Labor Law Requirements

• Unemployment Insurance (Required)
• Anti-Discrimination Laws (Required)
• Minimum Wage (Required)
• Workers’ Compensation Act (Required)
• Notice to Employer of Injury (Required)
• Notice of Paydays (Required)

• Family and Medical Leave (Required)
• Equal Employment Opportunity (Required)
• USERRA (Required)
• OSHA (Required)
• Federal Minimum Wage (Required)
• Polygraph Protection Test (Required)

Recent Changes

PayDay Notice - January 2010

The PayDay notice has been updated with non-substantive formatting changes.

Minimum Wage - January 2010

Colorado has lowered the minimum wage from $7.28 per hour to $7.24 per hour.

Unemployment Insurance - September 2009

The state of Colorado has added a new paragraph concerning improperly classified independent contractors. They also changed the contact information for the Denver metro area office, as well as the offices outside of the Denver metro area. The notice is also now bilingual.
This was a Substantive change

Minimum Wage - January 2009

The state of Colorado will be increasing the wage rate beginning January 1, 2009. The minimum wage will increase from $7.02 per hour to $7.28 per hour non-tipped employees and from $4.00 per hour to $4.26 per hour tipped employees.
This was a Substantive change

Anti-Discrimination - June 2008

The discrimination notice has been updated to prohibit “retaliation for engaging in protected activity” in Employment, Housing and Public Accommodation. Additionally, “sexual orientation” has been added as a protected class in Housing and Public Accommodation.
This was a Substantive change

Workers’ Compensation - Minimum Wage - January 2008

• Workers’ Compensation - A new Workers’ Compensation notice has been issued, in which much of the information on the old one has been removed. The essential laws are the same this is just a trimmed-down version of the notice.
• Minimum Wage - A new minimum wage notice has been issued indicating that the minimum wage will increase to $7.02 per hour on January 1, 2008. The tipped employee minimum wage has been specified, increasing to $4.00 per hour on January 1, 2008.
This was a Substantive change

E-Verify - August 2006

Colorado House Bill 06-1343, effective August 7, 2006 (C.R.S. 8-17.5-101 et seq.), affects contractors who provide services to state agencies and political subdivisions of the state, broadly defined to include most state and local governments, districts, and other public entities. Pursuant to this statute, public contracts for services must include provisions which: (1) prohibit the contractor from knowingly employing or contracting with illegal aliens, or using subcontractors who do so; (2) require the contractor to participate in the federal "E-Verify Program" to verify that it does not employ illegal aliens; and (3) require the contractor to take specified actions if it learns that a subcontractor is employing illegal aliens. Violation of these provisions will constitute a breach of contract, allowing the public entity to terminate the contract and recover damages. The Secretary of State will maintain a list of all terminated contractors. The Department of Labor and Employment is authorized to investigate compliance, and its web site provides a complaint form for reporting violations.
E-Verify is a separate poster available in our Specialty Poster section and is NOT included on the CO All-In-One poster