees to use FMLA leave for all persons described in section 8-13.3-203. The executive director of the department of labor and employment shall notify the revisor of statutes, in writing, if the condition specified in this section occurs.
C.R.S. § 8-1-149 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 1 / Section 8-1-149
8-1-149. Transfer of officers, employees, and property
Status: repealed

8-1-149. Transfer of officers, employees, and property. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 8-83-901 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 83 / Part 9 / Section 8-83-901
8-83-901. Definitions
Status: in_force

8-83-901. Definitions. As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Emerging industries" means industries that are in the early stage of potential market share in Colorado but are growing in economic importance and job creation.

(2) "Office" means the office of future of work created in section 8-15.8-103.

(3) "Study" means the workforce transitions study required by section 8-83-902 (1).
C.R.S. § 8-12-111 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 12 / Section 8-12-111
8-12-111. Age certificates
Status: in_force

8-12-111. Age certificates. (1) Any employer desiring proof of the age of any minor employee or prospective employee may require the minor to submit an age certificate. Upon request of a minor, an age certificate shall be issued by or under the authority of the school superintendent of the district or county in which the applicant resides. The superintendents, principals, or headmasters of independent or parochial schools shall issue age certificates to minors who attend such schools.

(2) The age certificate shall show the age of the minor, the date of his birth, the date of issuance of the certificate, the name and position of the issuing officer, the name, address, and description of the minor, and what evidence was accepted as proof of age. The age certificate shall also show the school hours applicable and shall state that a separate school release permit is required for minors under sixteen to work on regular school days during such school hours. It shall be signed by the issuing officer and by the minor in his presence.

(3) An age certificate shall not be issued unless the minor's birth certificate or a photocopy or extract thereof is exhibited to the issuing officer, or unless such evidence was previously examined by the school authorities and the information is shown on the school records. If a birth certificate is not available, other documentary evidence such as a baptismal certificate or a passport may be accepted. If such evidence is not available, the parent or guardian shall appear with the minor and shall make an oath before the judge or other officer of the juvenile or county court as to the age of the minor.

(4) The employer shall keep an age certificate received by him for the duration of the minor's employment and shall keep on file all age certificates where they may be readily examined by an agent of the division. Upon termination of employment and upon request, the certificate shall be returned to the minor.
C.R.S. § 8-70-116 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 70 / Section 8-70-116
8-70-116. Employment - location of services
Status: in_force

8-70-116. Employment - location of services. (1) "Employment" means an individual's service, wherever performed within the United States, the Virgin Islands, or Canada, if:

(a) The service is not covered under the unemployment compensation law of any other state, the Virgin Islands, or Canada; and

(b) The place from which the service is directed or controlled is in Colorado.
C.R.S. § 8-2-202 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 8-2-202
8-2-202. Damages in case of death - limit
Status: in_force

8-2-202. Damages in case of death - limit. If the death of a person is caused by an act of carelessness, omission of duty, or negligence as provided in section 8-2-201, the corporation or individual who would have been liable if the death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages regardless of the death of the party injured. In each such case the jury may award such damages as it deems fair and just, with reference to the necessary injury resulting from such death, to the parties who may be entitled to sue under this part 2; except that, if the decedent left neither a widow, widower, or minor children nor a dependent father or mother, the damages recoverable in any such action shall not exceed forty-five thousand dollars.
C.R.S. § 8-76-101 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 76 / Section 8-76-101
8-76-101. Payment
Status: in_force

8-76-101. Payment. (1) Premiums shall accrue and become payable by each employer for each calendar year in which the employer is subject to articles 70 to 82 of this title with respect to wages for employment. The premiums shall become due and be paid by each employer to the division for the fund in accordance with rules prescribed by the director of the division and shall not be deducted, in whole or in part, from the wages of individuals in the employer's employ.

(2) In the payment of any premiums, a fractional part of a cent shall be disregarded unless it amounts to one-half cent or more, in which case it shall be increased to one cent.

(3) When the quarterly amount of premiums due is less than five dollars, payment of the premiums shall not be required.
C.R.S. § 8-46-201 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 46 / Part 2 / Section 8-46-201
8-46-201. Short title
Status: in_force

8-46-201. Short title. This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Major Medical Insurance Fund Act".
C.R.S. § 8-3.3-109 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 3.3 / Section 8-3.3-109
8-3.3-109. Process for employee organization certification - intervening employee organizat
Status: in_force

8-3.3-109. Process for employee organization certification - intervening employee organizations - secret ballot elections - rules. (1) Upon the filing of a petition by an employee organization seeking exclusive recognition, the director shall require the county to distribute notice to all county employees in the applicable bargaining unit that must identify the petitioner, the bargaining unit sought by the petitioner, the election process, and an advisement of county employee rights under section 8-3.3-103 (1), (2), and (3).

(2) Within ten days after the date the notice required in subsection (1) of this section is first distributed, other employee organizations may seek to intervene in the certification process. An intervener organization shall file a petition with the director containing the signatures of not less than thirty percent of the county employees in the bargaining unit claimed to be appropriate by the intervener.

(3) If there is a dispute regarding the positions to be included in the appropriate bargaining unit, the director shall promptly order a hearing conducted in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to this article 3.3. Upon determination of the composition of the appropriate bargaining unit, whether by consent of the parties or upon a decision by the director or the director's designee, the director shall determine the sufficiency of the showing of interest of each petitioner. If a petitioner lacks a sufficient showing of interest, the director shall provide that petitioner with a ten-day opportunity to demonstrate a sufficient showing of interest in the bargaining unit that was deemed appropriate.

(4) Within ten days after the director's determination that a sufficient showing of interest has been provided pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the director shall:

(a) Order the county to provide to the petitioning employee organization or organizations the names, job titles, work locations, home addresses, personal e-mail addresses, and home or cellular telephone numbers of any county employee in the appropriate bargaining unit unless directed by the county employee not to provide some or all of the information;

(b) Establish by consent or order the procedures for a secret ballot election; and

(c) Order the county to distribute a notice prepared by the director that describes the procedures of the secret ballot election to all county employees in the appropriate bargaining unit.

(5) The ballot for the secret ballot election must contain:

(a) The name of any employee organization submitting a petition containing a showing of interest of at least thirty percent of the county employees in the appropriate bargaining unit; and

(b) A choice of "no representation" for county employees to indicate they do not desire to be represented by an employee organization.

(6) (a) If an employee organization receives a majority of ballots cast in a secret ballot election, the director shall certify the employee organization as the exclusive representative of all county employees in the appropriate bargaining unit subject to any valid objections to the conduct of the election filed in accordance with this article 3.3 and the rules of the director.

(b) Within twenty-eight days after a secret ballot election in which no employee organization receives a majority of the ballots cast, the director shall conduct a runoff election between the two employee organizations receiving the largest number of ballots cast. The director shall certify the results of the election, and, if an employee organization receives a majority of the ballots cast, the director shall certify the employee organization as the exclusive representative of all county employees in the appropriate bargaining unit, subject to any valid objections to the conduct of the election filed in accordance with this article 3.3 and the rules of the director.

(7) Within seven days after certification of the results of a secret ballot election, any party may file objections to the conduct of the election or to conduct affecting the results of the election in accordance with rules promulgated by the director. The objections must contain a short statement of the reasons for the objections and be accompanied by a written offer of proof identifying each witness the party would call to testify concerning the issue and a summary of the witness's testimony. Upon a showing of good cause, the director may extend the time for filing the offer of proof. The party filing the objections shall serve a copy of the objections, but not the written offer of proof, on each of the other parties to the case. If the director or a designated hearing officer finds that misconduct affected the outcome of the election, the director shall invalidate the election and order a subsequent election for the county employees in the appropriate bargaining unit within twenty-eight days after the finding.
C.R.S. § 8-42-103 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 42 / Section 8-42-103
8-42-103. Disability indemnity payable as wages - period of disability
Status: in_force

8-42-103. Disability indemnity payable as wages - period of disability. (1) If the injury or occupational disease causes disability, a disability indemnity shall be payable as wages pursuant to section 8-42-105 (2)(a) subject to the following limitations:

(a) If the period of disability does not last longer than three days from the day the employee leaves work as a result of the injury, no disability indemnity shall be recoverable except the disbursement provided in articles 40 to 47 of this title for medical, surgical, nursing, and hospital services, apparatus, and supplies, nor in any case unless the division has actual knowledge of the injury or is notified thereof within the period specified in said articles.

(b) If the period of disability lasts longer than two weeks from the day the injured employee leaves work as the result of the injury, disability indemnity shall be recoverable from the day the injured employee leaves work.

(c) (I) In cases where it is determined that periodic disability benefits granted by the federal "Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Amendments of 1965", Pub.L. 89-97, are payable to an individual and the individual's dependents, the aggregate benefits payable for temporary total disability, temporary partial disability, and permanent total disability pursuant to this section shall be reduced, but not below zero, by an amount equal as nearly as practical to one-half the federal periodic benefits; but, if the federal "Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Amendments of 1965", Pub.L. 89-97, is amended to provide for a reduction of an individual's disability benefits thereunder because of compensation benefits payable under articles 40 to 47 of this title, the reduction of compensation benefits provided in said articles shall be decreased by an amount equal to the federal reduction. Upon request of the insurer or employer, the employee shall apply for such federal periodic disability benefits and respond to requests from the insurer or employer as to the status of such application. Failure to comply with this section constitutes cause for suspension of benefits.

(II) In cases where it is determined that periodic benefits granted by the federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance act or employer-paid retirement benefits are payable to an individual and the individual's dependents, the aggregate benefits payable for permanent total disability pursuant to this section shall be reduced, but not below zero:

(A) By an amount equal as nearly as practical to one-half such federal benefits; except that this reduction for the periodic benefits granted by the federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance act shall not exceed the reduction specified in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (c) for the periodic disability benefits payable to an individual;

(B) By an amount determined as a percentage of the employer-paid retirement benefits, said percentage to be determined by a weighted average of the employer's contributions during the period of covered employment divided by the total contributions during the period of covered employment; except that in permanent total disability cases all contributions made by the employer pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with the employee's representative shall be considered to have been made by the employee.

(II.5) In cases where an employer does not participate in federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance, and it is determined that employer-paid retirement benefits are payable to an individual and the individual's dependents, the aggregate benefits payable for permanent total disability pursuant to this section shall be reduced, but not below zero by an amount determined as a percentage of the employer-paid retirement benefits, said percentage to be determined by a weighted average of the employer's contributions during the period of covered employment divided by the total contributions during the period of covered employment.

(III) Notwithstanding sub-subparagraph (A) of subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (c), if the federal "Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Amendments of 1965", Pub.L. 89-97, is amended to provide for a reduction of an individual's periodic benefits thereunder because of compensation benefits payable under articles 40 to 47 of this title, the reduction of compensation benefits provided in said articles shall be decreased by an amount equal to the federal reduction.

(IV) The provisions of subparagraphs (II) and (III) of this paragraph (c) shall apply only if the injury on which the award for permanent total disability was based occurred after the claimant reached forty-five years of age.

(V) The reductions or offsets in this subsection (1)(c) apply only if the employee was not receiving the periodic disability benefits or retirement benefits granted by the federal "Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Amendments of 1965", Pub.L. 89-97, as amended, or employer-paid retirement benefits at the time of the work-related injury.

(d) (I) In cases where it is determined that periodic disability benefits are payable to an employee under a pension or disability plan financed in whole or in part by the employer, hereinafter called "employer pension or disability plan", the aggregate benefits payable for temporary total disability, temporary partial disability, and permanent total disability pursuant to this section shall be reduced, but not below zero, by an amount equal as nearly as practical to the employer pension or disability plan benefits, with the following limitations:

(A) Where the employee has contributed to the employer pension or disability plan, benefits shall be reduced under this section only in an amount proportional to the employer's percentage of total contributions to the employer pension or disability plan.

(B) Where the employer pension or disability plan provides by its terms that benefits are precluded thereunder in whole or in part if benefits are awarded under articles 40 to 47 of this title, the reduction provided in this paragraph (d) shall not be applicable to the extent of the amount so precluded.

(II) Upon request of the insurer or employer, the employee shall apply for such periodic disability benefits and respond to requests from the insurer or employer as to the status of such application. Failure to comply with this section shall be cause for suspension of benefits.

(III) The provisions of this paragraph (d) shall apply to a disability pension paid pursuant to article 30.5 or 31 of title 31, C.R.S.; except that said reduction shall not reduce the combined weekly disability benefits below a sum equal to one hundred percent of the state average weekly wage as defined in section 8-47-106 and applicable to the year in which the weekly disability benefits are being paid.

(IV) If the disability benefits awarded pursuant to articles 40 to 47 of this title are paid in a lump sum pursuant to section 8-43-406, the weekly benefit attributed to such workers' compensation benefits, for the purpose of calculating the combined weekly disability benefit specified in subparagraph (III) of this paragraph (d), shall be calculated by assuming that the employee is receiving the weekly disability benefits payments such employee would have received had such weekly disability payments not been reduced and paid as a lump sum.

(e) In cases where it is determined that periodic disability benefits are payable to an individual and said individual's dependents pursuant to a workers' compensation act of another state or of the federal government, the aggregate benefits payable for temporary total disability, temporary partial disability, permanent partial disability, and permanent total disability pursuant to this section shall be reduced, but not below zero, by an amount equal to the benefits payable pursuant to such other workers' compensation act.

(f) In cases where it is determined that unemployment compensation benefits are payable to an employee, the aggregate benefits payable for permanent total disability pursuant to this section shall be reduced, but not below zero, by an amount equal as nearly as practical to such unemployment compensation benefits. In cases where it is determined that unemployment insurance benefits are payable to an employee, compensation for temporary disability shall be reduced, but not below zero, by the amount of unemployment insurance benefits received, unless the unemployment insurance amount has already been reduced by the temporary disability benefit amount and except that temporary total disability shall not be reduced by unemployment insurance benefits received pursuant to section 8-73-112.

(g) In cases where it is determined that a temporarily disabled employee is responsible for termination of employment, the resulting wage loss shall not be attributable to the on-the-job injury.

(h) Unless the offset provisions of section 29-5-403 (10) have already been taken, in cases where it is determined that a firefighter has received an award of benefits for a cancer diagnosis pursuant to section 29-5-403 (3)(b) to (3)(k), the aggregate benefits payable for temporary total disability, temporary partial disability, permanent partial disability, and permanent total disability shall be reduced, but not below zero, by an amount equal to the total amount of such cancer diagnosis benefits. In cases where it is determined that a covered individual has received cosmetic disfigurement benefits pursuant to section 29-5-403 (4)(b), benefits for disfigurement payable pursuant to section 8-42-108 shall be reduced, but not below zero, by an amount equal to such cosmetic disfigurement benefits.

(2) Within fifteen days after receipt of written notice by the employer or, if insured, the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier or third-party administrator of the termination of a fringe benefit or advantage enumerated in section 8-40-201 (19)(b), and the effective date of the termination and cost of conversion, the employer or, if insured, the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier or third-party administrator shall recalculate the applicable average weekly wage and begin payment of benefits in accordance with the recalculation with interest beginning on the date the benefit was terminated.
C.R.S. § 8-41-503 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 41 / Part 5 / Section 8-41-503
8-41-503. Dependency and extent determined - how
Status: in_force

8-41-503. Dependency and extent determined - how. (1) Dependents and the extent of their dependency shall be determined as of the date of the injury to the injured employee, and the right to death benefits shall become fixed as of said date irrespective of any subsequent change in conditions except as provided in section 8-41-501 (1)(c). Death benefits shall be directly payable to the dependents entitled thereto or to such person legally entitled thereto as the director may designate.

(2) In case an employee or claimant entitled to compensation dies leaving dependents, any accrued and unpaid portion of the compensation or benefits up to the time of the death of such employee or claimant shall be paid to such dependents as may be ordered by the director and not to the legal representative as such of said decedent. In case the injured employee or claimant leaves no dependents, the director may order the application of any accrued and unpaid benefits up to the time of the death of such employee or claimant paid upon the expenses of the last sickness or funeral of such decedent, the preference in such payment to be to funeral expenses.

(3) In case an injured employee or dependent of a deceased employee entitled to benefits under articles 40 to 47 of this title is declared incompetent or insane, any benefits accrued or to accrue may be paid to the conservator of the estate, if any, or to any dependents, or to the party or institution having custody of the person of such injured employee or dependent of a deceased employee as may be ordered by the director in the director's discretion.
C.R.S. § 8-70-131 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 70 / Section 8-70-131
8-70-131. Employment does not include - school - college - university
Status: in_force

8-70-131. Employment does not include - school - college - university. (1) "Employment" does not include services performed in the employ of a school, college, or university, if such service is performed:

(a) By a student who is enrolled and is regularly attending classes at such school, college, or university; or

(b) By the spouse of such a student, if such spouse is advised, at the time such spouse commences to perform such service, that the employment of such spouse to perform such service is provided under a program to provide financial assistance to such student by such school, college, or university, and such employment will not be covered by any program of unemployment insurance.
C.R.S. § 8-42-113 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 42 / Section 8-42-113
8-42-113. Limitations on payments to prisoners - incentives to sheriffs and department of
Status: in_force

8-42-113. Limitations on payments to prisoners - incentives to sheriffs and department of corrections. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, any individual who is otherwise entitled to benefits under articles 40 to 47 of this title shall neither receive nor be entitled to such benefits for any week following conviction during which such individual is confined in a jail, prison, or any department of corrections facility.

(1.5) (a) In the event the identifying information transmitted to the department of labor and employment pursuant to section 17-26-118.5 (2), C.R.S., results in the termination of workers' compensation benefits pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the employer or the insurance carrier, if any, shall pay to the sheriff a reward equal to ten percent of one week's benefit to which the ineligible individual would otherwise be eligible to receive.

(b) An individual who is ineligible pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall repay to the employer or the insurance carrier, if any, any amounts received while not eligible.

(2) After such individual's release from confinement, the individual shall be restored to the same position with respect to entitlement to benefits under articles 40 to 47 of this title as said individual would otherwise have enjoyed at the point in time of such release from confinement. However, except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, said individual shall not be able to recover, recoup, or otherwise be retroactively entitled to any of the benefits to which the individual would have been entitled without the limitation specified in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) If upon appeal such conviction is overturned, such individual shall be entitled to recover the benefits to which such individual would have been entitled except for the operation of subsection (1) of this section.

(4) This section shall not apply to benefits under articles 40 to 47 of this title to which an inmate of a department of corrections facility or a city, county, or city and county jail is entitled for injury or occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the inmate working, performing services, or participating in a training, rehabilitation, or work release program that has been certified by the federal prison industry enhancement certification program pursuant to the federal "Justice System Improvement Act of 1979", 18 U.S.C. sec. 1761 (c). The inmate shall be entitled to benefits in accordance with section 8-40-301 (3)(a).
C.R.S. § 8-5-203 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 8-5-203
8-5-203. Enforcement - rules
Status: in_force

8-5-203. Enforcement - rules. (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 request.

(2) (a) A person who claims to be aggrieved by a violation of section 8-5-201 or 8-5-202 may file a written complaint with the director within one year after the date that the person learned of the violation. The written complaint must state the name and address of the employer and a detailed account of the alleged violation.

(b) An employer's failure to comply with section 8-5-201 (1) for one promotional opportunity is considered one violation.

(c) An employer's failure to comply with section 8-5-201 (2) for one job opening is considered one violation regardless of the number of postings that list the job opening.

(3) The director shall investigate complaints of violations of this part 2 and shall promulgate rules necessary to govern the investigations.

(4) Upon finding that an employer has violated this part 2, the director may order the employer to pay a fine of no less than five hundred dollars and no more than ten thousand dollars per violation.

(5) If an employee bringing suit for a violation of section 8-5-102 demonstrates a violation of this part 2, and the court finds a violation of this part 2, the court may order appropriate relief, including a rebuttable presumption that records not kept by the employer in violation of section 8-5-202 contained information favorable to the employee's claim and an instruction to the jury that failure to keep records can be considered evidence that the violation was not made in good faith.
C.R.S. § 8-6-108 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 6 / Section 8-6-108
8-6-108. Public hearings - witness fees - contempt - director to make rules
Status: in_force

8-6-108. Public hearings - witness fees - contempt - director to make rules. (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 testimony as to the matter under consideration. The director has the power to subpoena and compel the attendance of any witness and to administer oaths, also, by subpoena, to compel the production of any books, papers, or other evidence at any public hearing of the director or at any session of any wage board. All witnesses subpoenaed by said director shall be paid the same mileage and per diem as are allowed by law to witnesses in civil cases before the district court of the state of Colorado. If any person fails to attend as a witness or to bring with him any books, papers, or other evidence when subpoenaed by the director or refuses to testify when ordered so to do, the director may apply to any district court in this state to compel obedience on the part of such person. The district court shall thereupon compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in cases of disobedience of any order of said court in a proceeding pending before said court. The director shall not be bound by the technical rules of evidence. Said director may hold meetings for the transaction of any of his business at such times and places as he prescribes.

(2) The director has power to make reasonable and proper rules and procedure and to enforce said rules and procedure.
C.R.S. § 8-5-201 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 8-5-201
8-5-201. Employment opportunities - job opportunities or advancement - pay rates in job l
Status: in_force

8-5-201. Employment opportunities - job opportunities or advancement - pay rates in job listings - rules. (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 outside of Colorado and has fewer than fifteen employees working in Colorado, all of whom work only remotely, then, through July 1, 2029, the employer is only required to provide notice of remote job opportunities. The department of labor and employment shall promulgate rules for temporary, interim, or acting job opportunities that necessitate immediate hire.

(2) An employer must in good faith disclose the following in the notification of each job opportunity:

(a) The hourly or salary compensation or the range of the hourly or salary compensation;

(b) A general description of the benefits and other compensation applicable to the job opportunity; and

(c) The date the application window is anticipated to close.

(3) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to announce, post, or otherwise make known, within thirty calendar days after a candidate who is selected to fill a job opportunity begins working in the position, the following information to, at a minimum, the employees with whom the employer intends the selected candidate to work with regularly:

(a) The name of the candidate selected for the job opportunity;

(b) The selected candidate's former job title if selected while already employed by the employer;

(c) The selected candidate's new job title; and

(d) Information on how employees may demonstrate interest in similar job opportunities in the future, including identifying individuals or departments to whom the employees can express interest in similar job opportunities.

(4) For positions with career progression, an employer shall disclose and make available to all eligible employees the requirements for career progression, in addition to each position's terms of compensation, benefits, full-time or part-time status, duties, and access to further advancement.

(5) Nothing in this section requires an employer to identify a selected candidate for a job opportunity in any manner that violates the candidate's privacy rights under applicable local, state, or federal law or in a manner that would place at risk the selected candidate's health or safety.
C.R.S. § 8-20-414 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 20 / Part 4 / Section 8-20-414
8-20-414. Restrictions on use of butane and butane-propane mixtures
Status: in_force

8-20-414. Restrictions on use of butane and butane-propane mixtures. Liquefied petroleum gas containing more than five percent liquid volume butane or butylenes shall be designated as butane-propane mixtures and shall be sold for use only in those applications approved by the director of the division of oil and public safety and for which special use permits have been granted.
C.R.S. § 8-3.3-102 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 3.3 / Section 8-3.3-102
8-3.3-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

8-3.3-102. Definitions. As used in this article 3.3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Bargaining unit" means a group of county employees in a unit deemed appropriate for the purpose of collective bargaining in accordance with section 8-3.3-110; except that a bargaining unit does not include:

(a) A confidential employee;

(b) A managerial employee;

(c) An executive employee; or

(d) Temporary, intermittent, or seasonal employees who work less than ninety days in a three-hundred-sixty-five-day period.

(2) "Collective bargaining" or "collectively bargain" means the performance of the mutual obligation of a county and an exclusive representative to:

(a) Meet at reasonable times and places and negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment;

(b) Resolve questions arising under a collective bargaining agreement through a negotiated grievance procedure culminating in final and binding arbitration; and

(c) Execute a written contract incorporating any agreements reached.

(3) "Collective bargaining agreement" means an agreement negotiated between an exclusive representative and a county, including an agreement reached through an impasse resolution process pursuant to section 8-3.3-114.

(4) "Compensation" means:

(a) Base wage or salary;

(b) Any form of direct monetary payments;

(c) Health, accident, life, and disability insurance;

(d) Pension programs;

(e) Paid time off;

(f) Uniform and equipment allowances; and

(g) Expense reimbursement.

(5) "Confidential employee" means a person who is:

(a) Required to develop or present management positions with respect to employer-employee relations or whose duties normally require access to confidential information that is used to contribute significantly to the development of the management positions; or

(b) Employed as an attorney by the county and whose duties are to provide direct legal counsel regarding the application, interpretation, or enforcement of this article 3.3.

(6) (a) "County" means a county in this state.

(b) "County" does not include:

(I) A city and county;

(II) A county with a population of less than seven thousand five hundred people pursuant to the official figures of the most recent United States decennial census;

(III) The state or any political subdivision of the state where the state or political subdivision of the state acquires or operates a mass transportation system, or any carrier by railroad, express company, or sleeping car company subject to the federal "Railway Labor Act", 45 U.S.C. sec. 151 et seq., as amended;

(IV) A municipality;

(V) A school district, a district charter school authorized pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of title 22, or an institute charter school authorized pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of title 22;

(VI) Any district, business improvement district, special district created pursuant to title 32, authority, or other political subdivision of the state; or

(VII) A public hospital established by a county pursuant to part 3 of article 3 of title 25.

(7) "County employee" means a person employed by a county, including a person whose employment with the county has ceased due to an unfair labor practice or a discharge, if such discharge is subject to appeal under an applicable appeals process.

(8) "Deadly physical force" means force, the intended, natural, and probable consequence of which is to produce death, and which does, in fact, produce death.

(9) "Department" means the department of labor and employment.

(10) "Director" means the director of the division.

(11) "Division" means the division of labor standards and statistics in the department.

(12) "Employee organization" means a nonprofit organization that engages with a county concerning wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment and that represents or seeks to represent county employees in a bargaining unit.

(13) "Exclusive representative" means the employee organization certified or recognized as the representative of employees in a bargaining unit pursuant to the terms of this article 3.3.

(14) "Executive employee" means an employee:

(a) Whose primary duty is management of the entity in which the employee is employed or of a customarily recognized department or subdivision of the entity;

(b) Who customarily and regularly directs the work of two or more other employees; and

(c) Who has the authority to hire or fire other employees or whose suggestions and recommendations as to the hiring, firing, advancement, promotion, or any other change of status of other employees are given particular weight.

(15) "Fact finding" means the process whereby the issues not resolved in collective bargaining negotiations between the county and the exclusive representative are presented to a fact finder for resolution pursuant to section 8-3.3-114.

(16) "Final offer" means the written offer made:

(a) Latest in time by an exclusive representative to a county or by a county to an exclusive representative; and

(b) At least seven calendar days before the beginning of an impasse resolution hearing as described in section 8-3.3-114.

(17) "Interest-based bargaining" means a method of collective bargaining that involves mutual collaboration.

(18) "Managerial employee" means any county employee who has significant responsibilities for formulating county policies and programs or administering an agency or department of an agency.

(19) "New employee orientation" means the onboarding process of a newly hired county employee, whether in person, online, or through other means or mediums, in which county employees are advised of their employment status, rights, benefits, duties, and responsibilities or any other employment-related matters.

(20) "Physical force" means the application of physical techniques or tactics, chemical agents, or weapons to another person.

(21) "Serious bodily injury" means bodily injury that, either at the time of the actual injury or at a later time, involves:

(a) A substantial risk of:

(I) Death;

(II) Serious permanent disfigurement; or

(III) Protracted loss or impairment of the function of any part or organ of the body; or

(b) A break, fracture, or burn of the second or third degree.

(22) "Showing of interest" means written or electronic documentation that provides evidence of county employee membership or support for an employee organization for purposes of exclusive representation. "Showing of interest" includes any electronic signature acceptable under the "Uniform Electronic Transactions Act", article 71.3 of title 24.

(23) "Terms and conditions of employment" means matters affecting the employment and working conditions of county employees, including hours and place of work.
C.R.S. § 8-2-131 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 8-2-131
8-2-131. Age of job applicants - limits on applications - exceptions - enforcement - rule
Status: in_force

8-2-131. Age of job applicants - limits on applications - exceptions - enforcement - rules - short title - definitions. (1) Short title. The short title of this section is the "Job Application Fairness Act".

(2) Definitions. As used in this section:

(a) "Department" means the department of labor and employment.

(b) "Employer" means a person engaged in a business, industry, profession, trade, or other enterprise in the state or a unit of state or local government. "Employer" includes an agent, a representative, or a designee of the employer.

(3) Job applicant's age - limits on applications. (a) On and after July 1, 2024, an employer shall not request or require an individual to include the individual's age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or date of graduation from an educational institution on an initial employment application.

(b) An employer may request or require an individual to provide additional application materials, including copies of certifications, transcripts, and other materials created by third parties, at the time of an initial employment application if the employer notifies the individual that the individual may redact information that identifies the individual's age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or date of graduation from an educational institution.

(4) Verification permitted. (a) The employer may request an individual to verify compliance with age requirements imposed pursuant to or required by:

(I) A bona fide occupational qualification pertaining to public or occupational safety;

(II) A federal law or regulation; or

(III) A state or local law or regulation based on a bona fide occupational qualification.

(b) Verification requests made under this subsection (4) must not require disclosure of an individual's specific age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or date of graduation from an educational institution on an initial employment application.

(5) Enforcement - notice and records retention rules. (a) This section does not create or authorize a private cause of action by a person aggrieved by a violation of this section. The penalties set forth in this subsection (5) are the sole remedy for a violation of this section. The issuance of a warning, order, or penalty for a violation of this section is not evidence of a violation of part 4 of article 34 of title 24.

(b) A person who is aggrieved by a violation of this section may file a complaint with the department. If the department receives a complaint within twelve months after the act that is alleged to violate this section occurred, the department shall investigate the complaint unless the department determines that the complaint is without merit.

(c) An employer that violates this section is liable for one of the following penalties:

(I) For the first violation, a warning and an order requiring compliance within fifteen business days;

(II) For the second violation, an order requiring compliance within fifteen business days and a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars; or

(III) For a third or subsequent violation, an order requiring compliance within fifteen business days and a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars.

(d) An employer is not subject to penalties for a second or subsequent violation under subsection (5)(c) of this section unless the employer:

(I) Failed to comply with an order requiring compliance within fifteen business days after the date of the order; or

(II) Complied with an order requiring compliance within fifteen business days but then committed a violation of this section more than fifteen business days after the issuance of the order.

(e) Each distinct job posting violating this section constitutes a separate violation under subsection (5)(c) of this section. Each instance of an individual responding to a job posting does not constitute a violation under subsection (5)(c) of this section.

(f) The department shall adopt rules regarding procedures for handling complaints filed against employers alleging a violation of this section, including:

(I) Requirements for providing notice to an employer alleged to have violated this section; and

(II) Requirements for retaining and maintaining relevant employment records during a pending investigation.
C.R.S. § 8-3-108 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 3 / Section 8-3-108
8-3-108. What are unfair labor practices
Status: in_force

8-3-108. What are unfair labor practices. (1) It is an unfair labor practice for an employer, individually or in concert with others, to:

(a) Interfere with, restrain, or coerce his employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 8-3-106;

(b) Initiate, create, dominate, or interfere with the formation or administration of any labor organization or contribute financial support to it; except that an employer shall not be prohibited from reimbursing employees at their prevailing wage rate for time spent conferring with him, nor from cooperating with representatives of at least a majority of his employees in a collective bargaining unit, at their request, by permitting employee organizational activities on employer premises or the use of employer facilities where such activities or use create no additional expense to the employer;

(c) (I) Encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization, employee agency, committee, association, or representation plan by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or conditions of employment; except that an employer shall not be prohibited from entering into an all-union agreement with the representatives of his employees in a collective bargaining unit if such all-union agreement is approved by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the employees eligible to vote or three-quarters or more of the employees who actually voted, whichever is greater, by secret ballot in favor of such all-union agreement in an election provided for in this paragraph (c) conducted under the supervision of the director. Where the collective bargaining unit involved is currently recognized under sections 8 or 9 of the "National Labor Relations Act", as amended, (49 Stat. 449; 61 Stat. 136), or where the collective bargaining unit involved is currently recognized by reason of certification by the director or the national labor relations board, or where such units were so recognized at the time of an election provided for in this paragraph (c), there is and shall be deemed to have been no need for a certification election as a precedent to an election provided for in this paragraph (c) in such collective bargaining unit on the issue of an all-union agreement. The employees in such a recognized or certified unit within this state shall be the only employees eligible to vote in an election provided for in this paragraph (c) held in such unit.

(II) (A) Any agreement as defined in section 8-3-104 (1.5) between an employer and a labor organization in existence on June 29, 1977, which has not been voted upon by the employees covered by it may, by written mutual agreement of such employer and labor organization, be ratified and upon such ratification shall be filed with the director. Any agreement as defined in section 8-3-104 (1.5) between an employer and a labor organization in existence on June 29, 1977, which has not been ratified and filed, as provided in this subsection (1)(c)(II), shall not be legal, valid, or enforceable during the remaining term of that labor contract unless and until either the employer, the labor organization, or at least twenty percent of the employees covered by such agreement file a petition upon forms provided by the division, demanding an election submitting the question of the all-union agreement to the employees covered by such agreement and said agreement is approved by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the employees eligible to vote or three-quarters or more of the employees who actually voted, whichever is greater, by secret ballot in favor of such all-union agreement in an election provided for in this subsection (1)(c) conducted under the supervision of the director.

(B) Upon filing of such instrument of ratification with the director, the director shall certify that such agreement complies with the provisions of section 8-3-104 (1.5) notwithstanding the absence of any other election requirements of this article 3, and by virtue of such ratification and certification, such agreement shall be deemed legal, valid, and enforceable to the extent permitted under the provisions of this article 3, subject to the provisions of subsection (1)(c)(II)(D) of this section.

(C) Within two weeks after the certification by the director provided for in sub-subparagraph (B) of this subparagraph (II), the employer which is a party to such agreement shall post or give written notice to all employees covered by such agreement on the date of ratification of the fact that the agreement has been ratified and certified pursuant to the provisions of this subparagraph (II) and of the right of such employees to file a petition demanding an election as provided in sub-subparagraph (D) of this subparagraph (II). Proof of giving of notice shall be filed with the director within twenty days after the certification by the director provided for in sub-subparagraph (B) of this subparagraph (II).

(D) Within forty-five days after the certification by the director provided for in sub-subparagraph (B) of this subparagraph (II) twenty percent of the employees covered by such agreement may file a petition, upon forms provided by the division, demanding an election submitting the question of ratification of such agreement to the employees covered by such agreement. If ratification of the agreement is approved by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the employees eligible to vote or three-quarters or more of the employees who actually voted, whichever is greater, in said election, the agreement shall be conclusively deemed ratified. Such election shall be held as promptly as possible following the filing of the petition. In the event that a certified contract expires or is terminated prior to the conducting of such an election, such certification shall be applicable to any subsequent agreement between the same parties until such election may be held.

(III) The director shall declare any such all-union agreement terminated whenever:

(A) He finds that the labor organization involved unreasonably has refused to receive as a member any employee of such employer, and any person interested may come before the director, as provided in section 8-3-110, and ask the performance of this duty; or

(B) The employer or twenty percent of the employees covered by such agreement file a petition with the director on forms provided by the division seeking to revoke such all-union agreement and, in an election conducted under the supervision of the director, there is not an affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the employees eligible to vote or three-quarters or more of the employees who actually voted, whichever is greater, in such election by secret ballot in favor of such all-union agreement. Such petition may only be filed within a time period between one hundred twenty and one hundred five days prior to the end of the collective bargaining agreement or prior to a triennial anniversary of the date of such agreement, and the division must complete said election within sixty days prior to the termination or triennial anniversary of said collective bargaining agreement. The director may conduct an election within a collective bargaining unit no more often than once during the term of any collective bargaining agreement or once every three years in the case of agreements for a period longer than three years.

(IV) The director shall provide a means by which employees may submit confidential petitions for an election under this paragraph (c), a means for verifying the employment, status, and eligibility of petitioners, and a means for determining the sufficiency of such petitions with respect to the twenty percent signature requirement, all of which shall be accomplished without disclosing the identification of such petitioners, except as allowed under subparagraph (V) of this paragraph (c). This duty shall apply to petitions filed pursuant to subparagraph (II)(A), (II)(D), or (III)(B) of this paragraph (c).

(V) No officer or employee of the division shall disclose the names of any signers to a petition or disclose how any person voted in an election to any person outside the division except pursuant to a court order or subpoena issued by a governmental authority or a court, and any such officer or employee who violates such nondisclosure provisions or who refuses to call an election pursuant to this paragraph (c) or prevents or conspires to prevent such call of an election commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501, C.R.S.

(d) Refuse to bargain collectively with the representatives of his employees in any collective bargaining unit; except that where an employer with reasonable cause files with the division a petition requesting a determination as to bargaining unit representation, he shall not be deemed to have refused to bargain until an election has been held and the result thereof has been certified to him by the director;

(e) Enter into an all-union agreement except in the manner provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection (1);

(f) Violate the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, including an agreement to accept an arbitration award;

(g) Refuse or fail to recognize or accept as conclusive of any issue in any controversy as to employment relations the final determination, after appeal, if any, of any tribunal having competent jurisdiction of the same or whose jurisdiction the employer has accepted;

(h) Discharge or otherwise discriminate against an employee because he has filed charges or given information or testimony in good faith under the provisions of this article;

(i) Deduct labor organization dues or assessments from an employee's earnings, unless the employer has been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the employee personally and terminable at any time by the employee's giving at least thirty days' written notice of such termination;

(j) Employ any person to spy upon employees or their representatives respecting their exercise of any right created or approved by this article;

(k) Make, circulate, or cause to be circulated a blacklist as described in section 8-2-110;

(l) Commit any crime or misdemeanor in connection with any controversy as to employment relations;

(m) Require a potential employee to furnish preemployment application information regarding said applicant's record of civil or military disobedience, unless any such matters resulted in a plea of guilty or a conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) It is an unfair labor practice for an employee, individually or in concert with others, to:

(a) Coerce or intimidate an employee in the enjoyment of his legal rights, including those guaranteed in section 8-3-106, or to intimidate his family or any member thereof, picket his domicile, or injure the person or property of such employee or his family or of any member thereof;

(b) Coerce, intimidate, or induce any employer to interfere with any of his employees in the enjoyment of their legal rights, including those guaranteed in section 8-3-106, or to engage in any practice with regard to his employees which would constitute an unfair labor practice if undertaken by him on his own initiative;

(c) Violate the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, including an agreement to accept an arbitration award;

(d) Refuse or fail to recognize or accept as conclusive of any issue in any controversy as to employment relations the final determination, after appeal, if any, of any tribunal having competent jurisdiction of the same or whose jurisdiction the employees or their representatives accepted;

(e) Cooperate in engaging in, promoting, or inducing picketing, boycotting, or any other overt concomitant of a strike unless a majority in a collective bargaining unit of the employees of an employer against whom such acts are primarily directed have voted by secret ballot to call a strike;

(f) Hinder or prevent, by mass picketing, threats, intimidation, force, or coercion of any kind, the pursuit of any lawful work or employment; or to obstruct or interfere with entrance to or egress from any place of employment; or to obstruct or interfere with free and uninterrupted use of public roads, streets, highways, railways, airports, or other ways of travel or conveyance;

(g) Engage in a secondary boycott, or to hinder or prevent, by threats, intimidation, force, coercion, or sabotage, the obtaining, use, or disposition of materials, equipment, or services, or to combine or conspire to hinder or prevent, by any means whatsoever, the obtaining, use, or disposition of materials, equipment, or services;

(h) Take, retain, or remain in unauthorized possession of property or any part thereof of the employer, or to engage in any concerted effort to interfere with production, except by leaving the premises in an orderly manner for the purpose of going on strike;

(i) Engage in a sit-down strike on the premises or property of the employer;

(j) Fail to give the notice of intention to strike provided in section 8-3-113;

(k) Commit any crime or misdemeanor in connection with any controversy as to employment relations;

(l) Demand or require any stand-in employee to be hired or employed by an employer, or to demand or require that the employer employ or pay for an employee to stand by or stand in for work being done by other employees, or to require the employer to employ or pay for any employee not required by the employer or necessary for the work of the employer;

(m) Do or cause to be done, on behalf of or in the interest of employers or employees, or in connection with or to influence the outcome of any controversy as to employment relations, any act prohibited by subsections (1) and (2) of this section.

(3) It is an unfair labor practice for an employee, individually or in concert with others, or for a labor organization or any of its agents to:

(a) Induce or encourage the employees of an employer to engage in a strike or concerted refusal in the course of their employment, or by any means to force or require an employer or any one or more employees to refrain from or prevent the use of any material, device, tool, or equipment intended or calculated to reduce the cost of the work;

(b) Require or force an employer to use any materials or do any work or render any service in connection with any task, job, work, or service as a condition of using any labor-saving device, equipment, tool, or instrument in the performance of such task, job, work, or service;

(c) Impose on any employee any fine, penalty, or forfeiture because such employee has used, is using, or has attempted to use a labor-saving device;

(d) (I) Engage in or induce or encourage employees of any employer to engage in a strike or concerted refusal in the course of their employment to use, manufacture, process, transport, or otherwise handle or work on any goods, articles, materials, or commodities or to perform any service where an object thereof is forcing or requiring any employer to assign particular work to employees in a particular trade, craft, or class rather than to employees in another labor organization or in another trade, craft, or class unless such employer is failing to conform to an order of the director or certification determining the bargaining representative for employees performing such work; but nothing contained in this subsection (3) shall be construed to make unlawful a refusal by any person to enter upon the premises of any employer (other than his own employer). Whenever a complaint is filed charging that any person or labor organization is engaged in the unfair labor practice defined in this paragraph (d), the director shall hear and determine the dispute concerning the assignment of work out of which such complaint arises, unless within ten days the parties to the dispute provide evidence to the director that the dispute is properly adjusted, in which case the complaint shall be dismissed by the director.

(II) Upon the filing of a complaint under this paragraph (d), the director shall make a preliminary investigation, and, if he finds that there is reasonable cause that the complaint is true, he may issue an order directing that the employees or labor organization cease and desist from striking, picketing, or refusing to handle or work on goods pending a resolution by the director of the dispute out of which the complaint arises.

(III) Upon the failure or refusal of any person or labor organization against whom such order is issued to comply with this order or direction, the district court of the district wherein the strike, picketing, or refusal to handle or work on goods takes place may, upon application of the director, issue injunctive relief in the manner provided in the Colorado rules of civil procedure for courts of record in Colorado.

(e) With regard to the entirety of this subsection (3), the following shall apply: Such material, device, tool, or equipment is germane to the employees' craft and not injurious to the employees' health and safety or the public generally, and nothing in this subsection (3) shall negate the rights of an employer and a labor organization to bargain collectively pursuant to subsection (1)(d) of this section.

(4) It is an unfair labor practice to do or cause to be done, on behalf of or in the interest of employers or employees, or in connection with or to influence the outcome of any controversy as to employment relations, any act prohibited by subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this section.
C.R.S. § 8-73-101 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 73 / Section 8-73-101
8-73-101. Payment of benefits
Status: in_force

8-73-101. Payment of benefits. (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, any amount of unemployment compensation payable to any individual for any week, if not an even dollar amount, shall be rounded to the next lower full dollar amount.

(2) An individual's eligibility and benefit amounts shall be determined weekly. Unemployment insurance benefit checks shall be issued once every two weeks; except that the division, when it determines it to be necessary for proper administration of articles 70 to 82 of this title, including the effecting of administrative economies, may issue benefit checks on a weekly basis. Under no circumstance shall benefit checks be issued less frequently than once every two weeks.
C.R.S. § 8-3.7-101 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 3.7 / Part 1 / Section 8-3.7-101
8-3.7-101. Legislative declaration - intent
Status: in_force

8-3.7-101. Legislative declaration - intent. (1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

(a) Colorado is home to more than half a million immigrants, including refugees, who make up ten percent of the state's population and play a vital role in our state's cultural fabric and shared prosperity;

(b) Over six hundred thousand individuals, who make up eleven percent of Colorado's population, are native-born Americans with at least one immigrant parent;

(c) Immigrants and refugees are an integral part of Colorado's diverse economy and are a vital part of the state's tax base;

(d) Immigrant-led households in the state paid one and one-half billion dollars in state and local taxes and had a combined spending power, after-tax income, of just over fourteen billion dollars in 2018;

(e) More than thirty-five thousand immigrant and refugee entrepreneurs employ over one hundred thousand individuals;

(f) Immigrants and refugees make up a little over thirteen percent of Colorado's science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce, twenty-one percent of the construction workforce, seventeen percent of the manufacturing workforce, and nineteen percent of the administrative and support, waste management, and remediation services workforces; and

(g) Between 2017 and 2019, naturalization rates increased by seventy-seven percent in Colorado and an additional one hundred thirteen thousand eight hundred seventy-three Coloradans are eligible to naturalize.

(2) The general assembly further finds and declares that:

(a) Supporting the integration and inclusion of immigrants and refugees in our communities helps the whole state thrive;

(b) Creating and establishing an office of new Americans will help to organize a structure for state agencies and immigrant communities to partner in order to enhance integration across the state and will provide immigrant communities the means to address any concerns and obstacles they encounter when accessing services; and

(c) The office of new Americans is intended to serve as a centralized location where state programs, initiatives, and policies focused on facilitating economic stability and promoting successful integration for immigrants are housed.

(3) It is the general assembly's intent that the office of new Americans:

(a) Will grow over time so that in the future it could provide grants to local immigrant-focused, community-based organizations, depending on available funds; and

(b) Be funded through gifts, grants, and donations through the 2022-23 state fiscal year and that in the second regular session of the seventy-fourth general assembly an appropriation be included in the annual general appropriation act for the office's state funding and associated FTE, subject to available appropriations; but nothing precludes the general assembly from making an appropriation to the office of new Americans prior to the second regular session of the seventy-fourth general assembly.
C.R.S. § 8-4-120 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 4 / Section 8-4-120
8-4-120. Discrimination and retaliation prohibited - employee protections - criminal pena
Status: in_force

8-4-120. Discrimination and retaliation prohibited - employee protections - criminal penalties - civil remedies. (1) An employer shall not intimidate, threaten, restrain, coerce, blacklist, discharge, or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against any employee who has:

(a) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (1)(a) is effective until January 1, 2025.] Filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under this article 4 or any other law or rule related to wages or hours; or

(a) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (1)(a) is effective January 1, 2025.] Filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under this article 4 or any other law or rule related to wages, hours, or employment of minors; or

(b) Testified or provided other evidence, or may testify or provide other evidence, in any proceeding on behalf of the employee or another person regarding afforded protections under this article 4 or under any other law or rule related to wages or hours.

(2) An employer who violates this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor.

(3) (a) An employee who alleges a violation of subsection (1) of this section may file a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the employer alleged to have violated this section to seek legal and equitable relief as appropriate to remedy the violation, including:

(I) Back pay;

(II) Reinstatement of employment or, if reinstatement is not feasible, front pay;

(III) The payment of wages unlawfully withheld;

(IV) Interest on unpaid wages at a rate of twelve percent per annum from the date the wages were first due;

(V) The payment of a penalty of fifty dollars per day for each employee whose rights under this section were violated and for each day that the violation occurred or continued;

(VI) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to the greater of two times the amount of the unpaid wages or two thousand dollars; and

(VII) Injunctive relief.

(b) If the employee prevails in a civil action brought pursuant to this subsection (3), the court shall award the employee reasonable attorney fees and costs.

(4) The division may investigate and enforce discrimination or retaliation prohibited by this article 4 or article 6 of this title 8 and, after investigation, may order the relief specified in subsection (3)(a) of this section.
C.R.S. § 8-47-201 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 47 / Part 2 / Section 8-47-201
8-47-201. Information to division - blanks - verification
Status: in_force

8-47-201. Information to division - blanks - verification. Every employer receiving from the division any blanks with directions to fill out the same or requests for information required for the purposes of articles 40 to 47 of this title shall properly fill out the blanks and furnish the information so requested fully and correctly. The director may require that any information requested by the division be verified under oath and may fix the time within which said information shall be returned.
C.R.S. § 8-42-122 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 42 / Section 8-42-122
8-42-122. Minor dependents - safeguarding payments
Status: in_force

8-42-122. Minor dependents - safeguarding payments. In all cases of death where the dependents are minor children, it shall be sufficient for the surviving spouse or a friend to make application and claim on behalf of the minor children. The director, for the purpose of protecting the rights and interests of any dependents whom the director deems incapable of fully protecting their own interests, may deposit the payments in any type of account in state or national banks insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or its successor, savings and loan associations that are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or its successor, or credit unions that are insured by the national credit union share insurance fund and may otherwise provide for the manner and method of safeguarding the payments due such dependents in such manner as the director sees fit.
C.R.S. § 8-3.7-204 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 3.7 / Part 2 / Section 8-3.7-204
8-3.7-204. Reporting requirements
Status: in_force

8-3.7-204. Reporting requirements. (1) (a) One year after the date of the contract entered into pursuant to section 8-3.7-202 (3)(b), the administering entity shall submit a report to the department. At a minimum, the report must include:

(I) A description of expenses made with the grant money;

(II) The number of grant applicants;

(III) The number of community-based organizations that received a grant;

(IV) The geographic location of each grant recipient; and

(V) The aggregate number of migrants served by each grant recipient, the services provided, and the migrants' level of satisfaction for each service provided.

(b) Any information included in the report required pursuant to this subsection (1) must not include personal identifying information.

(2) No later than three months after the report is submitted to the department pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, and each year thereafter, the department shall submit the administering entity's report to the house of representatives health and human services committee and the senate health and human services committee, or their successor committees, regarding the grant program.

(3) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the reporting requirements set forth in this section continue as long as the grant program is operational.
C.R.S. § 8-75-103 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 75 / Part 1 / Section 8-75-103
8-75-103. Eligibility requirements for extended benefits
Status: in_force

8-75-103. Eligibility requirements for extended benefits. (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 this title for the receipt of regular benefits that are applicable to individuals claiming extended benefits, including not being subject to a disqualification for the receipt of benefits; and

(c) He files his interstate claim from a state in which there is an extended benefits state "on" indicator. If he files his interstate claim from a state in which there is an extended benefits state "off" indicator, he shall be paid for not more than the first two weeks in which extended benefits are payable in an interstate claim.
C.R.S. § 8-7.5-102 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 7.5 / Section 8-7.5-102
8-7.5-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

8-7.5-102. Definitions. As used in this article 7.5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Board" means the direct care workforce stabilization board created in section 8-7.5-103.

(2) "Department" means the department of labor and employment created in section 24-1-121.

(3) "Direct care consumer" means:

(a) A home care consumer;

(b) An eligible person, as defined in section 25.5-6-1101 (4), including an eligible person who participates in the consumer-directed care service model pursuant to part 11 of article 6 of title 25.5; or

(c) An eligible person with a disability, as defined in section 25.5-6-1302 (2).

(4) (a) "Direct care employer" means:

(I) A home care employer; or

(II) A provider agency or organization that provides direct care services.

(b) "Direct care employer" does not include an eligible person, as defined in section 25.5-6-1101 (4), who participates in the consumer-directed care service model pursuant to part 11 of article 6 of title 25.5; except that such eligible person is a direct care employer for purposes of appointment of direct care employers to the board pursuant to section 8-7.5-103 (2)(a)(I)(B).

(5) "Direct care industry" means the industry in which direct care workers deliver direct care services to direct care consumers in Colorado.

(6) "Direct care services" means:

(a) Personal care services; or

(b) Any services described in parts 3 to 13 of article 6 of title 25.5 that do not require the individual providing the services to be licensed or certified by the state or the federal government in order to perform the services.

(7) "Direct care worker" means:

(a) A home care worker;

(b) An employee or independent contractor of a direct care employer, as defined in subsection (4)(a)(II) of this section, who provides direct care services to direct care consumers, as defined in subsection (3)(b) of this section; or

(c) An individual who provides direct care services to direct care consumers, as defined in subsection (3)(c) of this section.

(8) "Employer organization" means:

(a) An organization exempt from federal income taxation under section 501 (c)(6) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", 26 U.S.C. sec. 501, as amended, that represents direct care employers; or

(b) An entity selected by and representing employers.

(9) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.

(10) "Home care consumer" means a home care consumer, as defined in section 25-27.5-102 (4), who receives personal care services.

(11) "Home care employer" means a home care agency, as defined in section 25-27.5-102 (3), or other entity that employs home care workers.

(12) "Home care worker" means a worker providing personal care services to a home care consumer.

(13) "Personal care services" has the same meaning as set forth in section 25-27.5-102 (6).

(14) "Worker organization" means an organization that:

(a) Is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501 (c)(3), (c)(4), (c)(5), or (c)(6) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", 26 U.S.C. sec. 501, as amended;

(b) Is not dominated, controlled, or funded by any direct care employer; and

(c) Has at least two years of demonstrated experience engaging and advocating for direct care workers.
C.R.S. § 8-47-107 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 47 / Part 1 / Section 8-47-107
8-47-107. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

8-47-107. Adoption of rules. The director has the power to adopt reasonable and proper rules relative to the administration of articles 40 to 47 of this title and proper rules to govern proceedings and hearings of the division, and the director has the discretion to amend the rules from time to time. No such rule shall limit the jurisdiction of an administrative law judge in the office of administrative courts to hear and decide all matters arising under articles 40 to 47 of this title; except that in any matter where the director has issued an order to enforce a provision of the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado", an administrative law judge in the office of administrative courts shall not hear and decide the same matter while it is pending before the director. The rules shall be promulgated in accordance with section 24-4-103, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 8-42-106 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 42 / Section 8-42-106
8-42-106. Temporary partial disability
Status: in_force

8-42-106. Temporary partial disability. (1) In case of temporary partial disability, the employee shall receive sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the difference between the employee's average weekly wage at the time of the injury and the employee's average weekly wage during the continuance of the temporary partial disability, not to exceed a maximum of ninety-one percent of the state average weekly wage per week. Temporary partial disability shall be paid at least once every two weeks.

(2) Temporary partial disability payments shall continue until the first occurrence of either one of the following:

(a) The employee reaches maximum medical improvement; or

(b) (I) The attending physician gives the employee a written release to return to modified employment, such employment is offered to the employee in writing, and the employee fails to begin such employment.

(II) In the case of employment by a temporary help contracting firm, once the employee has received one written offer of modified employment meeting the requirements of subparagraph (III) of this paragraph (b), the employee shall be deemed to be on notice that modified employment is available. Subsequent offers of modified employment need not be in writing so long as the job requirements of such modified employment are within the restrictions given the employee by the employee's attending physician and the employee is allowed a period of at least twenty-four hours, not including any part of a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, within which to respond to any such offer.

(III) A written offer of modified employment under subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (b) shall clearly state:

(A) That future offers of employment need not be in writing;

(B) The policy of the temporary help contracting firm regarding how and when employees are expected to learn of such future offers; and

(C) That benefits under this section will be terminated if an employee fails to respond to an offer of modified employment.
C.R.S. § 8-83-903 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 83 / Part 9 / Section 8-83-903
8-83-903. Repeal of part
Status: repealed

8-83-903. Repeal of part. This part 9 is repealed, effective September 1, 2025.
C.R.S. § 8-41-203 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 41 / Part 2 / Section 8-41-203
8-41-203. Negligence of stranger - remedies - subrogation - actions - compromise
Status: in_force

8-41-203. Negligence of stranger - remedies - subrogation - actions - compromise. (1) (a) If any employee entitled to compensation under articles 40 to 47 of this title is injured or killed by the negligence or wrong of another not in the same employ, such injured employee or, in case of death, such employee's dependents, may take compensation under said articles and may also pursue a remedy against the other person to recover any damages in excess of the compensation available under said articles.

(b) The payment of compensation pursuant to articles 40 to 47 of this title shall operate as and be an assignment of the cause of action against such other person to Pinnacol Assurance, the medical disaster insurance fund, the major medical insurance fund, or the subsequent injury fund, if compensation is payable from said funds, and otherwise to the person, association, corporation, or insurance carrier liable for the payment of such compensation. Said insurance carrier shall not be entitled to recover any sum in excess of the amount of compensation for which said carrier is liable under said articles to the injured employee, but to that extent said carrier shall be subrogated to the rights of the injured employee against said third party causing the injury. If the injured employee proceeds against such other person, then Pinnacol Assurance, the medical disaster insurance fund, the major medical insurance fund, the subsequent injury fund, or such other person, association, corporation, or insurance carrier, as the case may be, shall contribute only the deficiency, if any, between the amount of the recovery against such other person actually collected and the compensation provided by said articles in such case.

(c) The right of subrogation provided by this section shall apply to and include all compensation and all medical, hospital, dental, funeral, and other benefits and expenses to which the employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's dependents are entitled under the provisions of said articles, including parts 2 and 3 of article 46 of this title, or for which the employee's employer or insurance carrier is liable or has assumed liability.

(d) The assigned and subrogated cause of action provided by this section, together with the right to recover future benefits:

(I) Shall extend to all moneys collected from the third party causing the injury for all:

(A) Economic damages; and

(B) Physical impairment and disfigurement damages; except that, to the extent the trier of fact makes a separate award for disfigurement damages, the right of the beneficiary of the assigned interest to recover from such disfigurement damages shall be limited to the amount the beneficiary of the assigned interest paid, or is obligated to pay, in disfigurement damages pursuant to articles 40 to 47 of this title; and

(II) Shall not extend to moneys collected for noneconomic damages awarded for pain and suffering, inconvenience, emotional stress, or impairment of quality of life.

(e) (I) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (e), the amount of the assigned and subrogated cause of action shall be reduced by an amount equal to the reasonable attorney fees and costs paid by the injured employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's dependents, in pursuing the recovery of the assigned and subrogated cause of action and the collection of such recovery.

(II) If the beneficiary of the assigned and subrogated cause of action elects to independently pursue such assigned cause of action, any recovery by such beneficiary shall not be reduced by any attorney fees and costs incurred by the employee. If the beneficiary of the assigned and subrogated cause of action elects to intervene within ninety days after receiving the notice required by paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of this section, any recovery by such beneficiary shall not be reduced by any attorney fees and costs incurred by the employee. If such beneficiary elects to intervene after the expiration of such ninety-day period, the court may reduce the beneficiary's recovery by a reasonable amount for any attorney fees and costs incurred by the employee after the end of such ninety-day period and before receiving notice that the beneficiary intends to intervene.

(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting in any way the right of the injured employee to take compensation under articles 40 to 47 of this title and also proceed against the third party causing the injury to recover any damages in excess of the subrogation rights described in this section.

(2) Such a cause of action assigned to Pinnacol Assurance may be prosecuted or compromised by it. A compromise of any such cause of action by the employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's dependents at an amount less than the compensation provided for by articles 40 to 47 of this title shall be made only with the written approval of the chief executive officer of Pinnacol Assurance, if the deficiency of compensation would be payable from the Pinnacol Assurance fund, and otherwise with the written approval of the person, association, corporation, or insurance carrier liable to pay the same. Such written approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Failure to obtain such written approval shall entitle the party responsible for paying workers' compensation benefits to be reimbursed for all benefits paid from, and offset any future liability under articles 40 to 47 of this title against, the entire proceeds recovered without any credit for reasonable attorney fees and costs as provided in paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of this section. If such approval is not obtained, the employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's dependents shall not be liable for any plaintiff's attorney fees for the third-party recovery on that portion of any recovery equal to the assigned and subrogated interest and are not subject to any action for refusal to pay such plaintiff's attorney fees resulting from the third-party case.

(3) If an employee is killed by the negligence or wrong of another not in the same employ and the dependents of such employee who are entitled to compensation under articles 40 to 47 of this title are minors, the decision to pursue or compromise any claim against a third party shall be made by such minor or shall be made on the minor's behalf by a parent of such minor or by the minor's next friend or duly appointed guardian, as the director of the division of workers' compensation may determine by rule in each case. Once such decision is made, the person who made the decision shall also bear the responsibility to provide all notices required by this section.

(4) (a) (I) If the employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's dependents make a demand upon or a request of a person or entity not in the same employ as the employee to seek recovery for damages arising from actions of such other person or entity, the employee or dependents shall also give written notice, within ten days, to the division of workers' compensation and to all parties who may be responsible for paying benefits to the employee or dependents under articles 40 to 47 of this title.

(II) If the party responsible for paying workers' compensation benefits under articles 40 to 47 of this title to the employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's dependents, makes a demand upon or a request of a person or entity not in the same employ as the employee to seek recovery for damages arising from actions of the other person or entity, the party responsible for paying the workers' compensation benefits shall also give written notice, within ten days, to the division of workers' compensation and to the employee or, if the employee is deceased, to the employee's dependents.

(III) The notice requirements of this paragraph (a) shall not apply to demands or requests seeking the recovery of medical payments only, and not seeking the recovery of any other type of damage or loss.

(b) The notice required by this subsection (4) shall contain the following:

(I) A description of the claim;

(II) The names and addresses of any and all other persons believed to be negligent;

(III) The name and address of any attorney representing the employee or dependents;

(IV) The name and address of any attorney representing other persons believed to be negligent; and

(V) The name, address, and telephone number of the insurance company or third-party administrator.

(c) (I) Except as provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (c), at least twenty days before commencing a lawsuit or arbitration proceeding to recover damages arising from actions of another person or entity, the party initiating such lawsuit or arbitration shall give written notice to all parties who may be responsible for paying benefits to the employee or dependents under articles 40 to 47 of this title and to the employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's dependents. Such notice shall contain all of the information set out in paragraph (b) of this subsection (4) and shall be accompanied by a draft copy of the complaint.

(II) If any applicable statutory limitation period would expire before such twenty days have passed, the party initiating such lawsuit or arbitration may file or serve the complaint, or otherwise act to toll the running of such limitation period, before such twenty days have passed. The party initiating the lawsuit or arbitration shall provide the notice required by subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (c) within twenty days after commencing such action.

(d) If the employee or dependents fail to provide the written notice required pursuant to subparagraph (I) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (4):

(I) The party responsible for paying workers' compensation benefits shall be entitled to reimbursement from all moneys collected from the third party for all economic damages and for all physical impairment and disfigurement damages, without any credit for reasonable attorney fees as provided in paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of this section. If the trier of fact makes a separate award for disfigurement damages, reimbursement from such disfigurement damage award shall be limited to the amount the party paying workers' compensation benefits paid, or is obligated to pay, in disfigurement damages pursuant to articles 40 to 47 of this title. Such rights shall not extend to moneys collected for noneconomic damages awarded for pain and suffering, inconvenience, emotional stress, or impairment of quality of life.

(II) The employee or dependents shall not be liable for any plaintiff's attorney fees for the third-party recovery on that portion of any recovery equal to the assigned and subrogated interest and are not subject to any action for refusal to pay such plaintiff's attorney fees resulting from the third-party case.

(e) If the party responsible for paying workers' compensation benefits under articles 40 to 47 of this title fails to provide the written notice required pursuant to subparagraph (II) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (4), the amount of the claim shall be reduced by fifty dollars for each day such notice was not given to the employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's dependents, in an amount not to exceed twenty percent of the amount of the total assigned interest at the time such notice should have been given. The failure to provide such notice shall be a reassignment of a portion of the claim to the employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's dependents, in an amount equal to the penalty.
C.R.S. § 8-20-808 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 20 / Part 8 / Section 8-20-808
8-20-808. List of brands may be furnished
Status: in_force

8-20-808. List of brands may be furnished. The director of the division of oil and public safety may furnish, upon request, a list of the brands and trademarks of antifreeze inspected by the director during the marketing year that have been found to be in accord with this part 8.
C.R.S. § 8-42-115 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 42 / Section 8-42-115
8-42-115. Death from injury - benefits
Status: in_force

8-42-115. Death from injury - benefits. (1) In case death proximately results from the injury, the benefits shall be in the amount and to the persons following:

(a) If there are no dependents, compensation shall be limited to the expenses provided for medical, hospital, and funeral expense of the deceased, together with such sums as may have accrued or been paid to the deceased during the deceased's lifetime for disability, and any amount or payment which is due under section 8-46-101.

(b) If there are wholly dependent persons at the time of death, the payment shall be in accordance with the provisions of section 8-42-114.

(c) If there are partially dependent persons at the time of death, the payment shall not exceed sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the average weekly wages, subject to the limitations of articles 40 to 47 of this title as to maximum and minimum weekly amounts, to continue for such period after the date of death as is required to pay, at the weekly rate, the total amount awarded by the director to be paid to such partially dependent persons.
C.R.S. § 8-75-203 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 75 / Part 2 / Section 8-75-203
8-75-203. Work share program - work share plan - eligibility of employer - approval - deni
Status: repealed

8-75-203. Work share program - work share plan - eligibility of employer - approval - denial - rules.

(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 shall submit a work share plan in writing to the director for approval. If the employer is subject to a collective bargaining agreement, the collective bargaining unit must agree in writing to the work share plan prior to implementation. An employer that is a negative excess employer pursuant to section 8-76-102.5 (3) may be eligible to participate in the work share program in accordance with rules adopted by the director concerning eligibility requirements.

(II) This paragraph (b) is effective December 31, 2012.

(2) An employer must submit a work share plan to the division on forms and following procedures required by the director. The director may approve a work share plan if:

(a) The plan applies to and identifies a specific affected unit;

(b) The plan identifies the employees in the affected unit by name and social security number;

(c) The plan reduces the normal work for an employee in the affected unit by at least ten percent and not more than an amount consistent with rules promulgated by the director and authorized under 26 U.S.C. sec. 3306 (v);

(d) The plan applies to at least two of the employees in the affected unit;

(e) Repealed.

(f) The plan includes a description of how the plan complies with the "Federal Unemployment Tax Act", 26 U.S.C. sec. 3301 et seq.;

(g) The plan includes an explanation of how employees will be notified of the plan in advance, if notification is feasible, or an explanation of why it is not feasible to notify the employees in advance;

(h) The plan includes an estimate of the number of employees who would be laid off if the employer did not participate in the work share program; and

(i) The plan includes certification by the employer that the terms of the written plan and implementation of the plan are consistent with employer obligations pursuant to federal and state law.

(3) The director shall not approve a work share plan unless the employer:

(a) Agrees that for the duration of the employer's participation in the work share program, the employer shall not eliminate or diminish health insurance, retirement benefits received under a pension plan, paid vacation and holidays, sick leave, or any other similar employee benefit provided by the employer immediately prior to submitting the work share plan to the division, if the employer provides benefits to his or her employees;

(b) Certifies that the collective bargaining agent for the employees, if applicable, has agreed to the work share plan;

(c) Certifies that the implementation of a shared work plan and the resulting reduction in work hours is in lieu of layoffs that would affect at least two of the employees in the affected unit and that would result in an equivalent reduction in work hours;

(d) Certifies that the employer will not employ additional employees in the affected unit while participating in the work share program;

(e) Agrees that no employee participating in the work share program shall receive, in the aggregate, more than twenty-six weeks of benefits; and

(f) Agrees to submit reports concerning the operation of the work share plan to the division upon request of the director.

(4) The director shall approve or deny the work share plan in writing no later than thirty days after the date the division receives the plan. If the director denies the work share plan, he or she shall inform the employer in writing of the reasons for the denial.
C.R.S. § 8-83-101 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 83 / Part 1 / Section 8-83-101
8-83-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

8-83-101. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Department" means the department of labor and employment created in section 24-1-121, C.R.S.

(2) "Director" means the director of the division.

(3) "Division" means the division of employment and training in the department.
C.R.S. § 8-1-124 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 1 / Section 8-1-124
8-1-124. Witnesses - rules of evidence
Status: repealed

8-1-124. Witnesses - rules of evidence. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 8-3.3-111 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 3.3 / Section 8-3.3-111
8-3.3-111. Decertification of exclusive representative - rules
Status: in_force

8-3.3-111. Decertification of exclusive representative - rules. (1) A county employee in a bargaining unit or an employee organization may initiate decertification of the employee organization as the exclusive representative upon submission to the director of a showing of interest demonstrating that thirty percent of the county employees in the appropriate bargaining unit request decertification of the existing exclusive representative or a showing of interest demonstrating that thirty percent of the county employees in the bargaining unit authorize an employee organization other than the exclusive representative to represent them for purposes of collective bargaining. Decertification elections must be held in a manner similar to certification elections, as specified in rules promulgated by the director, so long as an incumbent exclusive representative employee organization is not required to file a showing of interest to be placed on the ballot.

(2) If there is a collective bargaining agreement in effect, a petition for a decertification election may be made to the director no earlier than ninety days and no later than sixty days prior to the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement; except that a request for an election may be filed at any time after the expiration of the third year of a collective bargaining agreement that has a term of more than three years.

(3) If an exclusive representative has been certified but no collective bargaining agreement is in effect, the director shall not act on a request for a decertification election earlier than twelve months after the certification of an employee organization as the exclusive representative.
C.R.S. § 8-15.7-406 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 15.7 / Part 4 / Section 8-15.7-406
8-15.7-406. Repeal of part
Status: repealed

8-15.7-406. Repeal of part. This part 4 is repealed, effective July 1, 2027.
C.R.S. § 8-1-107 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 1 / Section 8-1-107
8-1-107. Powers and duties of director - rules
Status: repealed

8-1-107. Powers and duties of director - rules.

(1) Repealed.

(2) In addition to any other duties prescribed by law, the director has the duty and the power to:

(a) Appoint advisors who, without compensation, shall advise the director relative to the duties imposed upon the director by articles 1 to 18 of this title and part 3 of article 34 of title 24, C.R.S.;

(b) Inquire into and supervise the enforcement, with respect to relations between employer and employee, of the laws relating to child labor, laundries, stores, factory inspection, employment offices and bureaus, and fire escapes and means of egress from places of employment and all other laws protecting the life, health, and safety of employees in employments and places of employment;

(c) to (h) Repealed.

(i) Accept, use, disburse, and administer all federal aid or other property, services, and moneys allotted to the division as part of any grant-in-aid safety program authorized by an act of congress and to make such agreements, not inconsistent with any act of congress and the laws of this state, as may be required as a condition precedent to receiving such funds or other assistance. Such acceptance, conditions, and agreement shall not be effective unless and until the director has recommended to and received the written approval of the governor and the executive director of the department. The state treasurer is designated custodian of all funds received pursuant to this paragraph (i) from the federal government, and he shall hold such funds separate and distinct from state funds and is authorized to make disbursements from such funds for the designated purpose or administrative costs which may be provided in such grants-in-aid, upon warrants issued by the controller and upon the voucher of the director.

(j) Repealed.

(k) Collect and collate statistical and other information relating to the work under his jurisdiction. All materials of the division circulated in quantity outside the executive branch shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 24-1-136, C.R.S. The director shall cause to be printed and, upon application, furnished free of charge to any employer or employee such blank forms as he shall deem required for the proper and efficient administration of articles 1 to 18 of this title and part 3 of article 34 of title 24, C.R.S., all such records to be kept in the offices of the division. Copies of orders, regulations, and rules of procedure shall be made for distribution in a manner to constitute sufficient publication as required by law.

(l) to (o) Repealed.

(p) Adopt reasonable and proper rules and regulations relative to the exercise of his powers and proper rules and regulations to govern the proceedings of the division and to regulate the manner of investigations and hearings and to amend said rules and regulations from time to time in his discretion. Such rules and regulations, and amendments thereto, shall be made in accordance with section 24-4-103, C.R.S.

(q) Repealed.

(r) Promulgate rules to implement the provisions of section 26-2-716 (3)(b), C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 8-43-214 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 43 / Part 2 / Section 8-43-214
8-43-214. Transcript certified - evidence
Status: in_force

8-43-214. Transcript certified - evidence. A transcribed copy of the evidence and proceedings, or any specific part thereof, of any investigation or hearing which was prepared at the direction of the director shall be certified by the hearing reporter, or the division if the hearing was recorded, to be a true and correct transcript of the testimony on the investigation or hearing of a particular witness, or a specific part thereof, carefully compared to original notes or to the original recording, and to be a correct statement of the evidence and proceedings had on such investigation or hearing. A transcribed copy which is so certified may be received as evidence by the director, the panel, and any court with the same effect as if the person who prepared the transcript were present and testified to the facts so certified.
C.R.S. § 8-42-125 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 42 / Section 8-42-125
8-42-125. Data gathering on workers' compensation system
Status: in_force

8-42-125. Data gathering on workers' compensation system. The governor and the leader of the opposing party in the house of representatives and the leader of the opposing party in the senate shall contract with a person or entity for obtaining information on the workers' compensation system. The person or entity gathering the information shall work solely at the unanimous direction of the governor and the opposition leadership. Issues or topics that will be subject to the information gathering process shall be determined by unanimous decision of the governor and the opposition leadership. The contractor for the gathering of the information shall have complete access to all records of and files in the division of workers' compensation and the office of administrative courts. Such contractor shall guarantee that any information gathered on any individual shall be kept confidential.
C.R.S. § 8-20-206 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 20 / Part 2 / Section 8-20-206
8-20-206. Shipper notify director
Status: in_force

8-20-206. Shipper notify director. (1) Any person who ships fuel products included in classes I and II into the state, or who ships such fuel products from any refinery or pipeline terminal within the state to another point within the state, shall notify the director of the division of oil and public safety of the shipment within twenty-four hours after the shipment has been billed for departure in the case of tank cars, or after the shipment has been loaded for departure in the case of barrels, trucks, or tank wagons. At the same time, such person shall forward to the director of the division of oil and public safety a true sample of the contents of the shipment weighing at least eight ounces, with the specifications thereof and the number and initial of the tank car, or if some other method of transportation is used, an adequate description of the means of conveyance or container, so as to enable identification of the shipment. Any person who diverts a shipment of such fuel products into the state of Colorado from outside the state shall give the same notice and forward the same type of sample to the director of the division of oil and public safety within twenty-four hours after the billing of the shipment is changed to a Colorado destination.

(2) If more than one car of fuel products included in classes I and II is shipped at the same time from the same source and refinery run, the director of the division of oil and public safety may accept one sample for all or any part of such shipment.
C.R.S. § 8-83-502 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 83 / Part 5 / Section 8-83-502
8-83-502. Definitions
Status: in_force

8-83-502. Definitions. As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Coal transition community" means a Colorado municipality, county, or region where a coal transition facility or a center for the manufacturing or transportation supply chain of a coal transition facility was or is located.

(1.5) "Coal transition facility" means a Colorado coal-fueled electrical power generating plant that was in operation at any time in 2017, or a Colorado coal mine that was actively producing at any time in 2017.

(2) "Coal transition worker" means a Colorado resident who works or worked in a coal transition facility or in the manufacturing or transportation supply chain of a coal transition facility.

(2.5) "Coal transition workforce assistance program account" or "account" means the coal transition workforce assistance program account created in section 8-83-504.5.

(3) "Director" means the director of the office.

(4) "Disproportionately impacted community" has the meaning set forth in section 24-4-109 (2)(b)(II).

(5) "Eligible entity" means the following entities that serve a coal transition community and that may apply for a grant:

(a) An economic development district;

(b) A county, municipality, city and county, or other political subdivision of the state;

(c) An Indian tribe;

(d) An apprenticeship program that is registered with the United States department of labor or a state apprenticeship agency recognized by the United States department of labor;

(e) An institution of higher education; and

(f) A public or private nonprofit organization or association.

(5.5) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department of labor and employment.

(6) "Fund" means the just transition cash fund created in section 8-83-504.

(7) "Just transition plan" means the plan, in draft or final form, prepared by the just transition advisory committee as outlined in section 8-83-503 (6) and submitted by the director as outlined in section 8-83-503 (4), or any subsequent version of the plan developed through a similar process.

(8) "Office" means the just transition office created in section 8-83-503 (1).

(9) "Tier one coal transition worker" means a coal transition worker who was laid off on or after January 1, 2017, or who the director determines is reasonably likely to be laid off in the future, from employment in a coal transition facility or the manufacturing or transportation supply chain of a coal transition facility if the proximate cause of the actual or anticipated loss of employment is either the closure or conversion of a coal-fueled electrical power generating plant in Colorado or a contiguous state or what the director determines to be a sustained and likely permanent decline in broader coal markets due to similar closures or conversions nationally and globally.

(10) "Tier one transition community" means a coal transition community that the director, with the concurrence of the executive directors of the department and the department of local affairs, determines has already experienced or is at risk of experiencing significant economic disruption, the proximate cause of which is either the closure or conversion of a coal-fueled electrical power generating plant in Colorado or a contiguous state or a sustained and likely permanent decline in broader coal markets due to similar closures or conversions nationally and globally.

(11) "Tier two coal transition worker" means a coal transition worker who is not a tier one coal transition worker.

(12) "Tier two transition community" means a coal transition community that the director, with the concurrence of the executive directors of the department and the department of local affairs, determines has not yet met the criteria required to be a tier one transition community.

(13) "Wage differential benefit" means supplemental income covering all or part of the difference between an individual's previous employment in a coal mine, coal-fueled electrical power generating plant, or the manufacturing and transportation supply chains of either and new employment or supplemental income during job retraining.
C.R.S. § 8-67-107 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 67 / Section 8-67-107
8-67-107. Powers of the board - rules
Status: in_force

8-67-107. Powers of the board - rules. (1) The board has the following powers and duties:

(a) To establish standards and criteria for payment of benefits from the fund;

(b) To set minimum and maximum benefit rates; except that benefits paid by the fund shall not exceed the maximum allowed under articles 40 to 47 of this title 8 or set forth by order of the director. Minimum benefit rates shall be at the level required by articles 40 to 47 of this title 8 unless the fund lacks sufficient money as determined by the board. If benefits are paid below the amount mandated by articles 40 to 47 of this title 8, benefits shall be prioritized and paid as follows:

(I) Medical benefits;

(II) Funeral benefits;

(III) Temporary disability;

(IV) Death benefits;

(V) Permanent total disability;

(VI) Permanent partial disability;

(VII) Disfigurement.

(c) To adjust claims, which may be performed by contracting with any appropriate entities designated as third-party administrators. Designation of a third-party administrator is subject to the approval of the director.

(d) To pay the expenses of the board as authorized by this section;

(e) To disseminate information regarding the fund;

(f) To adopt rules as necessary to carry out the purposes of this article 67, including rules regarding admission to the fund and payment of benefits in order to ensure the financial stability of the fund;

(g) To investigate claims brought for benefits and to adjust, compromise, settle, and pay covered claims to the extent permitted by statute and rule; to deny payment of benefits from the fund of all other claims and to review settlements, releases, and final orders to which the uninsured employer and injured worker were parties; and to determine the extent to which such settlements, releases, and orders may effect eligibility for benefits.

(2) The board may:

(a) Employ or retain persons as necessary to handle claims and perform other duties of the board;

(b) Intervene as a party before any court or administrative tribunal in this state that has jurisdiction over an uninsured employer or other party potentially responsible for payment of benefits;

(c) Negotiate and become a party to contracts as necessary to carry out the purposes of this article 67;

(d) Perform other acts necessary or proper to effectuate the purposes of this article 67;

(e) Purchase or otherwise obtain insurance and reinsurance policies to limit the liability of the fund for payment of benefits under this article 67; and

(f) Deny entry to the fund or payment of benefits if the underlying claim appears to be premised on fraudulent activity.
C.R.S. § 8-83-218 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 83 / Part 2 / Section 8-83-218
8-83-218. Core services
Status: in_force

8-83-218. Core services. (1) The work force investment program, as implemented through one-stop career centers, shall provide a core set of services, as defined by the federal act, to individuals who are adults or dislocated workers, including, at a minimum, access for job seekers to a comprehensive array of services and information, which may include:

(a) Registration into the centralized computer system;

(b) Career center operations;

(c) Education and training program information;

(d) A multimedia resource library providing access to internet-based services;

(e) Labor market information;

(f) Skill assessment services that are designed to determine each participant's employability, aptitudes, abilities, and interests, by means of individual interviews whenever possible;

(g) Job referral and placement;

(h) Self-help resume preparation resources;

(i) Referral services for community and social services, including welfare-to-work programs, employment programs for persons with disabilities, employment programs for older workers, community-based organizations, vocational rehabilitation, adult literacy, supportive services, and youth programs and services;

(j) Veterans' benefits and services information, subject to the availability of Wagner-Peyser funds and to the following:

(I) Any one-stop career center receiving Wagner-Peyser funds or housing Wagner-Peyser Act staff shall provide veterans with priority employment and training services in accordance with chapter 41 of title 38, U.S.C.;

(II) In one-stop career centers that have been assigned disabled veteran outreach program and local veteran employment representative positions, such positions must be held by state employees and are in addition to, and do not supplant, Wagner-Peyser staff in providing priority employment and training services; and

(III) All one-stop career centers shall make the full array of core services available to veterans in the following order of priority: Disabled veterans, Vietnam-era veterans, veterans, and other eligible persons.

(2) Work force boards are encouraged to consider and determine, at a minimum, the feasibility of providing access for employers to a comprehensive array of services and information, which may include:

(a) Professional account representatives and management;

(b) Assistance in individual and mass recruiting;

(c) Referrals of skilled applicants;

(d) Labor market information;

(e) Education and training program information;

(f) Access to internet-based services;

(g) Information and referral for community and social services;

(h) Layoff assistance; and

(i) Other employment-related services and information.

(3) At the option of the local elected officials, other services for job seekers and employers may be offered to meet the needs of a work force development area.
C.R.S. § 8-76-115 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 76 / Section 8-76-115
8-76-115. Coverage of Indian tribes
Status: in_force

8-76-115. Coverage of Indian tribes. (1) Indian tribes or tribal units, including all subdivisions or subsidiaries of, and business enterprises wholly owned by, such Indian tribes, subject to the provisions of articles 70 to 82 of this title shall pay premiums and surcharges under the same terms and conditions under sections 8-76-101 and 8-76-102.5 as apply to other premium-paying employers unless an election is made, in the same manner provided in section 8-76-108 (1)(d), to make payments in lieu of premiums into the unemployment compensation fund in amounts equal to the amount of benefits attributable to service in the employ of the Indian tribe.

(2) Indian tribes shall determine if payments in lieu of premiums will be elected by the tribe as a whole, by individual tribal units, or by combinations of individual tribal units. Two or more individual tribal units may apply with the division for the establishment of a group account in the same manner and subject to the same terms as set forth in section 8-76-110 (6).

(3) Indian tribes or tribal units electing to make payments in lieu of premiums shall be billed for the full amount of benefits attributable to service in the employ of said Indian tribes or tribal units, and payment shall be made with respect to said billings in the manner provided in section 8-76-108 (1)(c).

(4) The division may require any Indian tribe or tribal unit that elects to become liable for payments in lieu of premiums to execute and file with the division a surety bond or to deposit money or securities in the manner provided in section 8-76-110 (4).

(5) (a) Failure of the Indian tribe or tribal unit to make required payments pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, to pay premiums pursuant to sections 8-76-101 and 8-76-102.5, to pay assessments of interest and penalties pursuant to sections 8-79-101 and 8-79-104, or to execute and file a surety bond or deposit money or other security pursuant to section 8-76-110 (4) within ninety days after receipt of a delinquency notice by the division shall cause the Indian tribe to lose the option to make payments in lieu of premiums effective with the beginning of the following calendar year unless a division-approved payment plan is established or payment in full is received within the ninety-day period.

(b) The division shall notify the United States internal revenue service and the United States department of labor of failures by the Indian tribe or tribal unit to comply with this subsection (5).

(6) Any Indian tribe that loses the option to make payments in lieu of premiums due to late payment or nonpayment, as described in subsection (5) of this section, shall have such option reinstated effective with the beginning of the following calendar year if, by March 1 of said year, all contributions have been timely made and no premiums or surcharges, payments in lieu of premiums for benefits paid, penalties, or interest remain outstanding.

(7) (a) Failure of the Indian tribe or any tribal unit thereof to make any payment required by subsection (5) of this section, after all collection activities deemed necessary by the division have been exhausted, shall cause services performed for such tribe to not be treated as "employment" for purposes of section 8-70-125.5.

(b) The division may determine that any Indian tribe that loses coverage under the provisions of this subsection (7) may have services performed for such tribe again included as "employment" for purposes of section 8-70-125.5 if all premiums and surcharges, payments in lieu of premiums, penalties and interest, or surety bond or payment of other money or security have been paid.

(8) Notices of payment and reporting delinquency to Indian tribes or their tribal units shall include information stating that failure to make full payment within the prescribed time period:

(a) Shall cause the Indian tribe to be liable for taxes under the "Federal Unemployment Tax Act", 26 U.S.C. sec. 3301 et seq.;

(b) Shall cause the Indian tribe to lose the option to make payments in lieu of premiums; and

(c) May cause the Indian tribe to be excepted from the definition of "employer" as provided in section 8-70-113 (1)(k) and may cause services in the employ of the Indian tribe, as provided in section 8-70-125.5, to be excepted from "employment".

(9) Extended benefits paid that are attributable to service in the employ of an Indian tribe and not reimbursed by the federal government shall be financed in their entirety by such Indian tribe in the manner provided in section 8-76-108 (1)(e).
C.R.S. § 8-13.3-417 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 13.3 / Part 4 / Section 8-13.3-417
8-13.3-417. Severability
Status: in_force

8-13.3-417. Severability. If any provision of this part 4 or application thereof to any person or circumstance is judged invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this part 4 that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this part 4 are declared severable.
C.R.S. § 8-81-103 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 81 / Section 8-81-103
8-81-103. Representation in court
Status: in_force

8-81-103. Representation in court. (1) In any civil action to enforce the provisions of articles 70 to 82 of this title, the division and the state shall be represented by the attorney general. Such assistant attorneys general shall be appointed as are necessary for this purpose.

(2) All criminal actions for violation of any provision of articles 70 to 82 of this title, or of any rules issued pursuant to those articles, must be prosecuted by the attorney general of the state or, at his or her request and under his or her direction, by the district attorney of the judicial district in which the employer has a place of business or the violator resides.
C.R.S. § 8-19-102.5 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 19 / Section 8-19-102.5
8-19-102.5. Resident bidder - reciprocity
Status: repealed

8-19-102.5. Resident bidder - reciprocity. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 8-88-203 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 88 / Part 2 / Section 8-88-203
8-88-203. Program to assist individuals to obtain disability benefits
Status: in_force

8-88-203. Program to assist individuals to obtain disability benefits. (1) The committee shall invite nonprofit entities, county departments of human services, and county departments of social services to submit proposals for programs to aid individuals with disabilities in accessing disability benefits. To qualify for consideration under subsection (2) of this section, a nonprofit organization must be based in Colorado and:

(a) Be governed by a board:

(I) That is composed of persons with a demonstrated commitment to improving the lives of recipients with disabilities;

(II) That includes members who understand a range of disabilities; and

(III) A majority of the members of which are individuals with disabilities, individuals with immediate family members who are individuals with disabilities, or individuals who are caregivers to a family member who is an individual with a disability; or

(b) Have a contract with an organization that meets the criteria in subsection (1)(a) of this section to assume the disability perspective approved by the committee.

(1.5) To qualify for consideration under subsection (2) of this section, a county department of human services or a county department of social services must meet the requirement of subsection (1)(b) of this section.

(2) (a) (I) The committee shall review the proposed programs and shall award a contract or grant to one or more of the entities that best meet the requirements of this section.

(II) The term of each contract or grant is up to three years. The committee shall include evaluation criteria in the contract with metrics that must be met at least once a year to continue funding.

(b) The committee shall not award a contract or grant unless the proposal includes:

(I) A system for evaluating whether an individual with a disability is reasonably able to navigate the application process to obtain disability benefits, health care, and employment;

(II) A system for prioritizing the need of applicants based upon the evaluations;

(III) A plan for assisting individuals with disabilities in navigating the processes of obtaining and retaining disability benefits, health care, and employment;

(IV) A plan for establishing working relationships with state agencies, county departments of human or social services, health-care providers, the United States social security administration, and the business community;

(V) A policy of preferential hiring of individuals with disabilities;

(VI) Reasonable standards for accounting control of expenditures; and

(VII) Metrics to evaluate the program's quality and cost-effectiveness.

(c) The committee shall not discriminate against an applicant based on the applicant's advocacy concerning individuals with disabilities.

(d) To the greatest extent possible, the committee shall ensure, through one or more contracts or grants pursuant to this section, that individuals with disabilities are served statewide.

(3) An entity awarded a contract or grant under this section shall make quarterly reports of expenditures to the committee. The committee shall include in the contract or grant a method and format for making the reports.
C.R.S. § 8-84-209 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 84 / Part 2 / Section 8-84-209
8-84-209. Working group to address expanding opportunities for blind vendors - report - re
Status: repealed

8-84-209. Working group to address expanding opportunities for blind vendors - report - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 8-15.5-106 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 15.5 / Section 8-15.5-106
8-15.5-106. Advisory body
Status: in_force

8-15.5-106. Advisory body. The executive director shall establish an advisory body to the department which shall consist of members who are representative of displaced homemakers, local service deliverers, appropriate state agencies, and the general public. The advisory body shall provide recommendations to the executive director regarding the planning, operation, and evaluation of the activities mandated by this article.
C.R.S. § 8-20-103 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 8-20-103
8-20-103. Inspector's report - publications
Status: repealed

8-20-103. Inspector's report - publications.

(1) Repealed.

(2) Publications of the office circulated in quantity outside the executive branch shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 24-1-136, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 8-6-111 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 6 / Section 8-6-111
8-6-111. Director to review report
Status: in_force

8-6-111. Director to review report. (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 shall publish notice not less than once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which any business directly affected thereby is located, that he will, on a date and at a place named in said notice, hold a public meeting, at which all persons in favor of or opposed to said recommendations will be given a hearing.

(2) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective until January 1, 2025.] After publication of notice and the meeting, the director, if so desired, may make and render such an order as may be proper or necessary to adopt the recommendations and carry the same into effect and require all employees in the occupation directly affected thereby to preserve and comply with such recommendations and order. Such order is effective thirty days after it is made and rendered and shall be in full force and effect on and after that day. After the order is effective, it is unlawful for any employer to violate or disregard any of the terms of the order or to employ any worker in any occupation covered by the order at lower wages or under other conditions than authorized or permitted by the order. The director shall, as far as is practicable, mail a copy of any such order to every employer affected thereby; and every employer affected by the order shall keep a copy thereof posted in a conspicuous place in such employer's establishment. Such order shall include a notice of the contents of sections 8-12-105 (3), 8-12-115 (4)(b)(II), and 8-12-116 (2).

(2) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective January 1, 2025.] After publication of notice and the meeting, the director may issue an order to adopt the recommendations and carry them into effect and to require all employees in the occupation directly affected by the recommendations to preserve and comply with the recommendations and order. The order becomes effective thirty days after it is made. After the order is effective, it is unlawful for any employer to violate or disregard any of the terms of the order or to employ any worker in any occupation covered by the order at lower wages or under other conditions than authorized or permitted by the order. The director shall, as far as is practicable, mail a copy of any such order to every employer affected by the order, and every employer affected by the order shall keep a copy of the order posted in a conspicuous place in the employer's establishment. The order must include a notice of the contents of sections 8-12-105 (3), 8-12-116, and 8-12-118.

(3) In case of an emergency the director may authorize or permit the employment of any person for more hours per day or per week than the maximum now fixed by law.

(4) Overtime, at a rate of one and one-half times the regular rate of pay, may be permitted by the director under conditions and rules and for increased minimum wages which the director, after investigation, determines and prescribes by order and which shall apply equally to all employers in such industry or occupation.
C.R.S. § 8-43-305 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 43 / Part 3 / Section 8-43-305
8-43-305. Each day separate offense
Status: in_force

8-43-305. Each day separate offense. Every day during which any employer or insurer, or officer or agent of either, or any employee, or any other person fails to comply with any lawful order of an administrative law judge, the director, or the panel or fails to perform any duty imposed by articles 40 to 47 of this title shall constitute a separate and distinct violation thereof. In any action brought to enforce the same or to enforce any penalty provided for in said articles, such violation shall be considered cumulative and may be joined in such action.
C.R.S. § 8-13.3-304 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 13.3 / Part 3 / Section 8-13.3-304
8-13.3-304. Family and medical leave implementation task force
Status: in_force

8-13.3-304. Family and medical leave implementation task force. (1) There is hereby created in the department the family and medical leave implementation task force.

(2) The task force consists of the following members:

(a) Three members who are workers or represent an organization that represents workers' interests in paid family and medical leave, each of whom shall be appointed from a list of at least three names submitted by a recognized statewide organization that promotes workers' rights;

(b) Three members who are private employers with a range of business size and experience in providing employees with paid family and medical leave, each of whom shall be appointed from a list of at least three names submitted by a recognized statewide organization of employers;

(c) One member who is a representative of a state policy organization that works on issues of economic opportunity;

(d) One member who is a private insurer with experience in administering temporary disability or family and medical leave insurance benefits;

(e) One member who represents a state policy organization that works on health advocacy;

(f) One labor economist with demonstrated research or expertise in studying paid family and medical leave and labor standards, and the data necessary to do so;

(g) One member who is a representative of a statewide domestic violence organization;

(h) One member who is a professional from a recognized institution of higher education and who has expertise in studying paid family and medical leave;

(i) One member who is a representative of organized labor; and

(j) Two nonvoting members, one of whom must represent the department.

(3) The members of the task force are appointed as follows:

(a) The governor shall appoint one member;

(b) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint four members;

(c) The president of the senate shall appoint four members;

(d) The house minority leader shall appoint two members;

(e) The senate minority leader shall appoint two members;

(f) The executive director shall appoint one nonvoting member; and

(g) The executive director of the department of personnel shall appoint one nonvoting member.

(4) (a) The appointing authorities shall make the appointments to the task force no later than July 1, 2019.

(b) In making the appointments, the appointing authorities shall ensure that the appointments reflect communities of color, rural communities, and historically underutilized businesses, as defined in section 24-49.5-105 (4).

(c) The department shall assist and coordinate the appointing authorities to ensure that members appointed to the task force pursuant to subsection (3) of this section meet the membership requirements specified in subsection (2) of this section.

(5) Each member of the task force serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

(6) Each member of the task force serves without compensation but is entitled to receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses the member incurs in the performance of the member's duties as a member of the task force.

(7) (a) The member appointed by the executive director shall call the first meeting of the task force.

(b) The task force shall elect a chair from among its voting members.

(8) (a) No later than September 1, 2019, the task force shall accept and consider public comment regarding the administration and establishment of a paid family and medical leave program in the state. The task force shall receive public comment for a minimum of thirty days.

(b) No later than November 1, 2019, the task force shall make an initial recommendation on a family and medical leave program for employees in the state and provide the recommendation to the actuary contracted by the department pursuant to section 8-13.3-303 (4). In making the recommendation, the task force shall consider the information it receives pursuant to section 8-13.3-303 (3).

(c) No later than January 8, 2020, after consideration of the actuarial analysis performed on the task force's initial recommendation, the task force shall report its final recommendation on a paid family and medical leave program for all employees in the state, along with the third-party administration study made pursuant to section 8-13.3-303 (1), and the actuarial study made pursuant to section 8-13.3-303 (4) to:

(I) The senate committees on finance and business, labor, and technology, or their successor committees;

(II) The house of representatives committees on finance and business affairs and labor, or their successor committees; and

(III) The governor.

(d) Recommendations made by the task force pursuant to this subsection (8) should attempt to meet a timeline that presumes a paid family and medical leave program that is established by July 1, 2020; begins education and outreach on January 1, 2022; establishes the funding stream on January 1, 2023; and starts paying benefits on January 1, 2024.

(9) Upon request by the task force, the department shall provide office space, equipment, and staff services as may be necessary to implement this section.
C.R.S. § 8-3.7-104 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 3.7 / Part 1 / Section 8-3.7-104
8-3.7-104. Colorado office of new Americans - funding
Status: in_force

8-3.7-104. Colorado office of new Americans - funding. The general assembly may appropriate money from the general fund or from any other available source for the purposes of the ONA specified in this article 3.7. The ONA may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this article 3.7.
C.R.S. § 8-73-105.3 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 73 / Section 8-73-105.3
8-73-105.3. Temporary employees
Status: repealed

8-73-105.3. Temporary employees. (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 employee notice that the employee is required to contact or notify the employer upon completion of an assignment and to be available to work, as agreed upon at the time of hire, during a specified period of time, on specified dates, or upon call by the employer on an as-needed basis.

(3) If a temporary employee receives the notice pursuant to subsection (2) of this section and does not contact or notify the employer upon completion of an assignment in compliance with the notice and is not available to work at the agreed-upon times, the employee is deemed to have voluntarily terminated employment for the purpose of determining benefits pursuant to section 8-73-108 (5)(e).

(4) If a temporary employee who agrees to work on an as-needed basis receives the notice pursuant to subsection (2) of this section and refuses all work within three separate pay periods when contacted by the employer, the temporary employee is deemed to have voluntarily terminated employment for reasons that may or may not allow an award of benefits pursuant to section 8-73-108.

(5) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 8-3-104 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 3 / Section 8-3-104
8-3-104. Definitions
Status: repealed

8-3-104. Definitions. As used in this article 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) (a) "Agricultural employer" means a person that:

(I) Regularly engages the services of one or more employees or contracts with any person who recruits, solicits, hires, employs, furnishes, or transports employees; and

(II) Is engaged in any service or activity included in section 203 (f) of the federal "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938", 29 U.S.C. sec. 201 et seq., as amended, or engaged in "agricultural labor" as defined in section 3121 (g) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended.

(b) The meaning of "agricultural employer" must be liberally construed for the protection of persons providing services to an employer.

(1.5) "All-union agreement" means a contractual provision between an employer or group of employers and a collective bargaining unit representing some or all of the employees of the employer or group of employers providing for any type of union security and compelling an employee's financial support or allegiance to a labor organization. "All-union agreement" includes, but is not limited to, a contractual provision for a union shop, a modified union shop, an agency shop (meaning a contractual provision that provides for periodic payment of a sum in lieu of union dues but does not require union membership), a modified agency shop, a prehire agreement, maintenance of dues, or maintenance of membership.

(2) "Authority" means the state of Colorado; any board, commission, agency, or instrumentality thereof; or any district, municipality, city and county, county, or combination thereof, which acquires or operates a mass transportation system.

(3) "Collective bargaining" means negotiation by an employer and the representative of a majority of his employees who are in a collective bargaining unit or their representatives concerning representation or terms and conditions of employment of such employees in a mutually genuine effort to reach an agreement with reference to the subject under negotiation.

(4) "Collective bargaining unit" means an organization selected by secret ballot, as provided in section 8-3-107, by a majority vote of the employees of one employer employed within the state who vote at an election for the selection of such unit; except that, where a majority of such employees engaged in a single craft, division, department, or plant have voted by secret ballot that the employees of such single craft, division, department, or plant shall constitute their collective bargaining unit, it shall be so considered. Two or more collective bargaining units may bargain collectively through the same representative or where a majority of the employees in each separate unit have voted to do so by secret ballot, as provided in section 8-3-107.

(5) and (6) Repealed.

(7) "Company union" means an organization of employees, the members of which are the employees of only one employer.

(8) "Director" means the director of the division of labor standards and statistics.

(9) "Division" means the division of labor standards and statistics in the department of labor and employment.

(10) "Election" means a proceeding in which the employees authorized by this article cast a secret ballot to select a collective bargaining unit or for any other purpose specified in this article, including elections conducted by the division of labor standards and statistics or by any tribunal having competent jurisdiction or whose jurisdiction has been accepted by the parties.

(11) (a) "Employee" includes any person:

(I) Working for another for hire in the state of Colorado in a nonexecutive or nonsupervisory capacity, and is not limited to the employees of a particular employer and includes any individual whose work has ceased solely as a consequence of or in connection with any current labor dispute or because of any unfair labor practice on the part of an employer; and

(II) (A) Who has not refused or failed to return to work upon the final disposition of a labor dispute or a charge of an unfair labor practice by a tribunal having competent jurisdiction of the same or whose jurisdiction was accepted by the employee or the employee's representative;

(B) Who has not been found to have committed or to have been a party to any unfair labor practice under this article 3;

(C) Who has not obtained regular and substantially equivalent employment elsewhere; or

(D) Who has not been absent from the person's employment for a substantial period of time during which reasonable expectancy of settlement has ceased, except by an employer's unlawful refusal to bargain, and whose place has been filled by another engaged in the regular manner for an indefinite or protracted period and not merely for the duration of a strike or lockout.

(b) "Employee" does not include:

(I) An independent contractor;

(II) Domestic servants employed in and about private homes;

(III) An individual employed by the individual's parent or spouse;

(IV) An employee who is subject to the federal "Railway Labor Act", 45 U.S.C. sec. 151 et seq., as amended; or

(V) A parent, spouse, or child of an agricultural employer's immediate family.

(12) (a) (I) "Employer" means a person who regularly engages the services of eight or more employees, other than persons within the classes expressly exempted under the terms of subsection (11) of this section.

(II) "Employer" includes:

(A) Any person acting on behalf of an employer within the scope of the employer's authority, express or implied; and

(B) An agricultural employer.

(b) "Employer" does not include the state or any political subdivision thereof, except where the state or any political subdivision thereof acquires or operates a mass transportation system or any carrier by railroad, express company, or sleeping car company subject to the federal "Railway Labor Act", 45 U.S.C. sec. 151 et seq., as amended, or any labor organization or anyone acting in behalf of such organization other than when the employer is acting as an employer-in-fact.

(13) (a) "Labor dispute" means any controversy between an employer and such of his employees as are organized in a collective bargaining unit concerning the rights or process or details of collective bargaining. The entering into of a contract for an all-union agreement or the refusal of an employer to enter into an all-union agreement shall not constitute a labor dispute. It shall not be a labor dispute where the disputants do not stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee. No jurisdictional dispute or controversy between two or more unions as to which of them has or shall have jurisdiction over certain kinds of work; or as to which of two or more bargaining units constitutes the collective bargaining unit as to which the employer stands impartial or ready to negotiate or bargain with whichever is legally determined to be such bargaining unit, shall constitute a labor dispute.

(b) The general right of an employer to select his own employees is recognized and shall be fully protected. It shall not constitute a labor dispute if an employer discharges or refuses to employ an employee on account of incompetence, neglect of work, unsatisfactory service, or dishonesty; but the discharge of an employee or the refusal to employ an employee shall constitute a labor dispute only when such discharge or refusal to employ is founded upon membership in a union or labor organization or activity therein or when such discharge or failure to employ is in violation of a contract.

(c) No controversy between an employer and his employee shall constitute a labor dispute until after a bargaining unit in accordance with this article is created and a dispute arises between the bargaining unit and the employer.

(d) No labor dispute shall arise from the refusal of an employer to join a union or to cease work in his own business.

(14) "Local union" means an organization of employees employed in this state, the membership of which includes employees of one or more employers, whether or not they are affiliated with an organization of employees employed in one or more other states.

(15) "Mass transportation system" means any system which transports the general public by bus, rail, or any other means of conveyance moving along prescribed routes, except any railroad subject to the federal "Railway Labor Act", 45 U.S.C. sec. 151 et seq.

(16) "Person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, or receivers.

(17) "Representative" includes any person who is the duly authorized agent of a collective bargaining unit.

(18) "Secondary boycott" includes causing or threatening to cause, and combining or conspiring to cause or threaten to cause, injury to one not a party to the particular labor dispute, to aid which such boycott is initiated or continued, whether by:

(a) Withholding patronage, labor, or other beneficial business intercourse;

(b) Picketing;

(c) Refusing to handle, install, use, or work on particular materials, equipment, or supplies; or

(d) Any other unlawful means in order to bring him against his will into a concerted plan to coerce or inflict damage upon another or to compel the party with whom the labor dispute exists to comply with any particular demands.
C.R.S. § 8-47-109 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 47 / Part 1 / Section 8-47-109
8-47-109. Report to general assembly
Status: repealed

8-47-109. Report to general assembly. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 8-20-412 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 20 / Part 4 / Section 8-20-412
8-20-412. Violations of sections 8-20-405 to 8-20-414
Status: repealed

8-20-412. Violations of sections 8-20-405 to 8-20-414. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 8-43-604 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 43 / Part 6 / Section 8-43-604
8-43-604. Performance programs
Status: in_force

8-43-604. Performance programs. (1) All performance programs shall include, at a minimum:

(a) A quality of care component that is satisfied by using standard treatment guidelines promulgated by the director pursuant to section 8-42-101 or evidence-based administrative, operational, or clinical performance measures that improve care;

(b) A clear representation of the weight given to the quality of care component in comparison with other factors, which weight shall be equal to or greater than any other factor;

(c) If a performance program includes an employer satisfaction element, a patient satisfaction element, which shall be weighted equal to or greater than the employer satisfaction element;

(d) Statistical analyses that are objective, accurate, valid, reliable, and verifiable;

(e) A period of assessment of data, pertinent to the performance program, which shall be updated at appropriate intervals;

(f) If claims data are used, accurate claims data appropriately attributed to the provider. When reasonably available, the insurer shall use aggregated data from other insurers to supplement its own claims data.

(g) The provider's responsibility for health-care decisions and the financial consequences of those decisions, which shall be fairly and accurately attributed to the provider.

(2) Performance program results shall be reported to each provider reviewed in the program and shall include comparison of the provider's results to the results of the provider's peers.

(3) Any disclosure to patients, other providers, employers, or the public of the results of a performance program shall be accompanied by a conspicuous disclaimer written in bold-faced type stating that the information is intended only as a guide, should not be the sole factor in selecting a provider, has a risk of error, and should be discussed with the provider.
C.R.S. § 8-3-117 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 3 / Section 8-3-117
8-3-117. Existing contracts unaffected
Status: in_force

8-3-117. Existing contracts unaffected. Nothing in this article shall operate to abrogate, annul, or modify any valid agreement respecting employment relations existing on or before April 1, 1943.
C.R.S. § 8-42-112.5 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 42 / Section 8-42-112.5
8-42-112.5. Limitation on payments - use of controlled substances
Status: in_force

8-42-112.5. Limitation on payments - use of controlled substances. (1) Nonmedical benefits otherwise payable to an injured worker are reduced fifty percent where the injury results from the presence in the worker's system, during working hours, of controlled substances, as defined in section 18-18-102 (5), C.R.S., that are not medically prescribed or of a blood alcohol level at or above 0.10 percent, or at or above an applicable lower level as set forth by federal statute or regulation, as evidenced by a forensic drug or alcohol test conducted by a medical facility or laboratory licensed or certified to conduct such tests. A duplicate sample from any test conducted must be preserved and made available to the worker for purposes of a second test to be conducted at the worker's expense. If the test indicates the presence of such substances or of alcohol at such level, it is presumed that the employee was intoxicated and that the injury was due to the intoxication. This presumption may be overcome by clear and convincing evidence.

(2) As used in this section, "nonmedical benefits" means all benefits provided for in articles 40 to 47 of this title other than disbursements for medical, surgical, nursing, and hospital services, apparatus, and supplies.
C.R.S. § 8-13-109 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 13 / Section 8-13-109
8-13-109. Employment in cement and plaster factories injurious
Status: repealed

8-13-109. Employment in cement and plaster factories injurious. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 8-43-304 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 43 / Part 3 / Section 8-43-304
8-43-304. Violations - penalty - offset for benefits obtained through fraud - rules
Status: in_force

8-43-304. Violations - penalty - offset for benefits obtained through fraud - rules. (1) Any employer or insurer, or any officer or agent of either, or any employee, or any other person who violates articles 40 to 47 of this title 8, or does any act prohibited thereby, or fails or refuses to perform any duty lawfully enjoined within the time prescribed by the director or panel, for which no penalty has been specifically provided, or fails, neglects, or refuses to obey any lawful order made by the director or panel or any judgment or decree made by any court as provided by the articles shall be subject to such order being reduced to judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction and shall also be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars per day for each offense, to be apportioned, in whole or part, at the discretion of the director or administrative law judge, between the aggrieved party and the Colorado uninsured employer fund created in section 8-67-105; except that the amount apportioned to the aggrieved party shall be a minimum of twenty-five percent of any penalty assessed.

(1.5) (a) (I) An insurer who knowingly or repeatedly violates any provision of articles 40 to 47 of this title shall be subject to a fine as determined by the director. If necessary, the director may conduct a hearing or may refer the matter to the office of administrative courts for the entry of findings of fact. The director shall promulgate rules that specify, with respect to an insurer's willful or repeated violations that are subject to this subsection (1.5):

(A) The circumstances pursuant to which the director may issue an order imposing a fine; and

(B) Criteria for determining the amount of the fine.

(II) If the division determines, as part of a compliance audit of an insurer or self-insured pool, that an injury or occupational disease was not reported to the division within the time specified in sections 8-43-101 and 8-43-103 because the insurer or self-insured pool did not have notice or knowledge of the injury, occupational disease, or fatality within a period of time that would allow the information to be reported to the division within the time specified in sections 8-43-101 and 8-43-103, the director shall not impose a fine for late reporting under this subsection (1.5). The director may impose a fine under this subsection (1.5) for late reporting under sections 8-43-101 and 8-43-103 as part of findings from a compliance audit if the director finds that the late reporting constituted a knowing or repeated pattern of noncompliance with the reporting requirements of sections 8-43-101 and 8-43-103 and was not caused by the insurer or self-insured pool's lack of notice or knowledge of the injury, occupational disease, or fatality within a period of time that would allow the information to be reported to the division within the time specified in sections 8-43-101 and 8-43-103.

(b) Fines imposed pursuant to this subsection (1.5) on or after July 1, 2018, shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the fines to the Colorado uninsured employer fund created in section 8-67-105.

(2) An insurer or self-insured employer may take a credit or offset of previously paid workers' compensation benefits or payments against any further workers' compensation benefits or payments due a worker when the worker admits to having obtained the previously paid benefits or payments through fraud, or a civil judgment or criminal conviction is entered against the worker for having obtained the previously paid benefits through fraud. Benefits or payments obtained through fraud by a worker shall not be included in any data used for rate-making or individual employer rating or dividend calculations by any insurer or by Pinnacol Assurance.

(3) The director and each administrative law judge shall report to the division each time a penalty is imposed pursuant to this section. Each such report shall include the amount of the penalty, the name of the administrative law judge awarding the penalty, if applicable, and the name of the offending party.

(4) In any application for hearing for any penalty pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the applicant shall state with specificity the grounds on which the penalty is being asserted. After the date of mailing of such an application, an alleged violator shall have twenty days to cure the violation. If the violator cures the violation within such twenty-day period, and the party seeking such penalty fails to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the alleged violator knew or reasonably should have known such person was in violation, no penalty shall be assessed. The curing of the violation within the twenty-day period shall not establish that the violator knew or should have known that such person was in violation.

(5) A request for penalties shall be filed with the director or administrative law judge within one year after the date that the requesting party first knew or reasonably should have known the facts giving rise to a possible penalty.
C.R.S. § 8-20-812 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 20 / Part 8 / Section 8-20-812
8-20-812. Penalty
Status: in_force

8-20-812. Penalty. If any person violates the provisions of this part 8, or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this part 8, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars for each offense.
C.R.S. § 8-47-204 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 47 / Part 2 / Section 8-47-204
8-47-204. Employees of division - qualifications
Status: in_force

8-47-204. Employees of division - qualifications. The executive director has the power to employ, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, such deputies, experts, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks, and other employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title or to perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred by law upon the division.
C.R.S. § 8-13.5-103 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 13.5 / Part 1 / Section 8-13.5-103
8-13.5-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

8-13.5-103. Definitions. As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Employer" means a person engaged in business who has one or more employees. "Employer" includes the state and any political subdivision of the state.

(2) "Reasonable efforts" means any effort that would not impose an undue hardship on the operation of the employer's business.

(3) "Undue hardship" means any action that requires significant difficulty or expense when considered in relation to factors such as the size of the business, the financial resources of the business, or the nature and structure of its operation, including consideration of the special circumstances of public safety.
C.R.S. § 8-13.3-416 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 13.3 / Part 4 / Section 8-13.3-416
8-13.3-416. Employer policies
Status: in_force

8-13.3-416. Employer policies. An employer policy adopted or retained must not diminish an employee's right to paid sick leave under this part 4. Any agreement by an employee to waive the employee's rights under this part 4 is void as against public policy.
C.R.S. § 8-12-101 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 12 / Section 8-12-101
8-12-101. Short title
Status: in_force

8-12-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Youth Employment Opportunity Act of 1971".
C.R.S. § 8-45-121 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 45 / Section 8-45-121
8-45-121. Visitation of fund by commissioner of insurance - annual audit - examination
Status: in_force

8-45-121. Visitation of fund by commissioner of insurance - annual audit - examination. (1) Pinnacol Assurance shall be open to visitation by the commissioner of insurance at all reasonable times, and the commissioner of insurance shall require from the chief executive officer reports as to the condition of Pinnacol Assurance, as required by law to be made by other insurance carriers doing business in this state insofar as applicable to Pinnacol Assurance.

(2) The state auditor shall conduct an annual financial audit of Pinnacol Assurance. In conducting such audits, the state auditor may employ a firm of auditors and actuaries, or both, with the necessary specialized knowledge and experience. The cost of the annual audit shall be paid from the operating funds of Pinnacol Assurance. The state auditor shall report his or her findings from such audits, along with any comments and recommendations, to the governor, the general assembly, the executive director of the department of labor and employment, and the commissioner of insurance. The state auditor has continuing authority to conduct performance audits of Pinnacol Assurance as the state auditor deems appropriate. The cost of performance audits shall be paid from the operating funds of Pinnacol Assurance.

(3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2002, p. 1879, § 20, effective July 1, 2002.)

(4) At least once every three years, the commissioner of insurance shall conduct an examination of the fund, to be conducted in the same manner as an examination of a private insurance carrier. With respect to the examination, section 10-1-204 applies. The commissioner of insurance shall transmit a copy of the commissioner's examination to the state auditor.
C.R.S. § 8-72-113 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 72 / Section 8-72-113
8-72-113. Annual report - federal stimulus moneys to expand unemployment benefits - repeal
Status: repealed

8-72-113. Annual report - federal stimulus moneys to expand unemployment benefits - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 8-44-108 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 44 / Part 1 / Section 8-44-108
8-44-108. Repayments for misclassifications
Status: in_force

8-44-108. Repayments for misclassifications. (1) Every insurance carrier authorized to transact business in this state, including Pinnacol Assurance, which insures employers against liability for compensation under the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title, is authorized to charge and collect any amount of money that should have been included in premiums paid by an insured but were not included in such premiums as a result of job misclassification. Upon written request by the employer, the issue of whether a job misclassification occurred shall be determined in writing by the insurance company. The employer's request shall be made within thirty working days after the anniversary date of the policy or the date of receipt by the employer of notice of a change in job classification. The insurance company's determination shall be made within thirty days after receipt of the employer's written request. An employer may appeal any determination of an insurance company made pursuant to this subsection (1) to the workers' compensation classification appeals board, pursuant to section 8-55-102. If it is determined that a job misclassification occurred and that such misclassification was caused by the failure of the insured to provide accurate or complete data in order to determine the proper classification as requested by the insurance carrier, the repayment may be collected during the term of the contract for such insurance plus an additional reasonable time not to exceed twelve months.

(2) Any employer who has purchased insurance against liability for compensation under the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title is authorized to recover any amount of money which should not have been included in premiums paid by the employer but which were included in such premiums as a result of job misclassification. The repayment may be collected during the term of the contract for such insurance plus an additional reasonable time not to exceed twelve months.
C.R.S. § 8-1-106 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 1 / Section 8-1-106
8-1-106. Records - sessions
Status: repealed

8-1-106. Records - sessions.

(1) Repealed.

(2) The division shall keep a full and accurate record of all proceedings of the division and issue all necessary processes, writs, warrants, orders, awards, and notices as the director or any deputy or referee may require. The director shall supervise the collection of data and information concerning matters within the jurisdiction of the division and shall make such reports thereon as the executive director of the department of labor and employment may require.

(3) The sessions of the director or any deputy or referee of the division shall be open to the public and shall stand and be adjourned without further notice thereof on the record. All proceedings of the division shall be shown on its records, which shall be public records.
C.R.S. § 8-88-102 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 88 / Part 1 / Section 8-88-102
8-88-102. Colorado disability opportunity office - creation - duties - legislative intent
Status: in_force

8-88-102. Colorado disability opportunity office - creation - duties - legislative intent. (1) (a) (I) There is created in the department the Colorado disability opportunity office, the head of which is the director of the Colorado disability opportunity office. The executive director of the department, in consultation with the office of the governor, shall appoint the director of the CDOO.

(II) The CDOO is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department.

(III) The director of the CDOO has regular access to the office of the governor and shall collaborate with state agencies.

(b) The director of the CDOO shall staff the CDOO in order to effectively meet the goals and intentions set forth in this article 88 and to meet the future needs of Colorado's disability community. In order to successfully carry out the CDOO's purpose, it is the general assembly's intent that lived experience as an individual with a disability be considered when hiring decisions are made for the CDOO staff. The CDOO shall serve as a resource for state agencies, private and nonprofit organizations, and the public about the full spectrum of disability issues in Colorado.

(2) To ensure the CDOO's disability integration goals are met, the CDOO shall:

(a) Convene and coordinate a disability technical advisory committee comprised of representatives from the department, the office of information technology, the department of human services, the department of health care policy and financing, the department of local affairs, the department of transportation, the department of early childhood, the department of education, the department of higher education, the behavioral health administration, the department of military and veterans affairs, the department of public safety, the department of corrections, the department of public health and environment, and the department of personnel to:

(I) Discuss and make recommendations to the CDOO on cross-agency efforts, including reports from agencies, impacting Coloradans with disabilities;

(II) Understand the issues impacting state agencies' ability to best serve individuals with disabilities; and

(III) Obtain the recommendations of individuals with disabilities on how to address agency issues;

(b) Coordinate with the disability technical advisory committee to develop, maintain, and make publicly available on the CDOO website a collection of resources available to Coloradans with disabilities and links to the agencies or other bodies that administer those resources;

(c) Collaborate with state agencies and the statewide equity office created in section 24-50-146 to create and maintain an individuals with disabilities equity plan for the development of shared dashboards that measure performance against shared goals within those plans that achieve the shared goals and vision of the CDOO;

(d) Collaborate with stakeholders from the disability community, including representatives from boards and commissions that advise on disability issues; except that the CDOO shall not collaborate with any board or commission that exercises quasi-judicial authority in relation to disability discrimination complaints, including any state agency that conducts, and any state agency personnel who conduct, investigative or other activities related to a board's or commission's quasi-judicial authority in relation to disability discrimination complaints. The collaboration must be on a recurring basis to allow the CDOO and the disability technical advisory committee to understand the issues Coloradans with disabilities want prioritized and their recommendations on how to address those issues.

(e) Collaborate with the state office on aging in the department of human services and advocates for the aging population and make recommendations for addressing aging and disability intersecting issues to ensure coordination with the disability technical advisory committee;

(f) Consider recommendations made in relevant reports and audits, including:

(I) The task force on the rights of Coloradans with disabilities, created in section 24-34-1003;

(II) The final report of the community living advisory group, created in the office of community living pursuant to the governor's executive order D 2012-027;

(III) The Colorado community living plan;

(IV) The report issued by the employment first advisory partnership in accordance with section 8-84-303 (7); and

(V) The strategic action planning group on aging final report; and

(g) Act as lead coordinator on multiagency reports and plans focused on Coloradans with disabilities by coordinating with all relevant agencies and stakeholder groups.

(3) The CDOO shall provide guidance to the office of the governor and state agencies on matters related to Coloradans with disabilities to:

(a) Implement a statewide strategy to facilitate full societal integration by investing in the success of individuals with disabilities in Colorado;

(b) Foster enhanced inclusion for individuals with disabilities;

(c) Ensure equitable opportunities and access to services for individuals with disabilities;

(d) Eliminate barriers to prosperity for individuals with disabilities; and

(e) Coordinate with and make recommendations to the governor and state agencies on ways to improve policies, programs, and operations to support full societal integration of individuals with disabilities across the state.

(4) As funding allows, the CDOO shall promote full societal integration of individuals with disabilities, with the goal of implementing disability support through community-based initiatives and nonprofit organizations through which individuals with disabilities and their families can access formal and informal support to promote their health, economic well-being, and full societal integration. The promotion must include:

(a) Implementing studies, symposia, and research and the review of factual reports in coordination with other state agencies to gather insight and to formulate and present recommendations to the governor and state agencies related to issues of concern and importance to individuals with disabilities in Colorado;

(b) Analyzing economic and demographic trends in order to make policy and programmatic recommendations to the governor and state agencies;

(c) Creating economic opportunities, such as:

(I) Workforce development, skills recognition, and barrier reduction;

(II) Initiatives that increase economic stability; and

(III) Entrepreneurship and higher education attainment;

(d) Connecting individuals with disabilities to local, state, and federal resources and to other resources as they are available or relevant, to meet their individual needs; and

(e) Educating and reaching out to people in the state by:

(I) Promoting and celebrating the success and contributions of Colorado's disability community; and

(II) Engaging with the community as a whole in order to foster inclusivity and integration by building awareness, promoting mutual understanding, and increasing social bridging opportunities.

(5) On or before November 1, 2025, and on or before November 1 each year thereafter, the director of the CDOO, or the director's designee, shall submit a report to the governor. The report must include a review and summary of the activity of, information on, and data on the programs that the CDOO administered during the prior state fiscal year.
C.R.S. § 8-14.3-202 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 14.3 / Part 2 / Section 8-14.3-202
8-14.3-202. Definitions
Status: in_force

8-14.3-202. Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Act" means the federal "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act", Pub.L. 113-128.

(2) "Apprenticeship" means an apprenticeship training program registered with the United States department of labor's office of apprenticeship or a state apprenticeship agency recognized by the United States department of labor.

(3) "Department" means the department of labor and employment.

(4) "Eligible participant" means a:

(a) Veteran;

(b) Veteran's spouse;

(c) Veteran's dependent child who is twenty-six years of age or younger and lives in the home of the veteran;

(d) Veteran's caregiver who is eighteen years of age or older and has significant responsibility for managing the well-being of an injured veteran; and

(e) Person who is actively serving in the United States armed forces and who is within six months of being discharged under conditions other than dishonorable or a member of the National Guard or military reserves who has completed initial entry training.

(5) "Integrated service and support center" means a nonprofit center that is affiliated with a work force center and veterans service offices in a centralized location where government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other entities collaborate to provide services to eligible participants. Services offered may include assistance for eligible participants in securing federal benefits, counseling services, employment support, education, life skills, and wellness support.

(5.5) "Internship" means a training program with a business or nonprofit organization during which the eligible participant receives skills training that could result in future employment in that sector or industry.

(6) "Program" means the Colorado veterans' service-to-career program created in this part 2.

(7) "Spouse" means a veteran's current spouse or former spouse who is currently eligible for veterans' benefits.

(8) "Veteran" means a person who actively served in the United States armed forces and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable, in accordance with U.S.C. title 38, as amended. "Veteran" includes a person serving or who served in the National Guard or as a reservist.

(8.5) "Work-based learning" means a continuum of activities that occur, in part or in whole, in the workplace, providing the learner with hands-on, real-world work experience.

(9) (a) "Work force center" means a work force center created by a work force development board pursuant to the "Colorado Career Advancement Act", part 2 of article 83 of this title 8.

(b) For purposes of a grant application under section 8-14.3-203, "work force center" also includes a nonprofit entity that:

(I) Has a primary focus of serving veterans; and

(II) Joins with the work force center to submit a joint application.
C.R.S. § 8-73-111 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 73 / Section 8-73-111
8-73-111. Compensation from other state
Status: in_force

8-73-111. Compensation from other state. 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 such other state, the federal government, or a foreign country finally determines that he is not entitled to such unemployment benefits, this lack of award shall not apply. For the purposes of this section, a law of the federal government providing payments of any type and for any amount for periods of unemployment due to lack of work shall be considered an unemployment compensation law of the federal government.
C.R.S. § 8-19.5-101 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 19.5 / Section 8-19.5-101
8-19.5-101. Bid preference - recycled plastic products
Status: repealed

8-19.5-101. Bid preference - recycled plastic products. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 8-70-125.5 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 70 / Section 8-70-125.5
8-70-125.5. Employment - Indian tribes
Status: in_force

8-70-125.5. Employment - Indian tribes. (1) "Employment" means service performed in the employ of an Indian tribe, as defined in section 3306 (u) of the "Federal Unemployment Tax Act", 26 U.S.C. sec. 3301 et seq. (FUTA), if such service is excluded from "employment", as defined in FUTA solely by reason of section 3306 (c)(7) of FUTA, and is not otherwise excluded from "employment" under the provisions of articles 70 to 82 of this title.

(2) Benefits based on service in employment defined in this section shall be payable in the same amount, on the same terms, and subject to the same conditions as benefits payable on the basis of other service subject to the provisions of articles 70 to 82 of this title.
C.R.S. § 8-1-136 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 1 / Section 8-1-136
8-1-136. Setting aside order of director or commission
Status: repealed

8-1-136. Setting aside order of director or commission. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 8-83-223 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 83 / Part 2 / Section 8-83-223
8-83-223. Allocation process
Status: in_force

8-83-223. Allocation process. Subject to federal law and available appropriations, within thirty days after receipt of the federal appropriation from the United States department of labor, the local elected officials from each work force development area in the state shall recommend an allocation formula for Title I and Title III money for each work force development area to be implemented in the following program year. Development of the allocation formula by the local elected officials must be facilitated through a statewide association of county commissioners. The statewide association of county commissioners shall ensure that the local elected officials from each work force development area have an opportunity to participate in the development and final approval of the recommendations for allocation formulas. The department and the state council shall provide technical assistance to the statewide association of county commissioners. The local elected officials shall recommend the allocation formula to be applied to each allocation for adult, youth, and dislocated worker services under Title I and employment services under Title III. The statewide association of county commissioners shall forward the local elected officials' recommendations to the state council pursuant to section 8-83-224 (2)(f) for review and comment. The state council shall then submit such recommendations, together with the state council's comments, to the joint budget committee of the general assembly for review and comment before forwarding such recommendations to the governor for final determination and Untied States department of labor approval. If the local elected officials cannot agree on an allocation, the local elected officials shall prepare, with comment, alternatives and the statewide association of county commissioners shall submit the alternatives to the state council for review and comment and submission to the joint budget committee, which shall select one alternative and forward it to the governor for final determination and United States department of labor approval. The local elected officials and the statewide association of county commissioners shall develop their own operational procedures. Any money received by the state under Title I and Title III of the federal act, together with any associated state full-time equivalent personnel positions, is subject to appropriation by the general assembly.
C.R.S. § 8-7.5-106 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 7.5 / Section 8-7.5-106
8-7.5-106. Retaliation
Status: in_force

8-7.5-106. Retaliation. (1) A direct care employer shall not retaliate against a direct care worker, including taking retaliatory personnel action, for:

(a) Exercising any right afforded to the direct care worker under this article 7.5; or

(b) Participating in any process or proceeding under this article 7.5, including board hearings, investigations, or other proceedings.

(2) A direct care employer shall not retaliate against a direct care consumer for advocating for a direct care worker or assisting a direct care worker in reporting misconduct to the department. Retaliation includes dropping a direct care consumer from services because the direct care consumer advocated for direct care workers.
C.R.S. § 8-3-120 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 3 / Section 8-3-120
8-3-120. Conflict of provisions
Status: in_force

8-3-120. Conflict of provisions. Wherever the application of the provisions of other statutes or laws conflict with the application of the provisions of this article, this article shall prevail; except that, in any situation where the provisions of this article cannot be validly enforced, the provisions of such other statutes or laws shall apply.
C.R.S. § 8-83-301 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 83 / Part 3 / Section 8-83-301
8-83-301. Short title
Status: repealed

8-83-301. Short title. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 8-14-105 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 14 / Section 8-14-105
8-14-105. Penalty for violation
Status: in_force

8-14-105. Penalty for violation. Any person, corporation, company, or association who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense.
C.R.S. § 8-15.7-301 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 15.7 / Part 3 / Section 8-15.7-301
8-15.7-301. Definitions
Status: in_force

8-15.7-301. Definitions. As used in this part 3:

(1) "Applicant" means a person that applies to receive a grant from the scale-up grant program.

(2) "Scale-up grant fund" or "fund" means the scale-up grant fund created in section 8-15.7-305.

(3) "Scale-up grant program" or "grant program" means the scale-up grant program created in section 8-15.7-302.
C.R.S. § 8-70-129 — CO Code / Title 8 / Article 70 / Section 8-70-129
8-70-129. Employment does not include - spouse - minor
Status: in_force

8-70-129. Employment does not include - spouse - minor. "Employment" does not include services performed by an individual in the employ of his spouse and service performed by a child under the age of twenty-one in the employ of his father or mother.