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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 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.
L. 17: p. 383, § 8. C.L. § 4269. CSA: C. 97, § 243. CRS 53: § 80-9-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-7. L. 64: p. 288, § 218. L. 69: p. 605, § 90. L. 73: p. 1409, § 60. L. 86: (2) amended, p. 472, § 32, effective July 1.
Cross references. For witness and mileage fees, see §§ 13-33-102 and 13-33-103; for proceedings for contempt, see C.R.C.P. 107.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 8-6-108.5 - Minimum wage - rules

(1)
Effective July 1, 1977, the minimum wage for minors may be fifteen percent below the minimum wage for other workers; except that the full minimum wage shall be paid to any emancipated minor. An emancipated minor shall mean any individual less than eighteen years of age who:
(a)
Has the sole or primary responsibility for his own support;
(b)
Is married and living away from parents or guardian;
(c)
Is able to show that his well-being is substantially dependent upon being gainfully employed.
(2)
Repealed.
(3)
The director may issue only such rules as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this article and as are consistent with the purposes and intent of section
8-6-101
and section 15 of article XVIII of the state constitution; except that, if a higher minimum wage rate is established by applicable federal law or rules, the director's rules shall be consistent with such federal law or rules.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 380,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
L. 77: Entire section added, p. 430, § 7, effective July 1. L. 93: (2) amended, p. 1630, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2007: (3) amended, p. 46, § 2, effective March 14.
Section 9 of chapter 380 (SB 21-039), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to wages paid on or after July 1, 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 8-6-109 - Methods of establishing minimum wages - wage board

(1)
If after investigation the director is of the opinion that the conditions of employment surrounding said employees are detrimental to the health or morals or that a substantial number of workers in any occupation are receiving wages, whether by time rate or piece rate, inadequate to supply the necessary costs of living and to maintain the workers in health, the director shall proceed to establish minimum wage rates either directly or by the indirect method described in subsection (2) of this section. If he selects the direct method, the director shall establish the minimum wage rates.
(2)
If he adopts the indirect method, the director shall establish a wage board consisting of not more than three representatives of employers in the occupation in question, and of an equal number of persons to represent the employees in said occupation, and of an equal number of disinterested persons to represent the public, and someone representing the director if it is desired. The director shall name and appoint all members of the wage board and designate the chairman thereof. The selection of members representing employers and employees shall be, so far as practicable, through election by employers and employees respectively, subject to approval and selection by the director. The members of the wage board shall be compensated at the same rate and fees for service as jurors in courts of record, and they shall be allowed their necessary traveling and clerical expenses incurred in the actual performance of their duties, to be paid from the appropriations for the expenses of the division.
(3)
The proceedings and deliberations of such wage board shall be made a matter of record for the use of the director and shall be admissible as evidence in any proceedings before the director. Each wage board has the same power as the director to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and compel the production of books, papers, and other evidence. Witnesses subpoenaed by a wage board shall be allowed the same compensation as when subpoenaed by the director.
L. 17: p. 384, § 9. C.L. § 4270. CSA: C. 97, § 244. CRS 53: § 80-9-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-8. L. 69: p. 606, § 91. L. 77: (1) an (2) amended, p. 430, § 8, effective July 1.
For juror's fees, see § 13-33-101; for mileage fees of jurors, see § 13-33-103.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 8-6-110 - Wage board - duties - report - quorum

The director may transmit to each wage board all pertinent information in his possession relative to the wages paid or material to the subject of inquiry of the occupation in question. Each wage board shall endeavor to determine, if requested so to do by the director, the standard conditions of employment; the minimum wage, whether by time rate or piece rate, adequate to maintain in health and to supply with the necessary cost of living an employee of ordinary ability in the occupation in question, or in any branches thereof; and suitable minimum wages, graded, so far as practicable, on a rising scale toward the minimum allowed experienced workers, for learners and apprentices. When a majority of the members of a wage board agree upon standard conditions of employment or minimum wage board determinations, they shall report such determinations to the director, together with the reasons therefor and the facts relating thereto. A majority of the members of any such wage board shall constitute a quorum.
L. 17: p. 385, § 10. C.L. § 4271. CSA: C. 97, § 245. CRS 53: § 80-9-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-9. L. 69: p. 606, § 92. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 430, § 9, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 8-6-111 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] 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)
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)
.
(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.
L. 17: p. 386, § 11. C.L. § 4272. CSA: C. 97, § 246. CRS 53: § 80-9-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-10. L. 69: p. 607, § 93. L. 77: (2), (3), and (4) amended, p. 431, § 10, effective July 1. L. 86: (4) amended, p. 472, § 33, effective July 1. L. 2000: (2) amended, p. 1487, § 2, effective July 1.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
For the maximum number of hours minors may be employed, see § 8-12-105 ; for the general eight-hour day requirement, see article 13 of this title.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 8-6-111 - [Effective 1/1/2025] 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)
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.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 378,§ 6, eff. 1/1/2025, app. to conduct occurring on or after 1/1/2025.
L. 17: p. 386, § 11. C.L. § 4272. CSA: C. 97, § 246. CRS 53: § 80-9-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-10. L. 69: p. 607, § 93. L. 77: (2), (3), and (4) amended, p. 431, § 10, effective July 1. L. 86: (4) amended, p. 472, § 33, effective July 1. L. 2000: (2) amended, p. 1487, § 2, effective July 1.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
For the maximum number of hours minors may be employed, see § 8-12-105 ; for the general eight-hour day requirement, see article 13 of this title.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 8-6-113 - [Repealed]

L. 17: p. 387, § 13. C.L. § 4274. CSA: C. 97, § 248. CRS 53: § 80-9-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-12. L. 69: p. 608, § 95. L. 77: Entire section repealed, p. 432, § 13, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 8-6-114 - [Repealed]

L. 17: p. 387, § 14. C.L. § 4275. CSA: C. 97, § 247. CRS 53: § 80-9-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-13. L. 69: p. 608, § 96. L. 77: Entire section repealed, p. 432, § 13, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 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.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§ 89, eff. 3/1/2022.
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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 8-6-116 - Violation - penalty

(1)
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
.
(2)
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
.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 182,§ 4, eff. 1/1/2020.
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.
Section 6(2) of chapter 182 (HB 19-1267), Session Laws of Colorado 2019, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after January 1, 2020.
For the legislative declaration in HB 19-1267, see section 1 of chapter 182, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 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.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 276, § 8, eff. 1/1/2015.
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 1/1/2015.
For the short title ("Wage Protection Act of 2014") in SB 14-005, see section 1 of chapter 276, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 6 - MINIMUM WAGES OF WORKERS (§§ 8-6-101 — 8-6-120) › Section 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.
Added by 2021 Ch. 337,§ 4, eff. 6/25/2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 7 - [Repealed] SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES IN MINING (§ 8-7-101) › Section 8-7-101 - to 8-7-109 - [Repealed]

L. 77: Entire article repealed, p. 292, § 2, effective May 26.
This article was numbered as article 12 of chapter 80, C.R.S. 1963.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 7.5 - DIRECT care workforce stabilization board (§§ 8-7.5-101 — 8-7.5-107) › Section 8-7.5-101 - Short title

The short title of this article 7.5 is the "Direct Care Workforce Stabilization Board Act".
Added by 2023 Ch. 362,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2023.
2023 Ch. 362, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 7.5 - DIRECT care workforce stabilization board (§§ 8-7.5-101 — 8-7.5-107) › Section 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.
Added by 2023 Ch. 362,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2023.
2023 Ch. 362, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 7.5 - DIRECT care workforce stabilization board (§§ 8-7.5-101 — 8-7.5-107) › Section 8-7.5-107 - Repeal of article - subject to review

This article 7.5 is repealed, effective September 1, 2029. Before the repeal, the board is scheduled for review in accordance with section
24-34-104
.
Added by 2023 Ch. 362,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2023.
2023 Ch. 362, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 8 - [Repealed] tRUCK SYSTEM ABOLISHED (§ 8-8-101) › Section 8-8-101 - to 8-8-109 - [Repealed]

L. 95: Entire article repealed, p. 194, § 6, effective April 13.
This article was numbered as article 20 of chapter 80, C.R.S. 1963.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 9 - ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES (§§ 8-9-101 — 8-9-107) › Section 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.
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.
For the "Uniform Consumer Credit Code", see articles 1 to 9 of title 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 9 - ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES (§§ 8-9-101 — 8-9-107) › Section 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.
L. 49: p. 232, § 4. CSA: C. 97, § 227(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 9 - ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES (§§ 8-9-101 — 8-9-107) › Section 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.
L. 49: p. 231, § 1. CSA: C. 97, § 232(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 9 - ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES (§§ 8-9-101 — 8-9-107) › Section 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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 9 - ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES (§§ 8-9-101 — 8-9-107) › Section 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.
L. 49: p. 232, § 5. CSA: C. 97, § 234(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 9 - ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES (§§ 8-9-101 — 8-9-107) › Section 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.
L. 49: p. 232, § 6. CSA: C. 97, § 235(1). CRS 53: § 80-11-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-15-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 9 - ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES (§§ 8-9-101 — 8-9-107) › Section 8-9-107 - Other authorized deductions

(1)
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.
(2)
Rent, board, and subsistence deductions as provided in subsection (1) of this section shall not be made a condition of employment.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 10 - PREFERRED CLAIMS (§§ 8-10-101 — 8-10-103) › Section 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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 10 - PREFERRED CLAIMS (§§ 8-10-101 — 8-10-103) › Section 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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › WAGES (§§ 8-4-101 — 8-10-103) › Article 10 - PREFERRED CLAIMS (§§ 8-10-101 — 8-10-103) › Section 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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › LABOR CONDITIONS (§§ 8-11-100.1 — 8-14.4-109) › Article 11 - [Repealed] OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (§ 8-11-100.1) › Section 8-11-100.1 - to 8-11-125 - [Repealed]

L. 80: Entire article repealed, p. 451, § 6, effective April 13.
This article was numbered as articles 2 and 22 of chapter 80, C.R.S. 1963.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › LABOR CONDITIONS (§§ 8-11-100.1 — 8-14.4-109) › Article 12 - COLORADO YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ACT (§§ 8-12-101 — 8-12-118) › Section 8-12-101 - Short title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Youth Employment Opportunity Act of 1971".
L. 71: R&RE, p. 889, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-6-13.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › LABOR CONDITIONS (§§ 8-11-100.1 — 8-14.4-109) › Article 12 - COLORADO YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ACT (§§ 8-12-101 — 8-12-118) › Section 8-12-102 - Legislative declaration

(1)
It is the policy of this state to foster the economic, social, and educational development of young people through employment. Work is an integral factor in providing a sense of purpose, direction, and self-esteem necessary to the overall physical and mental health of an individual. In the first part of this century, state and federal laws and regulations were needed to prevent the exploitation of child labor. Unfortunately, such legislation also has tended, on occasion, to limit and curtail opportunities for minors to participate in reasonable work experiences. Young people, especially those who have completed high school or occupational training and no longer are in school, should not be denied employment opportunities because of arbitrary minimum age limits. Work, however, should be coordinated with schooling wherever appropriate. Work and study combined must be developed in the interest of the youth to be trained.
(2)
Repealed.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 320,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2020.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 889, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-6-2. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 289, § 3, effective April 14.
For the legislative declaration in HB 19-1210, see section 1 of chapter 320, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › LABOR CONDITIONS (§§ 8-11-100.1 — 8-14.4-109) › Article 12 - COLORADO YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ACT (§§ 8-12-101 — 8-12-118) › Section 8-12-103 - Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
Repealed.
(2)
"Director" means the director of the division of labor standards and statistics.
(3)
"Division" means the division of labor standards and statistics in the department of labor and employment.
(4)
"Employment" means any occupation engaged in for compensation in money or other valuable consideration, whether paid to the minor or to some other person, including, but not limited to, occupation as a servant, agent, subagent, or independent contractor.
(5)
"Minor" means any person under the age of eighteen, except a person who has received a high school diploma or a passing score on the general educational development examination. The state board of education may administer the general educational development examination to any minor seventeen years of age or older who wishes to be considered an adult for the purpose of this article if such person is qualified to take the examination under the standards established by the state board of education.
(6)
"School day" means any day when normal classes are in session during the regular school year in the school district.
(7)
"School hours" means that period during which the student is expected to be in school in the school district.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 131,§ 13, eff. 8/10/2016.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 889, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-6-3. L. 86: (1) repealed, p. 502, § 125, effective July 1. L. 2016: (2) and (3) amended, (HB 16-1323), ch. 131, p. 378, § 13, effective August 10.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › LABOR CONDITIONS (§§ 8-11-100.1 — 8-14.4-109) › Article 12 - COLORADO YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ACT (§§ 8-12-101 — 8-12-118) › Section 8-12-104 - Exemptions

(1)
The provisions of this article, except section
8-12-110
, shall not apply to the following:
(a)
School work and supervised educational activities;
(b)
Home chores;
(c)
Work done for a parent or guardian, except where the parent or guardian receives any payment therefor;
(d)
Newsboys and newspaper carriers.
(2)
Any minor employed as an actor, model, or performer shall be exempt from the provisions of subsection (1) of section
8-12-105
.
(3)
The director may grant exemptions from any provision of this article, except for sections
8-12-113
and
8-12-114
, for an individual minor if he finds that such an exemption would be in the best interests of the minor involved. In granting exemptions, the director shall consider, among other things, the previous training which the minor has received in his proposed occupation and his knowledge of the proper safety measures to be taken in connection with such occupation. The director may require any applicant for an exemption from section
8-12-110
to submit to a test of his ability to perform the skills required for the proposed occupation. Such tests may be administered by a community and technical college, a private occupational school, or any other institution which offers courses in the skills required, which courses are approved by either the state board for community colleges and occupational education or the private occupational school division.
(4)
Any employer, minor, minor's parent or guardian, school official, or youth employment specialist may request an exemption, as provided in subsection (3) of this section, from a provision of this article.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 890, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-6-4. L. 79: (3) amended, p. 1631, § 1, effective July 19. L. 81: (3) amended, p. 850, § 21, effective July 1. L. 90: (3) amended, p. 1160, § 6, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › LABOR CONDITIONS (§§ 8-11-100.1 — 8-14.4-109) › Article 12 - COLORADO YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ACT (§§ 8-12-101 — 8-12-118) › Section 8-12-105 - Minimum age requirements - maximum hours of work

(1)
No minor under the age of fourteen shall be permitted employment in this state except as authorized by sections
8-12-104
,
8-12-106
, and
8-12-107
.
(2)
On school days, during school hours, no minor under the age of sixteen shall be permitted employment except as provided in section
8-12-113
; and, after school hours, no minor under the age of sixteen shall be permitted to work in excess of six hours unless the next day is not a school day.
(3)
Except for babysitters, no minor under the age of sixteen shall be permitted to work between the hours of nine-thirty p.m. and five a.m., except as authorized by section
8-12-104(2)
, unless the next day is not a school day.
(4)
Except for the provisions of subsection (5) of this section, no employer shall be permitted to work a minor more than forty hours in a week or more than eight hours in any twenty-four-hour period. In case of emergencies which may arise in the conduct of an industry or occupation (not subject to a wage order promulgated under article
6
of this title) the director may authorize an employer to allow a minor to work more than eight hours in a twenty-four-hour period. In such emergencies an employee shall be paid at a rate of one and one-half times his time rate as determined in accordance with the provisions of section
8-6-106
for each hour worked in excess of forty hours in a week.
(5)
In seasonal employment for the culture, harvest, or care of perishable products where wages are paid on a piece basis, as determined in accordance with the provisions of section
8-6-106
, a minor fourteen years of age or older may be permitted to work hours in excess of the limitations of subsection (4) of this section; but in no case is he permitted to work more than twelve hours in any twenty-four-hour period nor more than thirty hours in any seventy-two-hour period; except that a minor fourteen or fifteen years of age may work more than eight hours per day on only ten days in any thirty-day period. Overtime wage provisions of subsection (4) of this section shall not apply to this subsection (5).
L. 71: R&RE, pp. 890, 898, §§ 1, 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-6-5. L. 73: p. 938, § 1.
For the eight-hour day requirement in general, see article 13 of this title 8.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › LABOR CONDITIONS (§§ 8-11-100.1 — 8-14.4-109) › Article 12 - COLORADO YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ACT (§§ 8-12-101 — 8-12-118) › Section 8-12-106 - Permissible occupations at age nine or older

(1)
Subject to the limitations of sections
8-12-105
and
8-12-110
, any minor at age nine or older shall be permitted employment in any of the following nonhazardous occupations:
(a)
Delivery of handbills, advertising, and advertising samples;
(b)
Shoeshining;
(c)
Gardening and care of lawns involving no power-driven lawn equipment;
(d)
Cleaning of walks involving no power-driven snow-removal equipment;
(e)
Casual work usual to the home of the employer and not specifically prohibited in this article;
(f)
Caddying on golf courses;
(g)
Any other occupation which is similar to those enumerated in this subsection (1) and is not specifically prohibited by this article.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 891, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-6-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 8 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-88-207) › LABOR I - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-20.5-401) › LABOR CONDITIONS (§§ 8-11-100.1 — 8-14.4-109) › Article 12 - COLORADO YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ACT (§§ 8-12-101 — 8-12-118) › Section 8-12-107 - Permissible occupations at age twelve or older

(1)
Subject to the limitations of sections
8-12-105
and
8-12-110
, any minor at age twelve or older shall be permitted employment in any of the following nonhazardous occupations:
(a)
Sale and delivery of periodicals and door-to-door selling of merchandise and the delivery thereof;
(b)
Babysitting;
(c)
Gardening and care of lawns, including the operation of power-driven lawn equipment if such type of equipment is approved by the division or if the minor has received training conducted or approved by the division in the operation of the equipment;
(d)
Cleaning of walks, including the operation of power-driven snow-removal equipment;
(e)
Agricultural work, except for that declared to be hazardous under the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938", as amended. However, it is the intent of the general assembly that migrant children eligible for attendance at migrant schools be encouraged to attend such schools.
(f)
Any other occupation which is similar to those enumerated in this subsection (1) and is not specifically prohibited by this article.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 892, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-6-7.
For the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938", see 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.