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CO Code § 8-13.3-502 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 13.3 - Family and Medical Leave|Part 5 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance|§ 8-13.3-502. Purposes and Findings

 The people of the state of Colorado hereby find and declare that:    Workers in Colorado experience a variety of personal and family caregiving obligations, but it can be difficult or impossible to adequately respond to those needs without access to paid leave.    Access to paid family and medical leave insurance helps employers in Colorado by reducing turnover, recruiting workers, and promoting a healthy business climate, while also ensuring that smaller employers can compete with larger employers by providing paid leave benefits to their workers through an affordable insurance program.    Paid family and medical leave insurance will also provide a necessary safety net for all Colorado workers when they have personal or family caregiving needs, including low-income workers living paycheck to paycheck who are disproportionately more likely to lack access to paid leave and least able to afford unpaid leave.    Due to the need to provide paid time off to Colorado workers to address family and medical needs, such as the arrival of a new child, military family needs, and a personal or a family member's serious health condition, including the effects of domestic violence and sexual assault, it is necessary to create a statewide paid family and medical leave insurance enterprise and to authorize the enterprise to:   Collect insurance premiums from employers and employees at rates reasonably calculated to defray the costs of providing the program's leave benefits to workers; and    Receive and expend revenues generated by the premiums and other moneys, issue revenue bonds and other obligations, expend revenues generated by the premiums to pay family and medical leave insurance benefits and associated administrative and program costs, and exercise other powers necessary and appropriate to carry out its purposes.       The fiscal approach of this part 5 has been informed by the experience of other state family and medical leave insurance programs, modeling based on the Colorado workforce, and input from a variety of stakeholders in Colorado.    The creation of a statewide paid family and medical leave insurance enterprise is in the public interest and will promote the health, safety, and welfare of all Coloradans, while also encouraging an entrepreneurial atmosphere and economic growth.     History. Source: Initiated 2020: Entire part added, Proposition 118, L. 2021, p. 4225 , effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 31, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section was originally numbered as 8-13.3-402 in Proposition 118 but was renumbered on revision for ease of location.
CO Code § 8-13.3-504 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 13.3 - Family and Medical Leave|Part 5 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance|§ 8-13.3-504. Eligibility

 Beginning January 1, 2024, an individual has the right to take paid family and medical leave, and to receive family and medical leave insurance benefits while taking paid family and medical leave, if the individual:    Meets the definition of “covered individual” under section 8-13.3-503 (3); and    Meets one of the following requirements:   Because of birth, adoption or placement through foster care, is caring for a new child during the first year after the birth, adoption or placement of that child;    Is caring for a family member with a serious health condition;    Has a serious health condition;    Because of any qualifying exigency leave;    Has a need for safe leave.        History. Source: Initiated 2020: Entire part added, Proposition 118, L. 2021, p. 4229 , effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 31, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section was originally numbered as 8-13.3-404 in Proposition 118 but was renumbered on revision for ease of location.
CO Code § 8-13.3-505 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 13.3 - Family and Medical Leave|Part 5 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance|§ 8-13.3-505. Duration

  The maximum number of weeks for which a covered individual may take paid family and medical leave and for which family and medical leave insurance benefits are payable for any purpose, or purposes in aggregate, under section 8-13.3-504 (2) in an application year is 12 weeks; except that benefits are payable up to an additional four weeks to a covered individual with a serious health condition related to pregnancy complications or childbirth complications.    The first payment of benefits shall be made to an individual within two weeks after the claim is filed, and subsequent payments shall be made every two weeks thereafter.    A covered individual may take intermittent leave in increments of either one hour or shorter periods if consistent with the increments the employer typically uses to measure employee leave, except that benefits are not payable until the covered individual accumulates at least eight hours of family and medical leave insurance benefits.    The covered individual shall make a reasonable effort to schedule paid family and medical leave under this part 5 so as not to unduly disrupt the operations of the employer.    In any case in which the necessity for leave under this part 5 is foreseeable, an employee shall provide notice to the individual's employer with not less than 30 days' notice before the date the leave is to begin of the individual's intention to take leave under this part 5. If the necessity for leave is not foreseeable or providing 30 days' notice is not possible, the individual shall provide the notice as soon as practicable.    Nothing in this section entitles a covered individual to more leave than required under this section.     History. Source: Initiated 2020: Entire part added, Proposition 118, L. 2021, p. 4230 , effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 31, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section was originally numbered as 8-13.3-405 in Proposition 118 but was renumbered on revision for ease of location.
CO Code § 8-13.3-506 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 13.3 - Family and Medical Leave|Part 5 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance|§ 8-13.3-506. Amount of Benefits

  The amount of family and medical leave insurance benefits shall be determined as follows:   The weekly benefit shall be determined as follows:   The portion of the covered individual's average weekly wage that is equal to or less than 50 percent of the state average weekly wage shall be replaced at a rate of 90 percent; and    The portion of the covered individual's average weekly wage that is more than 50 percent of the state average weekly wage shall be replaced at a rate of 50 percent.       The maximum weekly benefit is 90 percent of the state average weekly wage, except that for paid family and medical leave beginning before January 1, 2025, the maximum weekly benefit is 1,100 dollars.       The division shall calculate a covered individual's weekly benefit amount based on the covered individual's average weekly wage earned from the job or jobs from which the covered individual is taking paid family and medical leave, up to the maximum total benefit established in section 8-13.3-506 (1)(b). If a covered individual taking paid family and medical leave from a job continues working at an additional job or jobs during this time, the division shall not consider the covered individual's average weekly wage earned from the additional job or jobs when calculating the covered individual's weekly benefit amount. A covered individual with multiple jobs may elect whether to take leave from one job or multiple jobs.     History. Source: Initiated 2020: Entire part added, Proposition 118, L. 2021, p. 4230 , effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 31, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section was originally numbered as 8-13.3-406 in Proposition 118 but was renumbered on revision for ease of location.
CO Code § 8-13.3-508 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 13.3 - Family and Medical Leave|Part 5 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance|§ 8-13.3-508. Division of Family and Medical Leave Insurance

  There is hereby created in the department of labor and employment the division of family and medical leave insurance, the head of which is the director of the division.      The division constitutes an enterprise for purposes of section 20 of article X of the Colorado constitution, as long as the division retains authority to issue revenue bonds and the division receives less than ten percent of its total annual revenues in grants, as defined in section 24-77-102 (7), from all Colorado state and local governments combined. For as long as it constitutes an enterprise pursuant to this section, the division is not subject to section 20 of article X of the Colorado constitution.    The enterprise established pursuant to this section has all the powers and duties authorized by this part 5 pertaining to family and medical leave insurance benefits. The fund constitutes part of the enterprise established pursuant to this section.    Nothing in this section limits or restricts the authority of the division to expend its revenues consistent with this part 5.    The division is hereby authorized to issue revenue bonds for the expenses of the division, which bonds may be secured by any revenues of the division. Revenue from the bonds issued pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited into the fund.         History. Source: Initiated 2020: Entire part added, Proposition 118, L. 2021, p. 4233 , effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 31, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section was originally numbered as 8-13.3-408 in Proposition 118 but was renumbered on revision for ease of location.
CO Code § 8-13.3-510 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 13.3 - Family and Medical Leave|Part 5 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance|§ 8-13.3-510. Coordination of Benefits

     Leave taken with wage replacement under this part 5 that also qualifies as leave under the “Family and Medical Leave Act,” as amended, Pub. L. 103-3, codified at 29 U.S.C. sec. 2601 et. seq., or part 2 of article 13.3 of title 8 runs concurrently with leave taken under the “Family and Medical Leave Act” or part 2 of article 13.3 of title 8, as applicable.    An employer may require that payment made or paid family and medical leave taken under this part 5 be made or taken concurrently or otherwise coordinated with payment made or leave allowed under the terms of a disability policy, including a disability policy contained within an employment contract, or a separate bank of time off solely for the purpose of paid family and medical leave under this part 5, as applicable. The employer shall give its employees written notice of this requirement.    Notwithstanding section 8-13.3-510 (1)(b), under no circumstances shall an employee be required to use or exhaust any accrued vacation leave, sick leave, or other paid time off prior to or while receiving family and medical leave insurance benefits under this part 5. However, an employee and an employer may mutually agree that the employee may use any accrued vacation leave, sick leave, or other paid time off while receiving family and medical leave insurance benefits under this part 5, unless the aggregate amount a covered individual would receive would exceed the covered individual's average weekly wage. Nothing in this subsection requires an employee to receive or use, or an employer to provide, additional paid time off as described in this subsection.         This part 5 does not diminish:   The rights, privileges, or remedies of an employee under a collective bargaining agreement, employer policy, or employment contract;    An employer's obligation to comply with a collective bargaining agreement, employer policy, or employment contract, as applicable, that provides greater leave than provided under this part 5; or    Any law that provides greater leave than provided under this part 5.       After the effective date of this part 5, an employer policy adopted or retained shall not diminish an employee's right to benefits under this part 5. Any agreement by an employee to waive the employee's rights under this part 5 is void as against public policy.       The director shall determine by rule the interaction of benefits or coordination of leave when a covered individual is concurrently eligible for paid family and medical leave and benefits under this part 5 with:   Leave pursuant to section 24-34-402.7; or    Workers' compensation benefits under article 42 of title 8.         History. Source: Initiated 2020: Entire part added, Proposition 118, L. 2021, p. 4235 , effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 31, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section was originally numbered as 8-13.3-410 in Proposition 118 but was renumbered on revision for ease of location.
CO Code § 8-13.3-511 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 13.3 - Family and Medical Leave|Part 5 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance|§ 8-13.3-511. Notice

 The division shall develop a program notice that details the program requirements, benefits, claims process, payroll deduction requirements, the right to job protection and benefits continuation under section 8-13.3-509 , protection against retaliatory personnel actions or other discrimination, and other pertinent program information. Each employer shall post the program notice in a prominent location in the workplace and notify its employees of the program, in writing, upon hiring and upon learning of an employee experiencing an event that triggers eligibility pursuant to section 8-13.3-504 . The division shall provide the information required by this section in a manner that is culturally competent and linguistically appropriate.   History. Source: Initiated 2020: Entire part added, Proposition 118, L. 2021, p. 4236 , effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 31, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section was originally numbered as 8-13.3-411 in Proposition 118 but was renumbered on revision for ease of location.
CO Code § 8-13.3-512 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 13.3 - Family and Medical Leave|Part 5 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance|§ 8-13.3-512. Appeals

  The director shall establish a system for administrative review and determination of claims, and appeal of such determinations, including denial of family and medical leave insurance benefits. In establishing such system, the director may utilize any and all procedures and appeals mechanisms established under sections 8-4-111.5 (5), 8-74-102, and 8-74-103.    Judicial review of any decision with respect to family and medical leave insurance benefits under this section is permitted in a court of competent jurisdiction after a covered individual aggrieved thereby has exhausted all administrative remedies established by the director. If a covered individual files a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce a judgment made under this section, any filing fee under article 32 of title 13 shall be waived.     History. Source: Initiated 2020: Entire part added, Proposition 118, L. 2021, p. 4237 , effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 31, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section was originally numbered as 8-13.3-412 in Proposition 118 but was renumbered on revision for ease of location.
CO Code § 8-13.3-513 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 13.3 - Family and Medical Leave|Part 5 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance|§ 8-13.3-513. Erroneous Payments and Disqualification for Benefits

  A covered individual is disqualified from family and medical leave insurance benefits for one year if the individual is determined by the director to have willfully made a false statement or misrepresentation regarding a material fact, or willfully failed to report a material fact, to obtain benefits under this part 5.    If family and medical leave insurance benefits are paid erroneously or as a result of willful misrepresentation, or if a claim for family and medical leave insurance benefits is rejected after benefits are paid, the division may seek repayment of benefits from the recipient. The director shall exercise his or her discretion to waive, in whole or in part, the amount of any such payments where the recovery would be against equity and good conscience.     History. Source: Initiated 2020: Entire part added, Proposition 118, L. 2021, p. 4237 , effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 31, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section was originally numbered as 8-13.3-413 in Proposition 118 but was renumbered on revision for ease of location.
CO Code § 8-13.3-514 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 13.3 - Family and Medical Leave|Part 5 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance|§ 8-13.3-514. Elective Coverage

  An employee of a local government that has declined participation in the program pursuant to section 8-13.3-522 or a self-employed person, including an independent contractor, sole proprietor, partner or joint venturer, may elect coverage under this part 5 for an initial period of not less than three years. The self-employed person or employee of a local government must file a notice of election in writing with the director, as required by the division. The election becomes effective on the date of filing the notice. As a condition of election, the self-employed person or employee of a local government must agree to supply any information concerning income that the division deems necessary.    A self-employed person or an employee of a local government who has elected coverage may withdraw from coverage within 30 days after the end of the three-year period of coverage, or at such other times as the director may prescribe by rule, by filing written notice with the director, such withdrawal to take effect not sooner than 30 days after filing the notice.     History. Source: Initiated 2020: Entire part added, Proposition 118, L. 2021, p. 4237 , effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 31, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section was originally numbered as 8-13.3-414 in Proposition 118 but was renumbered on revision for ease of location.
CO Code § 8-13.3-515 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 13.3 - Family and Medical Leave|Part 5 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance|§ 8-13.3-515. Reimbursement of Advance Payments

  Except as provided in section 8-13.3-515 (2), if an employer has made advance payments to an employee that are equal to or greater than the amount required under this part 5, during any period of paid family and medical leave for which such employee is entitled to the benefits provided by this part 5, the employer is entitled to be reimbursed by the fund out of any benefits due or to become due for the existing paid family and medical leave, if the claim for reimbursement is filed with the fund prior to the fund's payment of the benefits to the employee.    If an employer that provides family and medical leave insurance benefits through a private plan approved pursuant to section 8-13.3-521 makes advance payments to an employee that are equal to or greater than the amount required under this part 5, during any period of paid family and medical leave for which such employee is entitled to the benefits provided by this part 5, the entity that issued the private plan shall reimburse the employer out of any benefits due or to become due for the existing paid family and medical leave, if the claim for reimbursement is filed with the entity that issued the private plan prior to the private plan's payment of the benefits under the private plan to the employee.    The director, by rule, shall establish a process for reimbursements under this section.     History. Source: Initiated 2020: Entire part added, Proposition 118, L. 2021, p. 4238 , effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 31, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section was originally numbered as 8-13.3-415 in Proposition 118 but was renumbered on revision for ease of location.
CO Code § 8-13.3-516 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 13.3 - Family and Medical Leave|Part 5 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance|§ 8-13.3-516. Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program

  By January 1, 2023, the division shall establish and administer a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting premiums as specified in this part 5. By January 1, 2024, the division shall start receiving claims from and paying family and medical leave insurance benefits to covered individuals.    The division shall establish reasonable procedures and forms for filing claims for benefits under this part 5 and shall specify what supporting documentation is necessary to support a claim for benefits, including any documentation required from a health care provider for proof of a serious health condition and any documentation required by the division with regards to a claim for safe leave.    The division shall notify the employer within five business days of a claim being filed pursuant to this part 5.    The division shall use information sharing and integration technology to facilitate the disclosure of relevant information or records so long as an individual consents to the disclosure as required under state law.    Information contained in the files and records pertaining to an individual under this part 5 are confidential and not open to public inspection, other than to public employees in the performance of their official duties. However, the individual or an authorized representative of an individual may review the records or receive specific information from the records upon the presentation of the individual's signed authorization.    The director shall adopt rules as necessary or as specified in this part 5 to implement and administer this part 5. The director shall adopt rules including, but not limited to:   Confidentiality of information related to claims filed or appeals taken;    Guidance on the factors used to determine whether an individual is a covered individual's family member;    The form and manner of filing claims for benefits and providing related documentation pursuant to section 8-13.3-516 (2); and    The form and manner of submitting an application with a claim for benefits to the division or to the entity that issued a private plan approved pursuant to section 8-13.3-521.       Initial rules and regulations necessary for implementation of this part 5 shall be adopted by the director and promulgated by January 1, 2022.     History. Source: Initiated 2020: Entire part added, Proposition 118, L. 2021, p. 4238 , effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 31, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section was originally numbered as 8-13.3-416 in Proposition 118 but was renumbered on revision for ease of location.