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CO Code § 8-3.7-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 3.7 - Colorado Office of New Americans|§ 8-3.7-105. Wage Replacement Program - Executive Director - Director of the Ona - Feasibility Study - Recommendations

  The executive director of the department, in partnership with the director of the division of unemployment insurance, the director of the ONA, and the office of the governor, shall study the feasibility of establishing a contract with a nonprofit, third-party entity to administer a wage replacement program for individuals who are unemployed through no fault of their own and who are ineligible for regular unemployment benefits due to their immigration status. The feasibility study must include potential sources of money to fund a wage replacement program, legal compliance with the United States department of labor's regular unemployment insurance programs, data sharing and data privacy, and input from relevant stakeholders.    On or before December 1, 2021, the executive director of the department and the director of the ONA shall submit recommendations to the governor and to the senate business, labor, and technology committee and the house of representatives business affairs and labor committee, or their successor committees.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added,(SB 21-233), ch. 422, p. 2793, § 2, effective September 7.    Editor's note:   Section 4(1)(b) of chapter 422 (SB 21-233), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act adding this section takes effect only if HB 21-1150 (chapter 350) becomes law and takes effect either upon the effective date of SB 21-233 or HB 21-1150, whichever is later. HB 21-1150 became law and took effect September 7, 2021, and SB 21-233 became law and took effect July 2, 2021.
CO Code § 8-4-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 4 - Wages|§ 8-4-104. Funds Available to Pay Wages - Mining Industry

 Every person, firm, association, corporation, or agent, manager, superintendent, or officer thereof engaged in the business of extracting or of extracting and refining or reducing metals or minerals other than petroleum, or other than parties having a free unencumbered title to the fee simple of the property being worked, and also other than mining partnerships in respect to the members of the partnerships, shall, before commencing work in any period for which a single payment of wages is to be made, have on hand, either physically or by deposit with a bank or trust company in the county where such property is located or, if there is no bank or trust company in the county, in the bank or trust company nearest the property, cash or readily salable securities of a market value equivalent to such cash, or accounts receivable payable in the normal course of business prior to the next payday, in a sufficient amount to make the payment of wages without discount or loss to any person employed on the mining property for such period.   History. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1854, § 1, effective August 6.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-4-103 as it existed prior to 2003, and the former § 8-4-104 was relocated to § 8-4-109 .   ANNOTATION   Applied in Lampley v. Celebrity Homes, Inc., 42 Colo. App. 359, 594 P.2d 605 (1979) (decided under former law).
CO Code § 8-4-105.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 4 - Wages|§ 8-4-105.5. Automatic Enrollment in Retirement Plans - Relief From Liability - Conditions - Definitions

      An employer that provides automatic enrollment in an employee retirement plan is not liable for the investment decisions made by the employer on behalf of any participating employee with respect to the default investment of contributions made for that employee to the plan if: (a) (I)An employer that provides automatic enrollment in an employee retirement plan is not liable for the investment decisions made by the employer on behalf of any participating employee with respect to the default investment of contributions made for that employee to the plan if:   The plan provides the participating employee at least quarterly opportunities to select investments for the employee's contributions among investment alternatives available under the plan;    The participating employee is given notice of the investment decisions that will be made in the absence of direction from the employee, a description of all the investment alternatives available for employee investment direction under the plan, and a brief description of procedures available for the employee to change investments; and    The employee is given at least annual notice of the actual default investments made of contributions attributable to the employee.       The relief from liability of the employer under this subsection (1) extends to any employee retirement plan official who makes the actual default investment decisions on behalf of participating employees.       Nothing in this subsection (1) modifies any existing responsibility of employers or other plan officials for the selection of investment funds for participating employees.       As used in this section:   “Automatic enrollment” means an employee retirement plan provision under which an employee will have a specified contribution made to the plan, equal to a compensation reduction, that will be made for the employee unless the employee affirmatively elects, in accordance with the federal “Pension Protection Act of 2006”, Pub.L. 109-280, either not to have any compensation reduction contributions or a compensation reduction contribution in an alternative amount.    “Employee retirement plan” means a plan described in sections 401(k) or 403(b) of the federal “Internal Revenue Code of 1986”, as amended; a governmental deferred compensation plan described in section 457 of the federal “Internal Revenue Code of 1986”, as amended; or a payroll deduction individual retirement account plan described in sections 408 or 408A of the federal “Internal Revenue Code of 1986”, as amended.        History. Source: L. 2010: Entire section added,(SB 10-035), ch. 3, p. 33, § 2, effective January 1, 2011.    Cross references:   For the federal “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” referenced in subsection (2)(b), see title 26 of the United States Code.
CO Code § 8-4-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 4 - Wages|§ 8-4-106. Early Payment of Wages Permitted

 Nothing contained in this article shall in any way limit or prohibit the payment of wages or compensation at earlier dates, or at more frequent intervals, or in greater amounts, or in full when or before due.   History. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1856, § 1, effective August 6.
CO Code § 8-4-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 4 - Wages|§ 8-4-107. Post Notice of Paydays

 Every employer shall post and keep posted conspicuously at the place of work if practicable, or otherwise where it can be seen as employees come or go to their places of work, or at the office or nearest agency for payment kept by the employer a notice specifying the regular paydays and the time and place of payment, in accordance with the provisions of section 8-4-103 , and also any changes concerning them that may occur from time to time.   History. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1856, § 1, effective August 6.
CO Code § 8-4-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 4 - Wages|§ 8-4-108. Payment in the Event of Strike

  In the event of a strike, every employee who is discharged shall be paid at the place of discharge, and every employee who quits or resigns shall be paid at the office or agency of the employer in the county or city and county where such employee has been performing the labor or service for the employer. All payments of money or compensation shall be made in the manner provided by law.    In the event of any strike, the unpaid wages or compensation earned by such striking employee shall become due and payable on the employer's next regular payday, and the payment or settlement shall include all amounts due such striking employee without abatement or reduction. The employer shall return to each striking employee, upon request, any deposit or money or other guaranty required by the employer from the employee for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her employment.     History. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1856, § 1, effective August 6.
CO Code § 8-4-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 4 - Wages|§ 8-4-112. Enforcement of Director Subpoenas

 All courts shall take judicial notice of the seal of the director. Obedience to subpoenas issued by the director or his or her duly authorized representative shall be enforced by the courts in any county or city and county, as provided in section 24-4-105 (5) , C.R.S., if said subpoenas do not call for any appearance at a distance greater than one hundred miles.   History. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1859, § 1, effective August 6.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-4-113 as it existed prior to 2003, and the former § 8-4-112 was relocated to § 8-4-111 (2) .
CO Code § 8-4-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 4 - Wages|§ 8-4-113. Fines Pursuant to Enforcement - Wage Theft Enforcement Fund - Created

     If a case against an employer is enforced pursuant to section 8-4-111, any employer who without good faith legal justification fails to pay the wages of each of his or her employees shall forfeit to the people of the state of Colorado a fine in an amount determined by the director or hearing officer but no more than the sum of fifty dollars per day for each such failure to pay each employee, commencing from the date that such wages first became due and payable. The division may collect the fine through its citation and notice of assessment issued pursuant to section 8-4-111 (2) or after a hearing conducted pursuant to section 8-4-111.5.    The director or hearing officer shall impose a fine of two hundred fifty dollars on an employer who fails to respond to a notice of complaint or to any other notice from the division to which a response is required. The director or hearing officer may waive or reduce the fine only if he or she finds good cause for an extension of the time for the employer to file the response.       A certified copy of any citation, notice of assessment, or order imposing wages due, fines, or penalties pursuant to this article may be filed with the clerk of any court having jurisdiction over the parties at any time after the entry of the order. The certified copy shall be recorded by the clerk of the district court in the judgment book of said court and entry thereof made in the judgment docket, and it shall thenceforth have all the effect of a judgment of the district court, and execution may issue thereon out of said court as in other cases.      The division shall transmit all fines collected pursuant to this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the wage theft enforcement fund, which fund is created and referred to in this section as the “fund”. The moneys in the fund are subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the division for the direct and indirect costs associated with implementing this article.    The state treasurer may invest any moneys in the fund not expended for the purpose of this article as provided by law. The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of moneys in the fund to the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year remain in the fund and must not be credited or transferred to the general fund or another fund.         History. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1859, § 1, effective August 6. L. 2014: Entire section amended,(SB 14-005), ch. 276, p. 1119, § 7, effective January 1, 2015.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-4-109 as it existed prior to 2003, and the former § 8-4-113 was relocated to § 8-4-112 .   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.
CO Code § 8-4-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 4 - Wages|§ 8-4-114. Criminal Penalties

  [ ] Any employer who violates the provisions of section 8-4-103 (6) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.   A petty offense if the amount is less than three hundred dollars;    A class 2 misdemeanor if the amount is three hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand dollars;    A class 1 misdemeanor if the amount is one thousand dollars or more but less than two thousand dollars;    A class 6 felony if the amount is two thousand dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars;    A class 5 felony if the amount is five thousand dollars or more but less than twenty thousand dollars;    A class 4 felony if the amount is twenty thousand dollars or more but less than one hundred thousand dollars;    A class 3 felony if the amount is one hundred thousand dollars or more but less than one million dollars; and    A class 2 felony if the amount is one million dollars or more.       In addition to any other penalty imposed by this article 4, any employer or agent of an employer who willfully refuses to pay wages or compensation as provided in this article 4, or falsely denies the amount of a wage claim, or the validity thereof, or that the same is due, with intent to secure for himself, herself, or another person any discount upon such indebtedness or any underpayment of such indebtedness or with intent to annoy, harass, oppress, hinder, coerce, delay, or defraud the person to whom such indebtedness is due, commits theft as defined in section 18-4-401.    Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective until March 1, 2022.  (1) [ ] Any employer who violates the provisions of section 8-4-103 (6) commits:  Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1859, § 1, effective August 6. L. 2019: (2) amended,(HB 19-1267), ch. 182, p. 2059, § 3, effective January 1, 2020. L. 2021: (1) amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3140, § 87, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former §§ 8-4-116 and 8-4-117 as they existed prior to 2003, and the former § 8-4-114 was repealed.    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.     Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in HB 19-1267, see section 1 of chapter 182, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
CO Code § 8-4-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 4 - Wages|§ 8-4-115. Certificate of Registration Required

 No person shall engage in activities as a field labor contractor unless the person first obtains a certificate of registration from the division and unless such certificate is in full force and effect and in such person's immediate possession.   History. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1860, § 1, effective August 6.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-4-118 as it existed prior to 2003, and the former § 8-4-115 was relocated to § 8-4-103 (6) .
CO Code § 8-4-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 4 - Wages|§ 8-4-116. Issuance of Certificate of Registration

  The director, after appropriate investigation, shall issue a certificate of registration to any person who:   Has executed and filed with the director a written application subscribed and sworn to by the applicant containing such information concerning his or her conduct and method of operation as a field labor contractor as the director may require in order to effectively carry out the provisions of this article;    Has consented to designation of the director as the agent available to accept service of process for any action against such field labor contractor at any and all times when such field labor contractor has departed from the jurisdiction of this state or has become unavailable to accept service;    Has demonstrated evidence to the director that he or she has satisfied the insurance requirements of articles 40 to 47 of this title.       Upon notice and hearing in accordance with rules prescribed by the director, the director may refuse to issue and may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a certificate of registration of any field labor contractor if the director finds that such field labor contractor:   Knowingly has made any misrepresentation or false statement in his or her application for a certificate of registration or any renewal thereof;    Knowingly has given false or misleading information to any migratory laborer concerning the terms, conditions, or existence of agricultural employment;    Has failed, without justification, to perform agreements entered into or to comply with arrangements made with farm operators;    Has failed, without justification, to comply with the terms of any working arrangements he or she has made with migratory laborers;    Has permitted his or her insurance maintained pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section to terminate, lapse, or otherwise become inoperative;    Is not in fact the real party in interest in any such application or certificate of registration and that the real party in interest is a person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation which previously has been denied a certificate of registration; has had a certificate of registration suspended or revoked; or which does not presently qualify for a certificate of registration.        History. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1860, § 1, effective August 6.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 8-4-119 as it existed prior to 2003, and the former § 8-4-116 was relocated to § 8-4-114 (1).    Articles 40 to 47 of this title 8, referenced in subsection (1)(c), are the provisions of the “Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado”.
CO Code § 8-4-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 4 - Wages|§ 8-4-117. Additional Obligations

  Every field labor contractor shall:   Carry a certificate of registration at all times while engaging in activities as a field labor contractor and exhibit the same to all persons with whom he or she intends to deal in the capacity of a field labor contractor;    Ascertain and disclose in writing to each migratory laborer, in a language in which the migratory laborer is fluent at the time the migratory laborer is recruited, the following information:   The area of employment;    The crops and operations on which the migratory laborer may be employed;    Transportation, housing, and insurance to be provided to the migratory laborer;    The wage rate to be paid;    The charges by the field labor contractor for his or her services; and    The existence of any strikes at the place of contracted employment;       Promptly pay or deliver, when due to the migratory laborer entitled thereto, all moneys or other things of value entrusted to the field labor contractor by or on behalf of such migratory laborer.        History. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1861, § 1, effective August 6.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-4-120 as it existed prior to 2003, and the former § 8-4-117 was relocated to § 8-4-114 (2) .
CO Code § 8-4-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 4 - Wages|§ 8-4-118. Authority to Obtain Information

 The director or the director's designated representative may investigate and gather data pertinent to matters that may aid in carrying out the provisions of this article. In any case where a complaint has been filed with the director or the director's designated representative regarding a violation of this article, or where the director has reasonable grounds to believe that a field labor contractor has violated provisions of this article, the director or the director's designated representative may investigate and issue subpoenas as provided by section 8-4-112 requiring the attendance and testimony of any witness or the production of any evidence in connection with such investigation.   History. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1861, § 1, effective August 6.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-4-121 as it existed prior to 2003, and the former § 8-4-118 was relocated to § 8-4-115 .
CO Code § 8-4-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 4 - Wages|§ 8-4-119. Penalty Provisions

  Any field labor contractor who commits a violation of any provision of this article or implementing regulation shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than two hundred fifty dollars for each violation. The penalty shall be assessed by the director pursuant to a published schedule of penalties and after written notice and after an opportunity for hearing under procedures established by the director. This provision as to civil penalties shall not exclude the possibility of criminal penalties as set forth in this article.    The director, in the director's discretion, may grant a reasonable period of time, but in no event longer than ten days after the day of notification, for correction of the violation. In the event the violation is corrected within that period, no penalty shall be imposed.     History. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1861, § 1, effective August 6.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-4-122 as it existed prior to 2003, and the former § 8-4-119 was relocated to § 8-4-116 .
CO Code § 8-4-120 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 4 - Wages|§ 8-4-120. Discrimination Prohibited - Employee Protections

 [ ] No employer shall intimidate, threaten, restrain, coerce, blacklist, discharge, or in any manner discriminate against any employee who has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under this article or related law or who has testified or may testify in any proceeding on behalf of himself, herself, or another regarding afforded protections under this article. Any employer who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1862, § 1, effective August 6. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3141, § 88, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 8-4-124 as it existed prior to 2003, and the former § 8-4-120 was relocated to § 8-4-117.    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.