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CO Code § 8-6-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 6 - Minimum Wages of Workers|§ 8-6-112. New Determination of Wages and Conditions

 Whenever a minimum wage rate or a new standard of conditions of employment has been established in any occupation, the director, if he deems proper or necessary so to do, upon petition of either employers or employees, may reconvene the wage board or establish a new wage board, and any recommendation made by such board shall be dealt with in the same manner as the original recommendation of a wage board. Pending any new determination, any minimum wage rate and any new standard of conditions of employment theretofore established shall be and continue in force and effect. It is the duty of the director to survey and review for adequacy established wage orders made pursuant to the provisions of section 8-6-111 at least every four years, whether or not the director is petitioned to do so by either employers or employees.   History. Source: L. 17: P. 387, § 12. C.L. § 4273. CSA: C. 97, § 247. CRS 53: § 80-9-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-11. L. 69: Pp. 607, 665, §§ 94, 1. History. Source: L. 17: P. 387, § 12. C.L. § 4273. CSA: C. 97, § 247. CRS 53: § 80-9-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-11. L. 69: Pp. 607, 665, §§ 94, 1.    ANNOTATION   Pursuant to Colorado's Minimum Wage Act, the director of the Colorado division of labor has been delegated the authority to investigate and determine the wages and employment conditions in certain occupations. If, following such investigation, the director finds that employment conditions in any industry endanger employees' health or morals, the director may directly or through a “wage board” adopt a wage order to establish minimum wage rates and standard conditions of employment in the affected industry. Weissman v. Crawford Rehab. Servs., 914 P.2d 380 (Colo. App. 1995).
CO Code § 8-6-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 6 - Minimum Wages of Workers|§ 8-6-115. Discrimination by Employer - Penalty - Prosecutions

 [ ] Any employer who discharges or threatens to discharge, or in any other way discriminates against an employee because such employee serves upon a wage board, or is active in its formation, or has testified or is about to testify, or because the employer believes that the employee may testify in any investigation or proceeding relative to enforcement of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each violation. The director shall investigate and report to the proper prosecuting officials whether employers in each occupation investigated are obeying his decrees, and the director or employees of the division may cause informations to be filed with and prosecutions to be instituted by the proper prosecuting officials for any violation of the provisions of this article.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 17: P. 388, § 15. C.L. § 4276. CSA: C. 97, § 250. CRS 53: § 80-9-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-14. L. 69: P. 608, § 97. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3141, § 89, effective March 1, 2022. History. Source: L. 17: P. 388, § 15. C.L. § 4276. CSA: C. 97, § 250. CRS 53: § 80-9-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-14. L. 69: P. 608, § 97. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3141, § 89, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:   Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Punitive Damages in Wrongful Discharge Cases”, see 15 Colo. Law. 658 (1986).
CO Code § 8-6-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 6 - Minimum Wages of Workers|§ 8-6-115. Discrimination by Employer - Penalty - Prosecutions

 [ ] Any employer who discharges or threatens to discharge, or in any other way discriminates against an employee because such employee serves upon a wage board, or is active in its formation, or has testified or is about to testify, or because the employer believes that the employee may testify in any investigation or proceeding relative to enforcement of this article 6 commits a class 2 misdemeanor. The director shall investigate and report to the proper prosecuting officials whether employers in each occupation investigated are obeying his or her decrees, and the director or employees of the division may cause informations to be filed with and prosecutions to be instituted by the proper prosecuting officials for any violation of the provisions of this article 6.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 17: P. 388, § 15. C.L. § 4276. CSA: C. 97, § 250. CRS 53: § 80-9-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-14. L. 69: P. 608, § 97. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3141, § 89, effective March 1, 2022. History. Source: L. 17: P. 388, § 15. C.L. § 4276. CSA: C. 97, § 250. CRS 53: § 80-9-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-14. L. 69: P. 608, § 97. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3141, § 89, effective March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 8-6-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 6 - Minimum Wages of Workers|§ 8-6-116. Violation - Penalty

  The minimum wages fixed by the director, as provided in this article 6, are the minimum wages paid to the employees, and the payment to such employees of a wage less than the minimum so fixed is unlawful, and every employer or other person who intentionally, individually or as an officer, agent, or employee of a corporation or other person, pays or causes to be paid to any such employee a wage less than the minimum commits theft as defined in section 18-4-401.    For the purpose of this section, the amount of the theft is the unpaid balance of the full amount of the minimum wage, as described in section 8-6-118.     History. Source: L. 17: P. 388, § 16. C.L. § 4277. CSA: C. 97, § 251. CRS 53: § 80-9-15. L. 63: P. 290, § 9. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-15. L. 69: P. 608, § 98. L. 73: P. 1409, § 61. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 431, § 11, effective July 1. L. 2019: Entire section amended,(HB 19-1267), ch. 182, p. 2059, § 4, effective January 1, 2020. History. Source: L. 17: P. 388, § 16. C.L. § 4277. CSA: C. 97, § 251. CRS 53: § 80-9-15. L. 63: P. 290, § 9. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-15. L. 69: P. 608, § 98. L. 73: P. 1409, § 61. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 431, § 11, effective July 1. L. 2019: Entire section amended,(HB 19-1267), ch. 182, p. 2059, § 4, effective January 1, 2020.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in HB 19-1267, see section 1 of chapter 182, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
CO Code § 8-6-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 6 - Minimum Wages of Workers|§ 8-6-117. Minimum Wage Presumed Reasonable - Conclusiveness

 In every prosecution for the violation of any provision of this article, the minimum wage established by the director shall be prima facie presumed to be reasonable and lawful and the wage required to be paid. The findings of fact made by the director acting within prescribed powers, in the absence of fraud, shall be conclusive.   History. Source: L. 17: P. 388, § 17. C.L. § 4278. CSA: C. 97, § 252. CRS 53: § 80-9-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-16. L. 69: P. 609, § 99. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 432, § 12, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 17: P. 388, § 17. C.L. § 4278. CSA: C. 97, § 252. CRS 53: § 80-9-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-16. L. 69: P. 609, § 99. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 432, § 12, effective July 1.
CO Code § 8-6-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 6 - Minimum Wages of Workers|§ 8-6-118. Recovery of Balance of Minimum Wage

 An employee receiving less than the legal minimum wage applicable to such employee is entitled to recover in a civil action the unpaid balance of the full amount of such minimum wage, together with reasonable attorney fees and court costs, notwithstanding any agreement to work for a lesser wage.   History. Source: L. 17: P. 389, § 18. C.L. § 4279. CSA: C. 97, § 253. CRS 53: § 80-9-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-17. L. 2014: Entire section amended,(SB 14-005), ch. 276, p. 1120, § 8, effective January 1, 2015. History. Source: L. 17: P. 389, § 18. C.L. § 4279. CSA: C. 97, § 253. CRS 53: § 80-9-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-17. L. 2014: Entire section amended,(SB 14-005), ch. 276, p. 1120, § 8, effective January 1, 2015.    Cross references:   For the short title (“Wage Protection Act of 2014”) in SB 14-005, see section 1 of chapter 276, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.   ANNOTATION   An employee-plaintiff may bring a private civil action for violations of the Colorado minimum wage order's meal and rest period regulations. Sobolewski v. Boselli & Sons, LLC, 342 F. Supp. 3d 1178 (D. Colo. 2018 ).   An employee may maintain a private right of action for the unpaid balance of any minimum wage amounts owed to him or her by reason of the employer's alleged meal and rest break violations. Sobolewski v. Boselli & Sons, LLC, 342 F. Supp. 3d 1178 (D. Colo. 2018 ).
CO Code § 8-6-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 6 - Minimum Wages of Workers|§ 8-6-119. Investigation of Complaints

 Any person may register with the division a complaint that the wages paid to an employee for whom a rate has been established are less than that rate, and the director shall investigate the matter and take all proceedings necessary to enforce the payment of the minimum wage rate.   History. Source: L. 17: P. 389, § 19. C.L. § 4280. CSA: C. 97, § 254. CRS 53: § 80-9-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-18. L. 69: P. 609, § 100. History. Source: L. 17: P. 389, § 19. C.L. § 4280. CSA: C. 97, § 254. CRS 53: § 80-9-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-18. L. 69: P. 609, § 100.
CO Code § 8-6-120 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 6 - Minimum Wages of Workers|§ 8-6-120. Overtime Wages for Agricultural Workers - Rules

 The director shall promulgate rules providing meaningful overtime and maximum hours protections to agricultural employees to be proposed no later than October 31, 2021, and adopted no later than January 31, 2022. In promulgating such rules, the director shall consider the inequity and racist origins of the exclusion of agricultural employees from overtime and maximum hours protections available to other employees, the fundamental right of all employees to overtime and maximum hours standards that protect the health and welfare of employees, and the unique difficulties agricultural employees have obtaining workplace conditions equal to those provided to other employees.   History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-087), ch. 337, p. 2177, § 4, effective June 25.
CO Code § 8-9-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 9 - Assignment of Wages|§ 8-9-101. Assignment of Wages - Requirements

 This article is subject to the provisions of articles 2 and 3 of the “Uniform Consumer Credit Code”. No assignment of wages by any employee to any person for the benefit of such employee shall be valid or enforceable. No employer or debtor shall recognize or honor any assignment of wages for any purpose unless it is in writing and for a fixed and definite part of the wages earned or to be earned within thirty days from the date of such assignment. Any assignment which is postdated or dated on any other date than that of its actual execution, shall be void and of no effect for any purpose.   History. Source: L. 49: P. 231, § 3. CSA: C. 97, § 223(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-1. L. 71: P. 853, § 3. History. Source: L. 49: P. 231, § 3. CSA: C. 97, § 223(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-1. L. 71: P. 853, § 3.    Cross references:   For the “Uniform Consumer Credit Code”, see articles 1 to 9 of title 5.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “The Revolution in Consumer Credit Legislation”, see 45 Den. L.J. 679 (1968).   Assignment of insurance renewal commissions held not to be wages within the meaning of this article. Crepeau v. Renewal Guar. Corp., 29 Colo. App. 23, 478 P.2d 698 (1970).
CO Code § 8-9-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 9 - Assignment of Wages|§ 8-9-102. Copies to Be Given Employer and Assignor

 No assignment of wages shall be valid or enforceable unless a copy of the assignment is given or mailed by registered mail to the employer within five days after its execution and a copy of the assignment given to the wage earner making the assignment.   History. Source: L. 49: P. 232, § 4. CSA: C. 97, § 227(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-2. History. Source: L. 49: P. 232, § 4. CSA: C. 97, § 227(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-2.
CO Code § 8-9-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 9 - Assignment of Wages|§ 8-9-103. When Assignment Must Be Recorded

 No assignment of wages not already earned at the time of the assignment and no assignment of any other sum to become due to the assignor shall be valid as against any creditor of the assignor who has not had actual notice of the assignment at the time the same is made unless the same is recorded with the recorder of the county wherein such wages are to be earned or such sums are to become due within five days from date thereof.   History. Source: L. 49: P. 231, § 1. CSA: C. 97, § 232(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-3. History. Source: L. 49: P. 231, § 1. CSA: C. 97, § 232(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-3.
CO Code § 8-9-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 9 - Assignment of Wages|§ 8-9-104. Joinder of Wife or Husband in Assignment - Acknowledgment

 No assignment of wages, except for child support, not already earned at the time of the assignment or any sum to become due the assignor after the date of such assignment shall be valid unless, if the assignor is married and residing with his spouse, such spouse joins in and signs such assignment and such assignment is duly acknowledged before a notary public or some other officer authorized by the laws of Colorado to take acknowledgments.   History. Source: L. 49: P. 231, § 2. CSA: C. 97, § 233(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-4. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 909, § 2, effective June 8. History. Source: L. 49: P. 231, § 2. CSA: C. 97, § 233(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-4. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 909, § 2, effective June 8.    ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. A case decided prior to the earliest source of § 8-9-104 has been included in the annotations to this section.   This section is designed to secure to the wife her rightful share in the fruits of her husband's labor. State v. Elkins, 84 Colo. 409 , 270 P. 875 (1928).   Since this provision is for the protection of the home, it would be incongruous to permit a creditor to assume the role of the wife for the purpose of seizing her husband's paycheck. State v. Elkins, 84 Colo. 409 , 270 P. 875 (1928).   Where wages are in the wife's hands, thus having reached the haven intended by this section, they are not subject to garnishment. State v. Elkins, 84 Colo. 409 , 270 P. 875 (1928).
CO Code § 8-9-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 9 - Assignment of Wages|§ 8-9-105. Burden of Proof of Validity on Assignee

 If any assignment of wages or other sums to be earned or to become due after the date of such assignment is contested by any creditor of the assignor, the burden of proof that the assignment was recorded as provided in section 8-9-103 or that the creditor had actual notice of the assignment at the time garnishee summons was issued and that the assignment was made in accordance with the provisions of this article rests upon the assignee under the assignment.   History. Source: L. 49: P. 232, § 5. CSA: C. 97, § 234(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-5. History. Source: L. 49: P. 232, § 5. CSA: C. 97, § 234(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-5.
CO Code § 8-9-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 9 - Assignment of Wages|§ 8-9-106. Deductions for Union Dues

 Nothing in this article shall prevent or prohibit the use of the check-off between employers or employees in the custom or practice of the deduction of union dues by an employer for his employees where such an arrangement has been entered into between the parties.   History. Source: L. 49: P. 232, § 6. CSA: C. 97, § 235(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-6. History. Source: L. 49: P. 232, § 6. CSA: C. 97, § 235(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-6.
CO Code § 8-9-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 9 - Assignment of Wages|§ 8-9-107. Other Authorized Deductions

  Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to affect deductions authorized by an employee to be made by an employer for hospital, medical, stock purchases, savings, insurance, charities, credit unions, banks, savings and loans, or any other financial institution or other similar purposes, or for rent, board, and subsistence provided in connection with employment, if the authorization is revocable.    Rent, board, and subsistence deductions as provided in subsection (1) of this section shall not be made a condition of employment.     History. Source: L. 49: P. 232, § 7. CSA: C. 97, § 235(2). CRS 53: § 80-11-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-7. L. 71: P. 853, § 3. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 405, § 1, effective May 23. History. Source: L. 49: P. 232, § 7. CSA: C. 97, § 235(2). CRS 53: § 80-11-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-7. L. 71: P. 853, § 3. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 405, § 1, effective May 23.
CO Code § 8-10-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 10 - Preferred Claims|§ 8-10-101. Wages a Preferred Claim

 When the business of any person, corporation, company, or firm is suspended by the action of creditors or put into the hands of a receiver or trustee, the debts owing to laborers, servants, or employees, which have occurred by reason of their labor or employment shall be considered and treated as preferred claims. Such laborers or employees shall be preferred creditors and shall first be paid in full. If there are not sufficient funds to pay them in full, they shall be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the property seized. Any person interested may contest any such claim, or part thereof, by filing exceptions thereto, supported by affidavit, with the officer having the custody of such property, and thereupon the claimant shall be required to reduce his claim to judgment before a court having jurisdiction thereof before any part thereof is paid.   History. Source: L. 03: P. 143, § 1. R.S. 08: § 6998. C.L. § 4243. CSA: C. 97, § 217. CRS 53: § 80-12-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-16-1. History. Source: L. 03: P. 143, § 1. R.S. 08: § 6998. C.L. § 4243. CSA: C. 97, § 217. CRS 53: § 80-12-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-16-1.    ANNOTATION   Section should be liberally construed. This section intended to secure wage earners against loss of their earnings from insolvency of employers, is based upon a sound public policy and should be liberally construed in order to accomplish the purpose of its enactment. Central Sav. Bank v. Newton, 59 Colo. 150 , 147 P. 690 (1915).   But this section cannot be invoked for the purpose of supporting a decision not based upon the letter or spirit of its enactment, for the general assembly has not created a lien, but has made debts due for labor preferred claims against the property of the debtor, made claimants for wages preferred creditors, and provided that they shall be first paid, which is quite a different thing from the creation of a statutory lien. Central Sav. Bank v. Newton, 59 Colo. 150 , 147 P. 690 (1915).   This section contains no provisions as to the time in which exceptions to claims must be filed. Central Sav. Bank v. Newton, 59 Colo. 150 , 147 P. 690 (1915).   For an early enactment on the subject of this section, see Ray v. Hiller, 11 Colo. 445 , 18 P. 622 (1888).
CO Code § 8-10-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 10 - Preferred Claims|§ 8-10-102. Statement of Claim Presented

 Any laborer, servant, or employee desiring to enforce his claim for wages under this article shall present a statement under oath showing the amount due, the kind of work for which the wages are due, and when performed to the officer, person, or court charged with the property within twenty days after the seizure thereof on any execution or writ of attachment or within sixty days after same has been placed in the hands of any receiver or trustee, and thereupon it is the duty of the person or court having or receiving such statement to pay the amount of the claim to the person entitled thereto.   History. Source: L. 03: P. 143, § 2. R.S. 08: § 6999. C.L. § 4244. CSA: C. 97, § 218. CRS 53: § 80-12-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-16-2. History. Source: L. 03: P. 143, § 2. R.S. 08: § 6999. C.L. § 4244. CSA: C. 97, § 218. CRS 53: § 80-12-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-16-2.
CO Code § 8-10-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 10 - Preferred Claims|§ 8-10-103. Payment - Prorating - Prior Mortgage Not Impaired

 No claim under this article shall be paid until after the expiration of the time in which to present such claim. If the funds realized from the sale of the property seized are insufficient to pay the total claims presented, such funds shall be prorated on such claims. The provisions of this article shall not be construed to extend to creditors who held a duly recorded mortgage upon the property attached which was given for a debt actually existing from such mortgage before the labor was performed.   History. Source: L. 03: P. 144, § 3. R.S. 08: § 7000. C.L. § 4245. CSA: C. 97, § 219. CRS 53: § 80-12-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-16-3. History. Source: L. 03: P. 144, § 3. R.S. 08: § 7000. C.L. § 4245. CSA: C. 97, § 219. CRS 53: § 80-12-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-16-3.    ANNOTATION   This section places the claims of employees for labor in a preferred class to be paid in preference to other simple contract creditors. Central Sav. Bank v. Newton, 59 Colo. 150 , 147 P. 690 (1915).   But it does not create an express statutory lien superior to all other liens without reference to priority. Central Sav. Bank v. Newton, 59 Colo. 150 , 147 P. 690 (1915).   And it is not intended to give such claims a preference upon the corpus of mortgaged property. Central Sav. Bank v. Newton, 59 Colo. 150 , 147 P. 690 (1915); Helm v. Smith, 62 Colo. 203 , 162 P. 143 (1916).   A recorded mortgage for an existing debt takes precedence over claims for labor subsequently performed. Central Sav. Bank v. Newton, 59 Colo. 150 , 147 P. 690 (1915).   Claims against a going railroad might be preferred over prior mortgage liens. First Nat'l Bank v. Wyman, 16 Colo. App. 468, 66 P. 456 (1901).   But ordinary liabilities of a railway company are preferred to a mortgage debt only when accrued within six months prior to the appointment of a receiver, and this rule is departed from only in extreme cases and for special reasons. Helm v. Smith, 62 Colo. 203 , 162 P. 143 (1916).   Moreover, the very existence of such a rule presupposes an affirmative showing of facts sufficient to invoke and warrant its application; and where the record fails to disclose that the railroad involved is a public or quasi-public corporation, or that it had ever been operated as such, and there is no attempt to show that the claims were valid and existing obligations against the company at the time of presentment, much less that they have any of the other attributes or characteristics which would in equity entitle them to preference over a mortgage lien, preference will be denied. Central Sav. Bank v. Newton, 59 Colo. 150 , 147 P. 690 (1915).   Thus the salary of an attorney which accrued more than 13 months prior to the appointment of a receiver for a railroad, no effort having been made to enforce payment and the attorney having all the time full knowledge of the bonded indebtedness, was not entitled to a preference. Helm v. Smith, 62 Colo. 203 , 162 P. 143 (1916).